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Hello all,

I am interested in purchasing XTS2500 that has 4 MEGS and was last programmed with CPS12. My question is what is the advantages of having 4 MEGS vs 8 MEGS ? Also, can it be upgraded to 8 MEGS in any way ? What other items do in need to know to program radio besides CPS12 from MOL and rib cable ? How many conventional and FPP personalities can I program on 4 MEGS?

Radio info is:

Host R09.00.05,DSP R09.00.02.Tuning info is R01.09.10.

Flashcode:5A9098-10178C-1

Radio has 4 meg memory,ver Proc Bravo 112.


Decoding Flashcode: 5A9098-10178C-1

Q806 ASTRO Digital Operation
H14 Enhanced Digital ID Display
Q52 Federal Government FPP
Q498 Hardware Multikey Encryption w/ OTAR
H43 Trunked Remote Monitor/Radio Trace
H46 Trunked One Touch Status Message
Q883 3600/9600 Interoperability
G996 Over the Air Provisioning
H38 SMARTZONE Systems Operation
G857 FDNY Emergency Rx/Tx Tone Set
Q947 APCO Packet Data Interface
Q53 FCC FPP And Radio Cloning
Q387 Conventional Voting Scan
Q173 SMARTZONE OMNILINK Multizone Operation
Q361 ASTRO 25 9600 Baud Trunking
Q667 ADP Encryption Software DSP Based Only
Q574 9600 Baud Trunking

The only way a 4mb 2500 could be upgraded to 8mb would be to have the vocon replaced, and that's a pricey proposition, and chances of the depot working on a radio with that flashcode are pretty much nil. You're going to be locked into 240 conventional personalities for the life of that radio, and despite having trunking in the flash, you won't be able to assign a trunking personality to any zone/channel.

If your dealing with a 4meg VHF or UHF radio, the highest firmware is 9.xx.xx which is actually stable with little to no problems. If it's an 800 radio, then it'd be best to stick with a 8 meg radio due to the continued firmware updates needed for the 800 TRS's.

One could possably remove the 4meg IC replace it with an 8meg IC, however codeplug information (internal) will probably state the radio is still a 4meg and refuse to upgrade past 9.xx.xx. That is however only speculation.

Is it possible to program 512 personalities with 4 megs? And only 240 personalities with FPP?