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I have been using ARC536PRO for several years and like it. I upgraded my 536 and it decodes fine. I live in an area where the main radio installer/maintainer is affiliated with MOTOROLA, hence 99% of central VA uses MOTOTRBO. However Tidewater and SW VA. use NXDN. I use an earlier version of ARC536PRO software because when I blindly installed the last "nag screen" version to do some minor change regarding "FL" displays or whatever, I failed first to delete a previously written FL first and made a file change and updated the FL. The result was a dupe FL I could NOT delete it using the new version. It was totally ignored. In order to delete the "new" dupe FL, I had to reinstall my older version and then deleted it with no problem. That is no longer a problem/issue.
I upgraded my 536 for both DMR(MOTOTRBO) and NXDN. Even though I'm using an earlier sw version, the DMR transmissions decode fine. However, NXDN users are like 4 leaf clovers in my area. What is ironic is CSX and NS railroads have spent milllions of dollars over the 10 year upgrading their rail systems for NXDN. Now that they have that capability, it is used only in a few of their facilities like the Coal Loading Pier in Norfolk, and not as part of regular moving rail comms.
I spent 1/2 of this morning reading the RR posts about the different versions of ARC536PRO which initially supported NXDN and the particular problems with each version. The thread was closed and the last Butel post was to inform the reader to download version 6. I tried and never could find a link for a "Build 6" Butel advertised. I assumed "2.1 Build 5" is the latest version........just a guess????.....looking for a version 6 if that is correct.
Can some knowledgeable 536 Butel sw NXDN user please tell me what is the latest ARC536PRO software version, if any required for also decoding NXDN transmissions and provide me a valid website link. That's important because there are a number of website links to Butel for down loading sw and some of them may not be the"latest greatest" valid version. Thanks. .
John
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I upgraded my 536 for both DMR(MOTOTRBO) and NXDN. Even though I'm using an earlier sw version, the DMR transmissions decode fine. However, NXDN users are like 4 leaf clovers in my area. What is ironic is CSX and NS railroads have spent milllions of dollars over the 10 year upgrading their rail systems for NXDN. Now that they have that capability, it is used only in a few of their facilities like the Coal Loading Pier in Norfolk, and not as part of regular moving rail comms.
I spent 1/2 of this morning reading the RR posts about the different versions of ARC536PRO which initially supported NXDN and the particular problems with each version. The thread was closed and the last Butel post was to inform the reader to download version 6. I tried and never could find a link for a "Build 6" Butel advertised. I assumed "2.1 Build 5" is the latest version........just a guess????.....looking for a version 6 if that is correct.
Can some knowledgeable 536 Butel sw NXDN user please tell me what is the latest ARC536PRO software version, if any required for also decoding NXDN transmissions and provide me a valid website link. That's important because there are a number of website links to Butel for down loading sw and some of them may not be the"latest greatest" valid version. Thanks. .
John
W4UVV
