I just recently got an XTS1500 VHF and it was already programmed with channels and had features in it as zone selection as well as scan and just everything that you would need for a conventional radio. However when i turn the radio on it goes through the self check just fine but then there is a medium level tone that is continuous as if it is on a blank channel. I can read and write to the radio just fine, but it will not allow me to transmit on anything that i have programmed because of this tone. The transmit light flickers for a breif second then goes out. This radio has also presented this problem before i even hooked it up to the computer. If anyone can please help I would much appreciate it.
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Motorola XTS1500
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Are you sure there are actual frequencies/nets assigned to the physical channel positions? Continuous tone usually indicates an unprogrammed channel position or disabled net in that zone, regardless of whether it has a text alpha tag assigned to it.
If you want, feel free to shoot me a screenshot (or link to a screenshot) of your personality[ies] and zone channel assignments in CPS.
Puush is a good utility for this purpose if you need one.
If you want, feel free to shoot me a screenshot (or link to a screenshot) of your personality[ies] and zone channel assignments in CPS.
Puush is a good utility for this purpose if you need one.
The radio was making this tone when I purchased it. The radios were not deprogrammed and came right out of service and into the auction that I got it from. I have not done any programming to it, but for the read and write that I did to the radio. I am using version 20.0 software and i have gone in though and disabled everything that I could think of and still nothing, that is the extent of the programming that i have done. I have even deleted all of the channels with only leaving one channel in the radio and still nothing. This is as of right now as we speak.
Sounds like you are trying to transmit on a trunking system that doesn't exist anymore.
Send me the codeplug and I'll look at it.
Like MikeOxlong suggested, the radio can be set to only audibly notify you that you are Out Of Range of a trunking system. In the CPS, under Radio Wide, you can set Disabled, Alert Only, Display Only or Alert & Display.
Another item to check is the Scan List. The XTS series emits a steady tone also when the Scan function is turned on and there is nothing in the scan list, and will not let you transmit. Usually you will see something like "Blank List", but sometimes I have found that the message doesn't get displayed. Turn off Scan and see if that fixes it.
Another item to check is the Scan List. The XTS series emits a steady tone also when the Scan function is turned on and there is nothing in the scan list, and will not let you transmit. Usually you will see something like "Blank List", but sometimes I have found that the message doesn't get displayed. Turn off Scan and see if that fixes it.
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The radio is trying to autoscan on an invalid scan list channel. Delete all the scan lists and any reference to them in buttons, menus, personalities and modes. Also remove all scan lists and leave one 'default' can list and don't assign anything to it.
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