XPR 5550 with L3208 Junction Box

[dpridy]

I am the IT guy here at work and now the radio has fallen in my lap and I am lost.

We have an xpr 5550 connected to a GIA-Tronics ITA2000 tone remote adapter we had 2 GIA-Tronics ITR2000 tone remotes they have both died over the last year and are out of stock until 2022.

The "radio guy" said any tone remote would work so I picked up a Moto MC3000 (digital) it can receive but not transmit, so I nabbed IDA 24-66 (not digital) it can key the mic but not transmit...I think. Now I just got a Moto Digital Junction Box L3208 to run the MC3000 but I am not sure how, or even if it is possible to connect the two. The XPR has the accessory port and the L3208 has a DB25 port can they be connected? I keep throwing small amounts of money at this and waiting for items to arrive but not getting anywhere.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should I just wait for the ITR2000 to come back in stock?

 

[cpg178]

I toyed around with the MC3000 and a CDM1550 and MCS2000 earlier this year. It is to my understanding that the MC3000 is for CDM1550, Astro Spectra and MCS2000. I know earlier this year @rescue161 posted his setup with an MC2500 controlling an XPR5550. They may be able to provide some insight.

 

[Firebuff880]

Depending on your mission / budget you might consider a Telex solution with an IP-223/224 Panel for the donor radio and IP-2002/IP-3002 for the remote consoles. The 3000 series is the newly announced replacement for the 2000 series.

IP-2002 - Telephone IP based console by Telex

IP-2002 is the perfect console for light dispatch applications. The perfect footprint for smaller operations or supervisory monitoring situations, the IP-2002 is an IP-based dispatch console in a familiar desktop telephone form factor. Dispatchers using the IP-2002 can initiate a crosspatch...

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IP-3002 - by Telex

The IP-3002 two-line console is a part of the IP-3000 series of consoles that combine state-of-the-art hardware and software for the ultimate all-in-one UX (User Experience). The console features ergonomic comfort, fully customizable interfaces, backward-compatibility with existing Telex...

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IP-224 - Dual IP remote adapter panel by Telex

IP-224 is the IP radio gateway at the heart of the Telex Radio Dispatch System. Based upon the Linux operating system, the IP-224 provides an extremely reliable means of remote-controlling two audio devices. The IP-224 can be easily configured to work with both digital and analog consoles, and...

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[R8000]

The MC3000 was meant to work with Motorola's SB9600 protocol. I don't know for sure if the XPR radios will support SB9600. That's digging deep into a real mess.
Your radio guy is correct. If you have a tone remote adapter on your radio, any tone remote will work....as long as it has matched settings to what your tone adapter is wanting.
Tone remotes can come in either 2 or 4 wire models. Some have programming dip switches that can change this, and some need to be factory ordered 2 or 4 wire.
The function tone tables have to match. Unless there was some weird special thing going on, the industry standard tone table should work for a simple single channel setup. 1950 Hz F1, 2050 Hz monitor, 2175 Hz HLGT.
2 or 4 wire ? If you need duplex audio to your remote (between the radio and the remote) such as a permit to talk tone, then you need 4 wire. If you use a simple conventional analog system, a 2 wire remote will do just fine.
Since you are not a radio guy and just want it to work, put the tone remote stuff back the way it was and purchase a tone remote. You don't need and IDA remote. CPI makes decent stuff that can do the job for you.
If you want to cobble digital stuff into it, I am not going down that path. That's like walking someone trough doing a DOD delete on their Chevy truck.
Or... you can just have your radio tech make it all work again
Good luck !

CPI Remotes

 

[dpridy]

Thank you everyone, sounds like I just need to find the right combination of jumper and switch settings to make what I have behave. I'll stop buying random equipment off ebay now.