Unless he can find someone who can give him a deal on it. I dont think I would pay 500 or more for a string upgrade
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Geez, let's not tar an entire community with the same brush or anything..... I'm a ham and I don't expect anything for free. If it's free, great; if not I'm perfectly willing to pay for it.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
What radio? If it’s an XL, it has an actual file. If it’s an XG (Unity) or earlier, it just has a string of numbers. You can read an XG or earlier feature string from the front display if the radio is properly configured. You can also read it from radio maintenance, which is usually installed alongside RPM.
Honestly, I’m not sure you can easily get the feature file out of an XL… I’ve never needed the old one in order to get a new one.
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Honestly, I’m not sure you can easily get the feature file out of an XL… I’ve never needed the old one in order to get a new one.
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mmckenna
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It's easy, but I'm don't have that laptop with me. There's a menu item at the top of the screen. It downloads the .fss file to your computer and you e-mail that to the dealer. They send you a new .fss file back and you load that into the radio.
I'm totally new to Harris gear, and it was easy to figure out.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Just launch RPM2, click on Radio, click on Feature Data. Read it out of the radio, make a note of where the .fss file saves to. That file gets sent out to your dealer or direct to the Harris TAC, along with your feature order. A new version comes back to you that you then load into the radio. Simpler than it was in the legacy radios.
The .fss file is plain text, mostly, showing what option codes are in the radio, but there is a section that consists of encrypted data so you can't just easily add features by adding lines and option codes.
The .fss file is plain text, mostly, showing what option codes are in the radio, but there is a section that consists of encrypted data so you can't just easily add features by adding lines and option codes.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
Cool thanks… like I said, I’ve never had a reason to read the file out. Makes sense it would be easy, but whets even easier is not needing it to add features!
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