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MotoTrbo CPS 10.0.510 vs. newer version

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W1CRN

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I know with the Weris series CPS you can not use a older CPS to program a radio that has a newer CPS program to it. Is this the same with Mototro CPS. Got a radio off Ebay with CPS 11.00.10 and i only have CPS 10.0.510. I can't upgrade to CPS 11 because i do not have a Windows 7 machine. What to do if this is the case. Please help. I hope I didn't waist $400.
 

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You have a subscription to CPS, worth $265 and you are worried that you paid $400 for a Trbo radio, yet you won't upgrade your PC to Windows 7, which is almost end of life since Windows 10 comes out next year?

What part of this am I missing? And no, once written with newer CPS, you can't go back, at least with any legitimate method.
 

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Must use the correct CPS.

My previous employer is going through this right now. I helped them migrate to MotoTrbo XPR4550 and XPR 6550 radios. Company policy was to load all of the radios (about 1400 of them) with the new CPS anytime Motorola came out with a new release.

With releases becoming more common, this took a lot of work. Then anytime a radio was repaired, Motorola put the latest software in them. This forces you to get a current CPS version. It is a marketing and license strategy to keep people honest.

So you must use the correct version of CPS or newer on a radio. And like a previous poster said, there is no official way to go backwards.

This previous employer of mine was also warned about XP computers coming to the end of their service life and how Motorola was going to stop supporting XP when Microsoft ended support. I bought two Windows 7 computers, and then got chastised for that. Now a year later, they find themselves having to buy Windows 8.1 computers that are actually a little finicky with Motorola software, as well as the Telex dispatch software they also run.

As a radio shop owner told me once, you end up looking like a computer factory if you support several series of radios.
 

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Try what you have first. Many times I was able to program my Trbo radios from CPS that was just 1 step back from what was last used to program the radio. Same with my Jedi's, & XTS3000's. Good luck.
 

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I am going to when my buddy gives me his cable to use


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What CPS was released just prior to 10.5?
 
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