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CTAMontrose

When is Aeroflex going to release the patch for the 3920 Autotest II USB support on the Motorola APX7000 series of radios? It's being worked on now - there are some technical issues that are blocking the work, but they are being worked on. I cannot give you an ETA, because of those issues. And as a...

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All that because they forgot to update the readme.. hahaah

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I am not sure if you got this resoloved, but 5.15 is out on MOL now.

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Not to mention the better antenna would give you +3db gain on RX as well, not just 3db on TX with the amp alone.

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The one i took out of band was deaf at 444 Mhz

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Interesting!

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Figures... that explains the greyed out ARTS fields after i uplifted.

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Very cool.. i wonder how an HT1250 would do..

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Interesting... we had some with firmware 5.01.05 come in from the factory. I guess they are going to skip that and go right to 5.02.00 for general release.

CTAMontrose

Seth, have you noticed if the radio sensitivity rolls off any?

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Im showing 2.00.22 to be the most current, and is available for download (on our MOL at least). Release date of Aug 11,2010

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Firmware up on MOL today.

CTAMontrose

The XTS5000 is not capable of operation on either X2 TDMA nor P25 Phase II. For either of these systems you will need a properly flashed APX radio.

CTAMontrose

Someone just wants to pick a fight, you aren't listening, read the original posters question, there is no mention of DES-OFB, ADP, AES, or TRBO's in my response.Actually I really would like to see where it ALLOWS those digital encryption methods, in part 90.35. Im not trying to pick a fight... i ju...

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Not quite, what you said was:

RADIOMAN2002 wrote:NOT going to get a license to transmit any of the digital encryption methods

DES-OFB, ADP, AES, TRBO's encryption certainly qualify as such.

CTAMontrose

I guess my post was taken out of context. Again the LICENSEE, not the frequency must be COORDINATED and LICENSED by the FCC to use DES, DVP, DVI or any DIGITAL Emission on a RADIO FREQUENCY not a computer or land line etc, AND if you are NOT a Public Safety Agency or a Governmental one you are NOT ...

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I think i figured out the issue, some wisenheimer uninstalled CPS15 and put 14.0 back on... once i put 15 back on (and flogged the tech) both radios took the uplift.

CTAMontrose

I seriously doubt Astro 25 is going away in 2 years. Motorola is actively selling and deploying Astro 25 conventional and trunked systems. It is their public safety bread and butter offering at present. I think he was referring to XTS/XTL being phased out, not astro 25.. the APX line is still consi...

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FYI just tried to flash this release into a pair of XTS5000-2 800 radios and both radios bombed trying to upgrade the host. The upgrade goes along then reports "failed to upgrade a componet" then reboots to "invalid firmware" i had to revert back to FW 15.00.00 and let CPS do a ...

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MTS2000des wrote: The only thing the top display physically has aside from the "starburst" characters are a dot for priority scan and the "z" itself.

Erik

It also can display the secure indicator, but alas no direct indication as point out.

CTAMontrose

Houston PD's using them until the 700 Astro25 system gets rolled-out. UHF range 2, model 2. Every one I've seen so far come up as surplus was 512K with VSELP firmware. Agency engraving is on the battery plate, of all places. This is true, hopefully we can get them over to the APX line soon... they ...

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FYI just tried to flash this release into a pair of XTS5000-2 800 radios and both radios bombed trying to upgrade the host. The upgrade goes along then reports "failed to upgrade a componet" then reboots to "invalid firmware" i had to revert back to FW 15.00.00 and let CPS do a r...

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No i get that, but remember alot of customers get a free firmware refresh as part of a flat rate or other depot service, and if you are a part 90 customer post sunset date, what leg will you have to stand on to not have your radio narrowbanded? Your infrastructure should already be narrowbanded, so ...

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I do not believe any of the DB9 XTL series cables can be used to program the APX line. The software is only set up to look for the true USB cables.

CTAMontrose

Any radio made after a certain date, going to customers that are required to narrowband, will have this bit set. The moto people here are trying to figure out with the guys in schaumburg when this date is. Also i would say its very strong that radios that go to the depot after that date will have th...

