Unity XG-100 T99 Decode - Invalid Channel Feature

[KB3ZWI]

Would it be possible for a Unity XG-100 to not have the T99 Decode function? Or is that a standard feature? I have it set up but I get an invalid channel feature. I also have one of the side buttons set to "monitor / clear". Thank you for the guidance.

Here's what I have:

RPM: 14.3.5.0
Radio Software: 12082-8900 XLPRO606

Conventional:
T99 Mute Control: checked
QuickCall: Checked
Decode Tone Table: 1

Type 99 Opt:
Tone A: 651.9
Tone B: 569.1
Tone C: 0.0
Harris: Unchecked

Conv Set:
One channel with T99 Decode enabled.

Under channel options though "Alert" is checked, but grayed out.

 

[snoopyII]

It's not a standard feature. Have you checked the radio to see if its enabled?

 

[merlin]

T99 is a programmable feature when you set up a system. Decode is no problem, but switched to muting, it works like SELCALL (quick call) and no need for CG.
I don't know how well T99 plays with MDC,(G-star in Harris lingo) I have both on an older radio that works.
Configuring alerts can be a nightmare, but if you are getting a T99 call, you are nearly there.
Note this is selective and the call must target your radio ID to open the squelch.
Under option settings>alert options, this is where you define how the radio alerts you. receive alert tone should be checked. (PA, HORN, SIREN for mobile options.)

 

[KB3ZWI]

It's not a standard feature. Have you checked the radio to see if its enabled?

That's what I was figuring. It's not listed in the feature list. I'm surprised it isn't a standard feature but I guess T99 decode isn't commonly used.

 

[KB3ZWI]

I just checked the Harris radio feature list and I am indeed missing "09" for Type 99 encode and decode.

Are there civilian dealers that wouldn't mind giving me a quote to add it?

 

[merlin]

I will need to do some checking, but I have a number of LPE-200s I gave T99 and G-star just in upgrading firmware. T99 is not that big of deal and if just decoding is what you have in mind, there are software decoders that can do that.
I use DSD+ fastlane with my scanner, but you can pipe audio to your computer with a modded external speaker mike. get the audio from the earbud jack.
73s

 

[merlin]

I just checked the Harris radio feature list and I am indeed missing "09" for Type 99 encode and decode.

Are there civilian dealers that wouldn't mind giving me a quote to add it?

Some radios have it, some don't. you could look into software decoders, that was my recourse.

 

[KB3ZWI]

Indeed. Considering what the radio is otherwise capable of I can't complain at all. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[wa8pyr]

Would it be possible for a Unity XG-100 to not have the T99 Decode function? Or is that a standard feature? I have it set up but I get an invalid channel feature. I also have one of the side buttons set to "monitor / clear". Thank you for the guidance.

Here's what I have:

RPM: 14.3.5.0
Radio Software: 12082-8900 XLPRO606

Conventional:
T99 Mute Control: checked
QuickCall: Checked
Decode Tone Table: 1

Type 99 Opt:
Tone A: 651.9
Tone B: 569.1
Tone C: 0.0
Harris: Unchecked

Conv Set:
One channel with T99 Decode enabled.

Under channel options though "Alert" is checked, but grayed out.

Went through this myself, had to call Harris to ask.

According to the Harris shop from which I bought my XG-100P, Type 99 Decode is not available for the XG-100P. We were all pretty puzzled by that since it's pretty much standard in every other product from Harris and their predecessors. Only thing we could figure was that, since the XG-100P was designed by the Green Radio Squad (the military side of the house) as more of a tactical radio, Type 99 Decode was determined to not be a necessary function.

 

[TDR-94]

T99 is enabled in the feature string and functions on my XG-100P's and a friends XG-100P.

You can also select and deselect it,for the channel,in the radio's messaging menu.

 

[TDR-94]

My mistake.It's the radios CALL menu where you can toggle the T99 decode,if the radio has the T99 feature enabled and a channel has T99 assigned to it via RPM.

 

[KB3ZWI]

My mistake.It's the radios CALL menu where you can toggle the T99 decode,if the radio has the T99 feature enabled and a channel has T99 assigned to it via RPM.

I definitely must not have it. I have T99 all enabled from what I can tell. I get the "invalid channel feature" message and under call I see the T99 options, but I can't select them.

I'm surprised it isn't a default option.

 

[merlin]

Went through this myself, had to call Harris to ask.

According to the Harris shop from which I bought my XG-100P, Type 99 Decode is not available for the XG-100P. We were all pretty puzzled by that since it's pretty much standard in every other product from Harris and their predecessors. Only thing we could figure was that, since the XG-100P was designed by the Green Radio Squad (the military side of the house) as more of a tactical radio, Type 99 Decode was determined to not be a necessary function.

I take info from Harris TAC with a grain of salt. Either talking to a non-techy or intentional deception has been my experience.

 

[merlin]

I definitely must not have it. I have T99 all enabled from what I can tell. I get the "invalid channel feature" message and under call I see the T99 options, but I can't select them.

I'm surprised it isn't a default option.

It is simple, on your features list, if 09 is not there, you don't have it.

 

[TDR-94]

RPM doesn't know what features are enabled in radio and will let you program whatever the radio type supports. That's why the radio indicates "invalid channel" to tell you that there is a setting in the mission plan that the radio doesn't have a feature enabled for.

 

[Thunderknight]

I take info from Harris TAC with a grain of salt. Either talking to a non-techy or intentional deception has been my experience.

And my experience of years of dealing with TAC I've always felt it is very easy to get to talk to technical folks there, and, that while sometimes a little misguided, I've never felt I was being lied to. (More like we mutually discovered something unexpected).

Whereas with a certain other manufacturer, if I send up the bat symbol, all I get is a ticket number in return...

 

[KB3ZWI]

Do you guys know of any civilian / ham friendly Harris dealers that I could message for a quote to get the feature and updated firmware?

 

[IFRIED91]

Your radio should Have it.... all of them do... I configured it successfully and when I went to add more systems with t99 I keep getting the “error type 99 tones missing” I would just mess around with the encode options and see if you have it set to encode a feature that’s blank

Do you guys know of any civilian / ham friendly Harris dealers that I could message for a quote to get the feature and updated firmware?

 

[TDR-94]

Your radio should Have it.... all of them do... I configured it successfully and when I went to add more systems with t99 I keep getting the “error type 99 tones missing” I would just mess around with the encode options and see if you have it

They don't ALL have the T99 feature enabled. It's not a feature enabled by default in the radio feature string.It has to be requested to be enabled,like every other feature.

 

[wa8pyr]

They don't ALL have the T99 feature enabled. It's not a feature enabled by default in the radio feature string.It has to be requested to be enabled,like every other feature.

But it's more common than not; I've been fussing around with Harris (and predecessor) radios for years, and it's been awfully rare that one has come up which did not have T99 enabled. I think that's what he was getting at.