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bcooper

It is fairly easy. There are 2 small solder pads on the circuit board that need to be jumpered to enable fixed alert. They are labeled as such. If you can't find them I will look for my service manual and upload a picture. Also, fixed alert only works on the pager itself. It has no affect when the ...

bcooper

The procedure to do this is here:
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Note: you must use the VERY old DOS software for this to work.

bcooper

In the bell position just F1 will alert. In the "1" position it will monitor F1. In the "2" position it will act like the bell position but for F2.

bcooper

I didn't specifically look for a dealer kit. That's the software package that shows up for me when I go to software/programming on MOL

bcooper

Just checking to see if part number H5177R actually includes CPS part number HVN9025 since H5177R has a lower price than HVN9025 ($299. vs $319.) Why would anyone buy HVN9025 since it costs more?

bcooper

I tried reprogramming an HT50 6-channel and the RSS reports it as a 2-channel. It is definately a 6-channel radio as it has the original labels on it. I'm guessing someone put a 2-channel codeplug into it. I have a 6-channel codeplug from a P100. Can I use this to convert this back to a 6-channel ...

bcooper

I tried reprogramming an HT50 6-channel and the RSS reports it as a 2-channel. It is definately a 6-channel radio as it has the original labels on it. I'm guessing someone put a 2-channel codeplug into it. I have a 6-channel codeplug from a P100. Can I use this to convert this back to a 6-channel ...

bcooper

The original Minitor was the only one that had a PL option. There were very few when they were cutting edge and are probably just about non-existant now. This would probably be a better choice: Radio Shack Pro-99

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?parentPage=search&summary=summary ...

bcooper

The first quarter at the top of board fourm reads:

Unless you want Motorola to come along and shut this site down, there will be no messages containing or relating to the following subjects:

The sale or trade of Radio Service Software (RSS)

Links to sites offering the sale, trade, or giving ...

bcooper

I cant find anything in the rss to set the ptt id to “pre” or “post”

I agree. It looks like it's either on or off with no way of changing it from the default of "pre".
Walter

bcooper

Two questions:
(1) Is Stat-Alert and MDC-1200 the same protocol? (They sound the same.)
(2) I don't see anything in the Maratrac RSS to change the PTT-ID. It looks like it's either on or off and sidetone is always on. Also only accepts 0001-9999 for an ID.
Walter

bcooper

You do not need to wire in the connector for the test set. The pinout stays the same.

bcooper

Is there any word on what the status of this is? Will there be a fix soon?

bcooper

the ability to reset the pager right after the dispatch w/o SV.

If you mean you can't reset the pager, you can. Turn the function switch to a different setting and then back. Works on mine.

Walter

bcooper

What size power supply is needed to power this to flash? Is it a standard 12V DC tip-positive supply?

bcooper

Are you sure M doesn't have a copyright to the paint color?

The sale or trade of Shadow Plum Paint
Links to sites offering the sale, trade, or giving away of Shadow Plum Paint

I'm sorry I couldn't resist

bcooper

I can confirm that you won't damage an MCS2000 using older RSS (I was using a DOS version). I cloned an older codeplug to a radio after getting the "codeplug too new" error without any problems.
Walter

bcooper

Next time I'll look before I leap!

Thanks.

bcooper

I'd like to check it out before our new ones arrive. Ours will be high-band 154 MHz
Thanks
Walter

bcooper

http://www.batlabs.com/images/1550svc.gif
There is nothing wrong with this pinout. It works great for me on HT750 & HT1250 radios. The "ribless" cable is wrong. Perhaps that is what you read.

bcooper

Make sure the jumper for pins 4 & 9 on the accessory connector is still in place. This is the emergency ID switch conections and can cause the radio to transmit upon power-up if it is missing.

bcooper

Also see this thread for a picture of the pin-out: http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=47348

bcooper

There is only a 5-pin DIN for the Minitor series. The 6th pin is the ground on the shell of the connector

This is from the schematic for the Minitor II charger and it is the same on my Minitor IV charger.
Walter

bcooper

I've never had a problem before, so I guess I'll either try it while I'm on the phone with dispatch and ask them what they get or use one of the channels dispatch doesn't monitor.

