Motorola XPR4550 IP Site Connect Settings

[Snakedoc84]

Hello all,
Looking for some help, please tell me what setting i’m missing?? I have setup an XPR4550 VHF for IP site connect, but I cannot get the radio to auto roam the sites. I’m setting it up for 3 sites, I have added a regular channel for site 1 setup all my contacts and RX groups, then for site 2 and 3 I have added channels to the Channel Pool to put site 2 and 3 in there for the roaming. I have enabled IP site connect setting on all channels, and setup my roam list, wrote the programming to the radio, but it will not auto roam the sites, I have programmed a button for manual roam, and that works, but I want the radio to auto roam. Is there a setting in the CPS somewhere that sets it up to auto roam? Thanks for all help.

 

[hakwye8518]

look at your roam list and adjust the rssi threshold to tell the radio when to start looking for a stronger site, make sure site lock isn't being used.

 

[TampaTyron]

Be cautious of any RSSI over 100 (101, 102, 103, etc). Many systems experience issues with subscribers programmed above 100. TT

 

[RRR]

Bad thing with adjusting the RSSI too high on "Roam" is when you travel "outside" or on the fringe of your range / coverage area, when you are manually locked on one site, you can still talk / receive, when in "Roam", the radio will keep on searching for a site with the lesser RSI value.

Enc plays into this as well, on the fringes, a radio without Enc will still work, but with Enc enabled, the extra packets have a difficult time trying to get through, and it won't receive all the packets = not receive the conversation. This is why the claim of "Enc limits range" is relevant.