Just received an Astro Spectra PLUS 800MHz which, when powered up. gives me
only the Red and Amber lights, then a blank screen. There is no cycling up and
down, no " SELF CHK ", no audio ( beep, bonk, etc. ). No FAIL or any other messages.
This radio worked fine after swapping Vocon boards with a known good radio.
The known good radio then displayed same behavior as the defective one had.
So it appears that the Vocon must be the problem. My question is whether
an impaired Vocon would behave this way.
Can Impaired Vcoon be read? How to know ???
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Re: Can Impaired Vcoon be read? How to know ???
Definitely impaired. I think you're looking for inhibited - I haven't witnessed that behavior on an AS+, but the symptoms sound right.
Whoops, I mean INHIBITED
Inhibited is the very word, thank you. Perhaps, I am "impaired" by this vexing radio.
Being a 9600 trunking 800 A/S PLUS, it seems like a good candidate to get inhibited
for affiliating without an invitation. I have had two identical Astro Spectra Plus 800 models
previously. They can be a tad fussy, but I've never had one that was inhibited so I'm at a loss
(literally and figuratively).
Can an inhibited radio be read by the CPS or does it behave this way: Briefly lighted Red and Amber,
but nothing at all thereafter. Powering up and down brings the same result.
Chances of finding a replacement Vocon seem quite remote.
Any thoughts, guesses much appreciated.
Being a 9600 trunking 800 A/S PLUS, it seems like a good candidate to get inhibited
for affiliating without an invitation. I have had two identical Astro Spectra Plus 800 models
previously. They can be a tad fussy, but I've never had one that was inhibited so I'm at a loss
(literally and figuratively).
Can an inhibited radio be read by the CPS or does it behave this way: Briefly lighted Red and Amber,
but nothing at all thereafter. Powering up and down brings the same result.
Chances of finding a replacement Vocon seem quite remote.
Any thoughts, guesses much appreciated.
- Victor Xray
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Re: Whoops, I mean INHIBITED
Yes and the CPS will pop up a warning window too, telling you the radio has been inhibited and can only be restored from the dispatch console or from the depot.Leadenwah wrote:Can an inhibited radio be read by the CPS
Re: Can Impaired Vcoon be read? How to know ???
Can this be revived with an S record push?
Chris
Chris
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Re: Can Impaired Vcoon be read? How to know ???
Depending on what the radio was last written/programmed with, you may be able to uninhibit it yourself with regular rss/cps, the early stuff would allow you to uninhibit with just a read/write operation.
Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing in the world smells like that.
Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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Revelation 6:8
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing in the world smells like that.
Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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Revelation 6:8
Re: Can Impaired Vcoon be read? How to know ???
Astro25? Not so muchN9LLO wrote:Can this be revived with an S record push?
Chris