I think that the transmitted code contains the unit number assigned to the radio plus a function, i.e. emergency call ...

bcooper

I sent an MDC call alert to another radio from my HT1250 today. It took about 4 transmits from my radio before I got the acknowledge. I then got a call from the fire station telling me that dispatch called saying they got my Emergency ID. If the MDC was slightly garbled, since I didn't get the ...

bcooper

Thanks for the input. There is already an IP network between the office and tower site, so the VoIP to 4W sounds the best at this point. Which Multitech unit would work for this setup? There are also available dark fibers.

bcooper

What equipment and costs is needed for tone remote to an MTR2000 using fiber optic cable? This is for a CATV company that has its own fiber optic cable from its office to the tower site. Currently they are using a mobile radio as a base station with a yagi antenna aimed at the repeater, but there is ...

bcooper

Another issue to consider for public service systems is communications to a medical helicopter. The radios in most helicopters will only do standard tones (see this: http://www.qsl.net/wa8pyr/neato.htm ). There are two counties in my area that have to cross patch through the dispatch console because ...

bcooper

Now if only Motorola would add Enable and Disable to the MDC capabilities of the HT1250

Walter

bcooper

Boy, does this answer my question. We've had this interference on 461.025 for a couple of years and it's strong enough to cover our repeater in some areas. Thanks for the info.

bcooper

Both the HT1250 and CDM1250 I have do this. It is so the radio can monitor the channel before starting to transmit the signalling info. What's funny is the radio will be "polite" only about 4 seconds and then it starts to transmit on a busy channel anyway.

bcooper

I haven't programmed any Minitor III's, and I'm using version 6.0 for our Minitor IV's, so I don't know if this will help. On page two of the software there is a setting for "RESET FUNCTION". Set that for "Revert N" and then some time period, I use 15 seconds. That will keep the pager in monitor ...

bcooper

When you select talk-around the radio uses the receive parameters to transmit. You must have MDC set as the receive signalling system for the channel you want to use for talk-around. I actually have the opposite problem with my HT1250 as I have MDC for receive signalling so I can see decode ID's but ...

bcooper

There is an issue with low voltage on the "A" series pager. Ours would only show the problem when we had them selected to vibrate. They all went back to Motorola and came back as "B" version. If you look at the bottom of the pager, on the bottom of the belt clip there is a label. Mine says "RLD1009B ...

bcooper

I have an M4 that had the same problem. I'm using the Sanyo NiCad batteries. I discovered the battery was actually too large in diameter for the battery compartment and wouldn't make contact if they were pushed up too far in the compartment because the spring doesn't have enough pressure to push the ...

bcooper

Thanks, That's what I needed.
Walter

bcooper

I can't find this anywhere. It looks like an HT600.
Thanks,
Walter

bcooper

You will find that in Simulcast the performance of the system does not (usually) equal sum of the coverage of all of the sites.
That is there WILL be areas where reception is difficult or impossible due to audio phase cancellation from several sites.

We just started using a simulcast system ...

bcooper

Thanks for the quick reply guys.

bcooper

I thought I read here that you can't program a CDM1250 using the mic jack if it is remote mounted. I searched the site and can't find anything about this. Is this accurate or am I having a senior moment? I don't want to program this radio knowing how these radios can be if everything isn't kosher ...

bcooper

I have a limited-keypad uhf 450-527 (which is the high bandsplit on this radio) I can send you.
Walter

bcooper

Thanks, that's the push I needed!

bcooper

I'm pulling a low-band Maratrac with the A7 head out of a fire truck. Are the control head cables still available at a reasonable price or should I just spend the time removing the control head cable from the truck?
Thanks

bcooper

Thanks, that looks like a neat antenna, but it looks like it installs in place of the truck's FM radio antenna and I want to keep my FM radio (I need my tunes!)

bcooper

I thought Privacy Tone was some kind of encryption, making whatever channel you are using impervious to outside interference?

LOL. I'll never forget the argument I had with a fire chief who insisted if we'd only put PL on our CSQ radios our portables would no longer be wiped out by a another ...

bcooper

Is there a fender mount bracket that would work with the new style hoods on Chevy's larger trucks? On the newer trucks the hood wraps down over the outside at the top of the fender so the old style "L" shaped braket won't work. I don't want a hole in the roof and the 16-channel Radius is only 25 ...

bcooper

We had a similar problem with 1 out of the 7 M4’s we purchased about 6 to 9 months ago, but not immediately. The pager would appear to accept the programming, but if you would read the pager with the PPS, an error message appeared saying wrong software for that pager (or something similar). We had ...

bcooper

Thanks Stickman, we have a pager that is having this exact problem. When I tried to put another codeplug in from a working Minitor, the bad one says it's the wrong model, which it isn't. The vibrate problem seems to be slightly different in that the pager doesn't lock-up. We'll have to experiment ...

bcooper

I found another quirk with these pagers: We have a switch setting for vibrate. If the pager batteries aren't fully charged the voltage drop from the vibrator motor causes the pager to reset and the stored message is lost even though the voltage isn't low enough to cause the low battery alert.

bcooper

Thanks for the suggestion. I used 29FF and it does what we need.
Bob

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