P7100 problem

[patrick911]

Hi everyone

I just got a P7100ip scan radio today and cannot programm the radio. When I press the programm button on programmer I have an error message that says the RADIO ID NOT VALID. When I go in radio maintenance and I read the radio in the tracking data box it says INVALID - 0. I attached with this message a picture of the radio information. Also as you can see in the hardware board box it says 700...!!!

Also when I power up the radio all pixels open and stays there. Like if I was in programming mode.
Any help would be appreciated

Pat

p.s. I have version 18 of programmer

 

[Radioman96p71]

Your radio is set up for RPM and has too-new of flashcode. You will need to get it downgraded before RadioMaint or ProGrammer will see it as a valid radio.

 

[patrick911]

Hi thank you for your fast answer.

Is this somthing I can do my self or need to be shipped to a tech?

Thank you

 

[Radioman96p71]

You will need to have someone with RPM to downgrade it. Unfortunately doing it without the proper files will work in a pinch (tested it myself) it will work, but not without some bugs and maybe a less-than-fully-functional radio.

 

[patrick911]

ok...

Is it hard to get RPM from Harris?

 

[Radioman96p71]

You can get Conventional only from a dealer for about $200 or so. Trunking is another story, havent seen a quote in a while but it was in the $2,000 ballpark. Give TAC a call and they should be able to get you a number for your nearest dealer.

 

[patrick911]

I just contacted Harris and they are going to reprogram my radio. The guy said that it's not possible to downgrade to a lower programmer version. You need to have the right programmer version.

Thanks

 

[Radioman96p71]

Seems like a little misinformation from Harris there, but I'm glad they are going to work with you!

I believe its widely known that RPM-flashed P/M7100 radios can and need to be downgraded in order to work with the legacy ProGrammer software. If you have the correct bootloader file from RPM, you can do it yourself, but it seems that file is nearly impossible to secure.