I know officially it says that the E5 control head is compatible with the APX6500 and APX8500, but has anyone tried it or does anyone know if it will in fact work on a 4500? Thinking of getting one for an APX4500 dash mount radio, but only if it will actually work obviously.
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APX E5 Control Head compatible with APX4500?
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You used the E5 with the 4500?
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
Run several dozen AN 4500s with factory shipped dash mount O5s. Nothing as secret about it, they were ordered that way during a 2016 mass purchase order direct from MSI.
Yes. They were purchased/shipped new with these (E5) heads (Price pages do not show it as available.) BUT we worked with our directly rep and he made it happen. (We wanted same heads as our APX6500 Dual Head rigs. For consistent user radio training)
Understand, these are APX4500 "B" version (Enhanced) To the best of my knowledge, "A" version is a no go for E5.
ChristianPeri26
Member
Got an answer from Motorola Solutions for the APX E5 Control Head. Yes compatible with APX8500/APX7500/APX6500/APX4500
ChristianPeri26
Member
Id like to know if the E5 Control Head will work with the XTL radios.
With the 5000 yes, 2500 may need a mod to work.
ChristianPeri26
Member
You can confirm it works with the 5000? Cause a 110 watt XLT 5000 is half the price of the 110 watt APX 6500. I just picked up a brand new E5 head on Ebay for a decent price. Motorola wanted $1500 for a new head.
I'd be interested to know this myself. At my previous job, one of our customers was the local transit authority, which had a whole mess of XTL2500 and 5000 mobiles in their buses (a couple hundred at least). They used a custom control head that worked with their CAD/AVL system and replaced the original control head. After they started buying APX6500 mobiles, they discovered that their control heads wouldn't work because the control head communication protocol differed from the XTL radios. The CAD/AVL company ended up having to update their software to accommodate the new radios.
And like @ChristianPeri26, I'd love to be able to use an E5 head with the XTL5000 brick I have sitting in the garage.
Are you thinking of the O5? the E5 will not work on an XTL.
I'm thinking 05, your right.
ChristianPeri26
Member
Okay great thank you for clarifying everyone. So as far as we know it will just work with the APX8500/APX7500/APX6500/APX4500
ChristianPeri26
Member
Also, does anyone know if it matters between having the APX radio AN or BN Models when it comes to using the E5 Head?
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
It will work with AN, but HOST F/W must be 21.xx or higher for the CH to be recognized and ingest the host firmware. Correct flex required as well.
ChristianPeri26
Member
Okay very interesting, thank you.
