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Had the same trouble. Did exactly what KS4VT suggested and it was a no go. After mucking around with it, decided to do a repair installation of the CPS and it then worked. Give it a try and see if it helps you.

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I think the trouble M has with Nick built radios are in two areas:
i) Liability with a radio malfunctioning in a critical incident, leaving them open to a tort action.
ii) IP issues with the radio operating systems (Flashcode and Host) because the whore-out flash has a few incompatibilties which ...

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This has been an interesting thread, but the one question I have, is everyone says Nick used genuine Motorola parts supplied by Motorola. How do we know this as fact since Nick seemed to have incomplete records? How do we know he did not get a supply of QC rejected parts which should of been run ...

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What I meant was they should design a scanner which would allow an user to input up to 32 CC members with site aliases and automatically change sites when the RSSI hits a threshold level. While a true SZ radio needs to affaliate with the site so the site knows what the talkgroup the radio is ...

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Now if these scanner manufacturers would make one that would handle a SmartZone system correctly. What I mean, allow the user to input 32 control channels, let the receiver do a site scan by RSSI levels with changing sites automatically and have site aliases. That would be sweet.

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Also does not allow reprogramming of inhibited radios, which earlier versions allowed.

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I see CPS 1.0 has been released. Now here is the interesting thing according to the help menu, you have to use normal Astro Spectra CPS to program the radio, then use Astro Clean Cab CPS to tweak it. Sounds more like a step backwards than forwards. (Anyone remember the fun of programming the Syntor ...

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If you do not see it, call MOL and open up a file, asking to have access. Should not take more than a day or so. You will see the latest version of the CPS you have subscribed to.

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Steve,

Any channel can be added to the scan list, if the scan list has been set up to allow operator selected. BUT the personality can only have one scan list slaved to it.

Now from personal experience, I don't like to work on someone else's codeplug. While it may be a bit more work, I would ...

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I figure Motorola may of stopped shipping the minor revisions to MOL account holders but ship the major revisions, since I haven't received my upgrades for the last fixes though the last two revisions came out fairly quickly. Seemed to be in six weeks. Though the one thing I would appreciate is to ...

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Here you go:

Lets say you have a zone called QP with 16 channels in it.
Channel 1 is referenced to Personality 1
Channel 2 is referenced to Personality 2
......
Channel 16 is referenced to Personality 16

__________________________

Personality 1 has the scan list set to 1
Personality 2 has the ...

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Are you sure the selected personality has scan enabled. If not, the radio will not scan, since it is looking for the scan list and there is none.

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Yes they still ship the CD-ROM's but MOL is obviously quicker.

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Hi guys,

Went to MOL yesterday and attempted to download the lastest revision to Astro 25 CPS. No problem downloading the CPS for the mobile but the portable CPS finishes after only 14 Mb. The zip file is corrupt because it is only half the size of what it should it be. Anyone else experiencing ...

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Looks like yet another new version of the CPS was released today. It is only to fix a bug with how the software acts when adding a new personality in a 700/800 MHz Type II when Splinter Channel enabled. No other fixes in it. Version number for those who keep track is R04.01.03

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It is not the flashcode which would be illegal, it was how he generated the flashcode which could cause him grief. If he used software which he did not have proprietary rights to have, then the Motorola legal team would go after him, and they should. It costs Motorola money to do the R&D and they ...

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Uses what is called a Spectra II command board. It is a flashable board,

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Also very easy to interface a PAC-RT with. Great scanning receiver, especially if you get a dual front-end fast lock synth. Only problem is the oxidation of the pins between the boards.

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I thought the Astro line was manufactured in some garage in Phoenix.

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Talk with the boys in marketing. They are the ones who control the design and feature sets of the radios Motorola designs. You want a 20 channel scan list to be offered in an XTS3K, write the VP of Marketing. If he gets enough letters, he will ask the engineers to develop it.

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4.0 for the Astro Spectra/XTS3000/Astro Saber

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I don't think the XTS5K case will do the job for you. Display drivers are different, IIRC. But since it will only cost you $50, buy the case and see if you can make it work for you.

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Yeah, but a PRo 96 doesn't have that cool wannabe look, now does it?

