Batboard

Have a PM400, VHF, 45 watts here. Radio is programmed with emergency input on the accy connector. When I read the radio, it goes into Emergency Mode (per the readout on the radio). After CPS completes its read, the radio then starts transmitting at about 10 watts of power (which is especially odd since the 45 watt model cannot be set to TX at less than 25 watts without getting into the tuner).

I don't believe this is the intended behavior for this radio. The radio does not have an actual emergency input hooked up to when the radio is on the bench, but that feature should only ever be activated with 5000ms of pressing the footpedal. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm suspecting it's yet another firmware bug, would like to get my ducks in a row before opening a GCC on Monday.

Missing jumper for the Emerg input? Other models do this when the jumper is missing even if the EMERG is NOT enabled.

That might be but the help file indicates emergency can only be initiated by pressing the emergency button (footpedal). It also only happens after a successful CPS read, not when power cycling the radio normally. And again, the radio is only tx'ing 10 watts, the lowest you can set the radio to tx for is 25 watts.

If you have another PM400 that's flashed to the same firmware level, and use the same CPS(think R05.13.00 is newest) and the strange behavior is repeatable, that clears the hardware leaving only F/W and CPS.