I recently purchased a xts 3000 and need push in the right direction as in to where to start to getting the radio programmed, through a cps of some sort which I have had a hard time finding a working version or is there an alternate software cps to use?? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Need help with xts3000
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N4KVE
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Because that radio platform is discontinued, you can’t buy the CPS from Motorola any longer. So E-Bay is your friend. Plenty of people offering to program a radio for a fee. Or, you could probably have a local 2-way shop program it for you.
Is there any truth to the idea that the xts 5000 cps software will work with the xts 3000 v2? From what I've read or it could be wrong.
Ant9270
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No truth there.
Ok thanks.
Project25_MASTR
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The XTS3000 has been out of support for what, 7 or 8 years now? Last version of the CPS was written to work with 32 bit versions of Windows running XP (though many of use successfully used it on up to Windows 7 machines with 32 bit architectures). For the last 5 years 64 bit machines have been the norm though so unless you keep older machines around or have some VM's...its getting more and more difficult to program the radios.
N4KVE
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I keep a $50 XP laptop around for XTS3000/Astro Sabers, MTS2000’s, MTX9250’s, & others. They also have real serial ports. While Moto no longer sells the CPS, it’s easy to find. Ribless programming cables are $20. Still might be cheaper to have someone program it for you.
You say the discontinuted cps is easy to find, do you mind showing a link on where I can find this?
N4KVE
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Per forum rules, I can not. But Google is your friend.
Ok lol of course it is. Thanks again
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I find Bing can be helpful in the questionable results category as well.
I have a MTX9250. I can not find the CPS unless I go to russia. Any clues? I'm assuming I'm not looking for the correct name/version. Which CPS/what version should I be looking for? Google is not helping.
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Commercial series CPS. Latest is R06.12.05 I think
Thank you, sir!
Project25_MASTR
Millennial Graying OBT Guy
Right on the CPS version...but not on the series. That's a Waris radio so that would be Professional Series CPS (which the last version was R06.12.05). Commercial Series CPS last version was R07.18 but that was for radios like the CP/CM/PM series radios.
Shoot, I'm not sure what I was thinking that day lol. Thank you for the correction
ElroyJetson
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Astro Saber/XTS3000 software is what you need.
RSS or CPS? If Motorola no longer cares then it should be easy enouigh to find it.
RSS or CPS? If Motorola no longer cares then it should be easy enouigh to find it.
clbsquared
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R06.12.09 to be exact. R06.12.05 was the last version that still allowed wideband.
R06.12.09 and .05 say unsupported model. The radio says R01.03.62.
clbsquared
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That’s because you need Astro Saber/ XTS3000 CPS.
My reference to Elroy were the versions of Professiknal CPS. Which will not work with the XTS 3000
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