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Enhancements in this Release:
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- Frequency Picklists feature allows you to view or define frequencies that
can be easily selected from many Conventional and Trunking receive and
transmit frequency fields throughout the CPS application. This feature reduces ...

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But it does appear to have a tuner. W

W.
Will have to read the blurb and see it if it is at all worthwhile to upgrade.

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The edit function has been disabled in the For Sale Forum.

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No doubt this is the same reason why you can not order an Astro escutcheon for a portable either from national parts. I was told this was a factory item only.

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My version of CPS 3.0 shows this in the readme file:

===================================================================
ASTRO SPECTRA CUSTOMER PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE R03.00.00
===================================================================

Please be aware that DOS RSS is no longer supported ...

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CPS 3.0 did not have a DOS equlavent. Last version of CPS that could be read by DOS was CPS 2.01.

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Guess the seller had a bad bidder or he had two identical radios. Anyhow it appears the radio has been relisted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=42873

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You may want to bid on the following:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=4669

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I have two W3's and love them. I am using a dual band COMPROD disguise AM/FM antenna, and you can not see a thing. Might upgrade the radios to Spectra Pluses, so I can get 512 modes.

Batdude is right, you may wish to get some sort of deal on the LCD display, when the come available.

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My vote is for a MT-500. Battery lasts and lasts. Sure you need channel elements, it is hard to find ones with the scan and dtmf pad, but it can take a heap of abuse.

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What is everyone's take on this article.

http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030707&s=engle

According to this EBay will furnish to law enforcement any and all information they have about you without the need for a warrant. Just fax them a letter, asking for it. They will also do sting operations ...

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Here is a copy of the read me file

===================================================================
ASTRO SPECTRA CUSTOMER PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE R03.00.00
===================================================================

Please be aware that DOS RSS is no longer supported. Once the radio is ...

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Just been released. Only two neat features are the ability to import/export data in CSV format, and being able to designate buttons on the control head to allow for direct channel/zone entry. They still have not increased the scan channel list as has been rumored.

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Hi guys,

Here is a question. In the W4/W5/W7/W9 series of Astro Spectra's you can defeat the need for the ignition sense wire by removing a chip resisitor in the control head. Is there a similar modification available for the W3 series? If so, what is it?

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It sounds like you have timeout your handheld. Set the time out timer in the conventional mode to unlimited, and things should be fine.

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Motorola doesn't have to have the board in hand. They will be using those pesky black helio's, do a standard grid search pattern over your neighborhood and they use the gigantic electron penetration scanner mounted on it, to find you. After that, they will call in a precision air strike with a JDAM ...

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But I need the PURPLE!!!!!!

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Yaseu called me too, but they are Robertson's.

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That is what I figured. No doubt if they change the number of channels to be scanned it will also require a flash to the radio's host version.

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CPS 2.0.5

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Got to wonder about Motorola.

I hear Astro CPS 2.0.5 has been released, but I have not seen my copy, yet. Sometimes I get a week after release, other times 6 weeks. Makes you wonder.

Anyhow did they incorporate the 20 channel scan option in it, as was being opined early this year?

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Check with Toyota where you should mount the equipment, too. You do not want a two way radio being ripped loose by the air bag beingf deployed. They may also tell you how they would prefer the power leads to be routed, and the coax. (ie which cable trays to stay away from) But as it was stated ...

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I believe this was addressed in a earlier thread this. It has to with the radio host version, and some incompatabilities in it. Best person to ask would probablity be Shawn (r0f) since I think it was he who spotted it.

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Tip is negative polarity (Reverse to the standard RIB). Would recommend you purchase the AC/DC adapter from Motorola. As Monty will tell you, you can easily zap one of those things with a Walmart power cube.

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From what I have read and heard about Nick (aka Apcosystem) is the only complaint people have had is with his customer service before he ships the radio. Sometimes he is slow, then misinforms you about when the radio has shipped, etc. He might make it easier on himself by advising his clients what ...

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Maybe they broke into the Watergate? Where's G. Gordon Liddy when you need him? Who knows, but it would be interesting to see how Motorola finds these guys who infringe on their copyrights. Remember the thread about people getting letters asking for those Ebay pirated CD-ROMs back. Where they find ...

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