XTS/XTL on 700 MHz P25 Trunking
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:40 am
I am certain this has been covered before. My search on here, and Google in general, yielded nothing.
I work for the local Sheriff's Office Radio Shop. We have a mix of XTS/XTL/APX radios and operate on a 800 MHz P25 system. We are the sole repair & service provider for all county government subscriber agencies on this system, and the system itself is operated by city utilities. A neighboring county has recently cut over from VHF to a 700 MHz P25 system. In the spirit of interop we have been given 4 talkgroups on their system and provided an ASK and templates for these talkgroups. I can add the 700 system into all the APX radio templates with no problem. I can add the 700 system into all our XTL5000 mobile templates with no problem. However, some of the XTS5000s (not all) won't accept it and seemingly none of the XTL2500s accept it.
On the radio templates which won't accept the 700 system, I get an "invalid system" error. It doesn't matter if I drag-n-drop, or hand enter the data, I get this error. The frequencies of this system range from 771-774 MHz, well within the capabilities of all these radios and all the problem children operate on the various conventional 700 MHz interop frequencies.
Why doesn't this work? How do I fix it?
The minimum feature set of the affected radios is:
G51 SMARTZONE Systems Operation
G806 ASTRO Digital Operation
G173 SMARTZONE OMNILINK Multizone Operation
G361 ASTRO 25 9600 Baud Trunking Systems Operation
G114 Enhanced Digital ID Display
The firmware revision of the particular radio I read to make this post is R12.00.11. However, I have some R20 XTS5k portables which won't accept the 700 system either. The agency affected the most by this is the county fire-rescue department, and they are not going to replace their XTL25000s until the radios are dead dead dead...
I work for the local Sheriff's Office Radio Shop. We have a mix of XTS/XTL/APX radios and operate on a 800 MHz P25 system. We are the sole repair & service provider for all county government subscriber agencies on this system, and the system itself is operated by city utilities. A neighboring county has recently cut over from VHF to a 700 MHz P25 system. In the spirit of interop we have been given 4 talkgroups on their system and provided an ASK and templates for these talkgroups. I can add the 700 system into all the APX radio templates with no problem. I can add the 700 system into all our XTL5000 mobile templates with no problem. However, some of the XTS5000s (not all) won't accept it and seemingly none of the XTL2500s accept it.
On the radio templates which won't accept the 700 system, I get an "invalid system" error. It doesn't matter if I drag-n-drop, or hand enter the data, I get this error. The frequencies of this system range from 771-774 MHz, well within the capabilities of all these radios and all the problem children operate on the various conventional 700 MHz interop frequencies.
Why doesn't this work? How do I fix it?
The minimum feature set of the affected radios is:
G51 SMARTZONE Systems Operation
G806 ASTRO Digital Operation
G173 SMARTZONE OMNILINK Multizone Operation
G361 ASTRO 25 9600 Baud Trunking Systems Operation
G114 Enhanced Digital ID Display
The firmware revision of the particular radio I read to make this post is R12.00.11. However, I have some R20 XTS5k portables which won't accept the 700 system either. The agency affected the most by this is the county fire-rescue department, and they are not going to replace their XTL25000s until the radios are dead dead dead...