XTS5000 button press issue

[007]

My XTS5000 MIII is exhibiting a wierd issue that I've not encounted before when the side buttons or front buttons are pressed. About every 5 or 6 presses of any one of the buttons, the steady tone made when you push the button is replaced by rapid dits of the same tone. The most noticable is when monitor is pushed, it doesn't always just open the squlech, but rather pulses it like I'm rapidly pressing and releasing the button. It seems like it's an intermittent fault with the flex or something. Most button presses are fine, but then randomly it does this issue.

Radio is VHF, Host/DSP R14 and was recently flashed with a different FC. Is it buggy R14 firmware, or a legit physical issue?

[Mfire39]

Yup, it's a firmware bug for sure. I've experienced this same problem to a "T" on multiple XTS5K's. It's almost like a stuttering beep sound on a button press or power up beep. It doesn't do it all the time and it's like you said, every 5 or 6 presses or power ups. I've had multiple XTS5K's start doing this at Host R12.00.18, and it looks like the bug carried into Host R14.00.01 now as the radios are doing the same thing.. Host R12.00.17 and lower does not have this problem.


-Marc

[escomm]

Amazing.

[007]

Well then...anwsers that one. What a crock.

[Mfire39]

It also appears that so far, this bug is only in the XTS5000 firmware. I have not been able to duplicate this problem on any PR1500's, MT1500's, XTS2500's or XTL5000's with Host R12.00.18 through R14.00.01.


-Marc

[Mfire39]

I've also confirmed that XTS5000's with RAM and Bravo Vocons both exhibit this same problem with a Host of R12.00.18 or higher, so it's not isolated to just the older or newer boards..

This is a perfect example of how "newer" or "current" firmware is not always better... In my opinion, R09.xx.xx was the last "good" version Moto released.. It seems like it all went downhill after that release in many ways..


-Marc