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For those of you who have messed with the XTS5000
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:11 pm
by Josh
Does the XTS5000 have an RSSI guage on it?
And if so, does anyone have an image or could make an image of what the screen looks like.
I figure if the XTS5k has it, then the XTS2.5K probably does too, and I suspect that it does, but my display module which came today was damaged and I had to send it back....my radio is yet to be completed
-Josh
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:31 pm
by Pj
From what I understand, the RSSI guage just works on AStro trunked or maybe just trunked systems. I don't believe is works conventionally. At least thats what I remember.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:45 pm
by N4DES
Yes the 2500 has a signal strength meter on it and needs to have the SmartZone flag selected under Coverage Type in the trunking system. It does not work in conventional that I have seen yet.
I'm sure the 5000 works the same, but I haven't messed with one that was flashed for SmartZone to date.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:03 pm
by Josh
KS4VT wrote:Yes the 2500 has a signal strength meter on it and needs to have the SmartZone flag selected under Coverage Type in the trunking system. It does not work in conventional that I have seen yet.
I'm sure the 5000 works the same, but I haven't messed with one that was flashed for SmartZone to date.
Well that'll be fun to watch.
I wonder if the signal will fluctuate as much as an iDEN radio does....in order to find out, I have to wait for my display to come back.
-Josh
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 7:27 am
by RocketNJ
It will not display the signal strength on a SmartNet system either.
George
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:01 pm
by N4DES
Josh wrote:KS4VT wrote:Yes the 2500 has a signal strength meter on it and needs to have the SmartZone flag selected under Coverage Type in the trunking system. It does not work in conventional that I have seen yet.
I'm sure the 5000 works the same, but I haven't messed with one that was flashed for SmartZone to date.
Well that'll be fun to watch.
I wonder if the signal will fluctuate as much as an iDEN radio does....in order to find out, I have to wait for my display to come back.
-Josh
It doesn't fluctuate that much on my system being its 10 site simulcast. It does go from full scale to 3/4 scale sometimes but all in all it's not very accurate or really means much to the end user.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 9:25 pm
by 123
From what I have heard the RSSI only works in 9600 IMBE systems
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:33 am
by RocketNJ
works here on 3600 baud SmartZone system.
George