Batboard

spectragod

It's possible it is saveable, sometimes they can be brought back by loading a cp back into it, or....forcing one into it if need be.

spectragod

There was a line crossed, but it wasn't what was done as much as the end user that wound up with the final product. So I was told, your mileage may vary.

spectragod

fchrist16 wrote:SOLVED.

Turns out P25 CAI and Type II CAN NOT exist in the SAME Flashcode.

Regards,

-Frank C.

We have a whole fleet of them, ordered from M that way.

spectragod

Don't forget to align the radio after firmware refresh. If you need help with that pm me, glad to provide assistance.

spectragod

Bad reference oscillator. Replace the 16.8MHz oscillator in the radio and you'll probably be golden.

Going down the mother M road before, I'll speculate that this is a restricted part, so you get locked into a flat rate
Repair. It seems to be the game they play. I'll look in the service manual on ...

spectragod

Bad reference oscillator. Replace the 16.8MHz oscillator in the radio and you'll probably be golden.

Going down the mother M road before, I'll speculate that this is a restricted part, so you get locked into a flat rate
Repair. It seems to be the game they play. I'll look in the service manual on ...

spectragod

At least eight years with no calibration?

Ugh.

This is why Moto requires us to have ours done yearly, service monitors, watt meters, spectrum analyzers, etc.

To his defense, he is not a radio shop, it would be hard for me to
Justify 200k worth of equipment at my house, being married and such ...

spectragod

Ok, here's the skinny on this radio.

When I received it, I read the CP, first thing I notoced is a whored out
Flash and that it says it had been hit with depot.

I voiced checked it, radio was around 7Mhz off......wow!

I did a test on my aeroflex, the radio failed everything except the BER RX.

I ...

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Reference oscillator took the changes. I even set it off from the test freq and tried that one time. That made no difference on how far off freq the radio transmitted from the programmed freq.Receive is right according to my svc monitor.

So no matter where the Ref. Osc. warp is set the transmit ...

spectragod

I have parts if you need them.

spectragod

It has to do with the shielding on the display itself. I fiddled with a 800Mhz display on a vhf radio, with RF getting into it, it was very quirky. IIRC the C04 is a universal display as of now for all bands.

spectragod

Lock code will need entered via the keypad, CPS will be able to read the radio and turn that off, unless, it is password protected, then a hex editor or other methods may need to be used.

spectragod

How would one go about doing this????

spectragod

Looked at buying one of these radios and I do not see much of a difference between the two. The only thing I see is number of programmable channels. Well that and the price

Fairly similar, the real differences are the 5k's ability to be flashed for more options in the feature set.

FWIW, the ...

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I found it, PMLN5420 if anyone else needs one.

spectragod

I am looking for the part # for a trunnions bracket for the 09 head, I can't seem to find it on any literature.

spectragod

I don't see why you couldn't buy a pair of XTL's for less than 1k, way less than a APX.

spectragod

I have a spare cable....

spectragod

OCSD117 wrote:What exactly is a system dealer?

Your local Motorola dealer.

spectragod

Do you just need a cable? Do you have a smart rib? You need the smart rib for flashing.

spectragod

ces911 wrote:
spectragod wrote:It will only work on a p25 channel or personality.

Oh ok. It says conventional RSSI and if let's me check it off. I even checked the help of the CPS and if says conventional.

Conventional digital channel, not a conventional analog channel.

spectragod

OCSD117 wrote:I can download the firmware update but i need more then the cable to do it. what else do I need?

The latest revision of cps, and a flash dongle from Motorola.

spectragod

Enough of them and you can use them for boat anchors. Or, if you just have a few, wheel chocks. I still have a couple in the shop, they were and are worthless.

spectragod

I'm pretty sure that if you just dump in any old srec you will get toolproof error. You have to save the original and guard it with your life.
No one here seems to be interested in these radios and their problems anymore. Their afraid of ol ma M !!

It would depend on the FW that is in the radio ...

spectragod

It will only work on a p25 channel or personality.

spectragod

No key is loaded, load the key and you should be good to go.

Or.............

You may try highlighting the system id, then deleting it with the delete button, then restyle the system key in,
See if the problem goes away. I think the last release of cps for the xts/xtl has some bugs.

spectragod

Flash updates for firmware are generally $75.

spectragod

Strange thing,

Actual TX on programmed freq of 166.125 shows 166.133 on a cheap optoelectronics freq counter. Another freq of 166.000 shows 166.006

Various freqs across the full range (150-167) are mostly correct, some are not.

I reprogrammed 166.125 to 166.115 and now tx's on 166.123.

This ...

spectragod

They are a little on the spendy side, I had 1 on many vehicles, including my suburban that had dual 100 watt
RF decks, good luck.

spectragod

If you have a boat, you can use them as anchors, we nicknamed it half performance data.....

spectragod

spectragod are you saying just get another mts2000 controller ? How is that going to work ? Even if you have a good s-record it will still be out of tune with your existing hardware. What controller do you suggest ?

If you dump an s record in, it will be out of tune also. Find a controller with ...

spectragod

Possible firmware issue with either the control head or brick, or both. What FW is in the radio and head?

spectragod

Alignment will most likely solve all your problems.

spectragod

Why not just change out the controller board?

spectragod

Sti-Co disguise db antenna, they work like a champ and you don't have holes everywhere.

spectragod

I changed a box of q splits to r splits several years ago and hex edited the crap out of them, they worked great, not what I would call super hard to do. I only did it because I was challenged that it couldn't be done. It took longer to align them than the mods did, just and FYI.

spectragod

Don't forget, you will need a sys key for said operation...

spectragod

I have some of those.....

spectragod

I hope they find a way to reactivate, the circumstances are unfortunate and yet the "professional" flashcode upgraders that are rampant on Ebay and deprive Motorola of legitimate revenue carry on as if nothing ever happened

Valuable resource, but I don't believe upgrading flash codes was his ...

spectragod

I answered my own question by re-reading your post. Are you using a flash dongle, or just trying to do it the dirty way?

I do have earlier CVN files, but they are large, I could possibly flash the FW on the radio for you.

spectragod

What cable are you using? IIRC, a serial cable is needed to flash the earlier FW.

spectragod

As long as they are -O- series XTL's, and you have newer firmware in the heads, they should plug in, I believe you will need to change the mounting bracket as well as the screws for the sides.

spectragod

I have a few, PM me.

spectragod

You can buy that flash from M, probably $1300....

spectragod

If the radio already has a display on the front, it can be done, if not, a new Vocon is needed.

spectragod

fchrist16 wrote:The poster of the listing I'm looking at. Thanks for the help on the flashcode issue...Now the A7/A9 heads...

Regards,

-Frank C.

Astro Spectra heads will work, not regular Spectra heads, you will also need a TIB with dual DB25's on it.

spectragod

With the right equipment, you will be able to see what flash has been in it before and if boards were in different band radios.....

spectragod

You'll have to license you T/A freq's for digital use in order to use ADP.

spectragod

I have a couple new control tops, remnants of some XE conversions.

spectragod

$485 or close to that for flat rate. I have had success bring them back using the port on the rear of the brick, some I have had to use a serial cable on, others a usb.

If you have a saved cp, you could try dumping it back in.

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