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From my discussions with motorola, that is EXACTLY how they are going to implement it

CTAMontrose

Hey all, i recently acquired a CDM1550LS+ that will get insane hot just sitting on the bench. Otherwise the radio works fine, rated power out, RX, etc... before i dig into this thing I figured id ask to see if there is something common i should look for first.

thanks!

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geez... what did they do? take a page out of Apple's "how to update/screw up your ipad" playbook??

CTAMontrose

FYI: P25 Enhanced Radio Unit Monitor Supported New Feature Mobile radio fails to power up on ignition Issue Update Call Alert to Mobile with DVRS attached may not work every time Issue Update No audio heard when PSU keyed during hangtime through DVRS Issue Update XTL5000 with O3 head unable to power...

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Looks like they might be starting this early: from the APX 5.0 Readme (as posted in another thread) Please note that: ------------------ - Beginning January 1, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission will no longer accept applications for new wideband 25 KHz operations, and modification of exist...

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Im having an issue registering to the site... when i click to go to register it tells me im logged in and does not prompt me to set up an account. At the bottom of the same page it tells me i am not logged in.

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Motorola was more than willing to provide us with flashes for about 1000 astro spectra 1meg radios when we were looking to upgrade to 7.x... these were not astro spectra plus radios, but old legacy astro spectras.

CTAMontrose

Any announcement on the GTR as a replacement for P25 conventional?

i know it was in the works, but do not remember the date.

CTAMontrose

The ATS radio is an asian only radio.. not sure about the 2000

CTAMontrose

Were you required to have 9600 Trunking in your flashcode?

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Jason wrote: of course not. /\/\ hasnt done that in YEARS.

not true, the mototrbo CPS comes with sample codeplugs for mobiles, portables and the repeaters.

CTAMontrose

yeah! besides everyone knows all you have to do is take your astro spectra, and hook it to a DTV converter box to listen to Nextel...

lolol

CTAMontrose

Keep in mind that 34 in hex is equal to 52 in decimal so the chart in dec would be as follows: RSSI Acceptable Threshold : The factory default = 52 dec RSSI Good Threshold : The factory default = 64 dec RSSI Very Good Threshold : The factory default = 70 dec RSSI Excellent Threshold : The factory de...

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while i do not have the official answer to this, i would imagine swapping the epic board would do the trick..

if i can remember, ill ask the S.T. when he comes down in a week or so...

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ahh i always thought the marketing dept replaced the R with the I

lol

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Typically the minimum CPS version is equal to the firmware of the radio... in your case, i would expect to have to use CPS 12.x

the i means intrinsically safe (FM approved)... now i would take this as a grain of salt on a panter radio, it might be, or it might not be.. lol

CTAMontrose

tvsjr wrote:Well, with most radios, yes, you'll need an XTL mobile.

However, my radio is the special Cowthief edition. I'll have to remove the Fascinator board before I can send it to you, but it'll do P25 trunking no problem. It's also tri band - VHF, UHF, and 6 meters. FPP too.

Hello.

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Good lookin out!

Fortunatly he had the foresight to password the radio, so atleast it cant be used... unfortunatly it will probably still end up on ebay for some unsuspecting buyer...

CTAMontrose

We had a similiar issue using our UHF AVL system, what i did was program the RX frequency for a non-valid PL. It kept the speaker muted, but did not seem to affect the flat audio pins on the radios.

This was on a CDM1250

CTAMontrose

the CDM/HT series of radios typically doesnt go out of its bandsplit.

CTAMontrose

AWESOME! this is just hte fix i was looking for... i upgraded mine to 1.5gb with a 320gig hdd... vista ultimate.. runs great but hte CPS issue was driving me NUTS!!

CTAMontrose

are you noticing any degridation of audio quality going from P25->P25 via double vocoding, or have you just used FM->P25 thus far?

CTAMontrose

OUT OF RANGE - Radio cannot hear the control channel
NO COMMS - Radio can hear the control channel, but the control channel isnt acknowledging the ISWs from the radio

In other words, NO COMMS typically means the system isnt hearing the radio, but the radio is hearing the system

CTAMontrose

only 800Mhz radios will make the sound (VHF, UHF give the usual tone).

-Josh

not true, my VHF and UHF XTS2500s with FW 12.xx chirp instead of the long beep.

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