|
|
|
|
| Kenwood Forum For discussion of land mobile radio products manufactured by Kenwood. This is to include the TK(R) and NX(R) series radios and their associated accessories. This forum is not for the TM series; use Amateur Radio Equipment. |
12-05-2012, 6:00 PM
|
|
|
TK-8180 no MDC1200
Hi,
I have a TK-8180 HK and am trying to get the MDC1200 working, but I can't seem to find anything in the software mentioning it. I have firmware version 1.22.00 loaded into the radio and am using software version 1.6. I have experience with the NX series, and I noticed that in the NX software, along the top of the Zone Information window, there are 3 parameters I can change (Zone Type, Signalling Type, and Zone name). In the TK-8180 software, I only see Zone Type and Zone Name. Am I looking in the wrong place to select MDC1200? Am I using the wrong software version? Does the fact that this is a trunking radio make a difference? Thanks in advance...
__________________
Scanning Philly, Bucks, Eastern MontCo, & DelCo Fire.
Base radios: TK-7180 VHF, TK-8180 UHF, CDM-750 VHF, Pro-197, PSR-800
Mobile radios: NX-700 VHF, NX-800 UHF, Pro-96, & Wouxun HT.
|
12-05-2012, 6:24 PM
|
|
|
Unlike a NX, a 8180 will do fleetsync OR mdc1200 but not both at the same time. The change is made under "model information".
|
12-05-2012, 6:28 PM
|
|
|
Just looked and behold! The drop down list was right there in the Model Information window, that last place I would have thought to look lol. Thank you, sir!
__________________
Scanning Philly, Bucks, Eastern MontCo, & DelCo Fire.
Base radios: TK-7180 VHF, TK-8180 UHF, CDM-750 VHF, Pro-197, PSR-800
Mobile radios: NX-700 VHF, NX-800 UHF, Pro-96, & Wouxun HT.
|
01-18-2013, 9:28 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Amateur Radio
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: bridlington, uk
Posts: 96
|
|
give fleetsync atry you might like it, many more features than mdc1200
|
01-18-2013, 10:06 PM
|
|
|
The agencies near me do not use fleetsync, they use MDC, so I needed the MDC protocall to decode the ID's and enable emergency alerting.
__________________
Scanning Philly, Bucks, Eastern MontCo, & DelCo Fire.
Base radios: TK-7180 VHF, TK-8180 UHF, CDM-750 VHF, Pro-197, PSR-800
Mobile radios: NX-700 VHF, NX-800 UHF, Pro-96, & Wouxun HT.
|
01-18-2013, 11:38 PM
|
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by phillmobile
give fleetsync atry you might like it, many more features than mdc1200
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by phillydjdan
The agencies near me do not use fleetsync, they use MDC, so I needed the MDC protocall to decode the ID's and enable emergency alerting.
|
FleetSync might be more feature-laden, but it's less prolific and as you say, not compatible with MDC, which a lot of agencies still use.
Also for what it's worth, I had a batch of 8180s that entered a locked-up state (squelch open at loudest volume level) upon receiving an FS burst, from which the only recovery was to physically remove power from the radio (no buttons would work, not even the power button). I don't know if it was firmware-age related, because even though I have upgraded all my radios to 1.22, I haven't re-enabled FS - because like phillydjdan, I need the MDC feature set. |
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 2:30 AM.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
