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bezking708 wrote:Hi all,

I was looking for a way to determine the firmware version installed in my HT1250 without reading it with CPS. I powered on the radio and immediately pressed the button directly below the PTT 5 times rapidly, and I seem to have accessed some hidden menu. I was apparently being given the option to change the channel spacing and some other setting involving DTMF, CSQ, HHS, CMP, and LLE. Does anyone know what this is used for?

Thanks!

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N4KVE wrote:Reads you the model #, ser#, firmware & flashcode.

The Waris Service Manual wrote:RF Test Mode
When the radio is operating in its normal environment, the radio's microcontroller controls the RF channel selection, transmitter key-up, and receiver muting. However, when the unit is on the bench for testing, alignment, or repair, it is removed from its normal environment and cannot receive commands from its system. Therefore, the internal microcontroller does not key the transmitter or unmute the receiver. This prevents the use of a normal tuning procedure. To solve this problem, a
special “test mode” is incorporated into the radio.

Note 1: On VHF/UHF, LTR models, the radio must be in either conventional or LTR mode.
Note 2: The test mode procedure that follows assumes that the Customer Programming Software Front Panel Access screen has both the FPA and RF TEST boxes selected. Select from the programming screen to enable or disable certain features of the radio RF test mode.
- FPA entry not selected blocks all test modes.
- FPA entry selected and RF TEST not selected blocks RF test mode.
- FPA entry selected and RF TEST selected enables all test modes.

To enter the test mode for a display radio:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Within ten seconds after the self test is complete, press 'side button 2', shown in Figure 4-1 on page 4-3, five times in succession.
3. After “CSQ CHXX SP25” appears on the display, the radio is on channel XX (see Note on following page), carrier squelch mode, 25 kHz channel spacing. Each additional press of 'side button 2' (see Table 4-3 on page 4-5) scrolls to the next channel spacing, and a corresponding set of tones are sounded. Refer to Figure 4-4 on page 4-4 for test
mode information for a four-line display radio.
4. Press 'side button 1' to scroll through the test environments listed in Table 4-1 on page 4-4.
5. Press 'side button 2' for 3 seconds to switch the radio to the control head test mode. 'LCD Test' appears on the display.
6. Press 'side button 1' to turn on all the dots of the first character. Another 'side button 1' press turns on all the dots of the next character, continuing until the last character is reached.
7. Press 'side button 1' at the end of the LCD test to activate the 'Icon Test'. The next 'side button 1' press turns on the first icon.
8. Press 'side button 1' at the end of the Icon Test to activate the button test. Pressing any side button (except 'side button 1'), or any keypad button during the LCD test or Icon test immediately activates this test. A good button press is verified by a chirp.
9. Press 'side button 2' for 3 seconds in the control head test mode to return the radio to the RF Test mode.
10. Turn radio off to exit test mode.