XTS5000 NAS

[HT-220]

Using a copy of CPS sent to me by a friend from another part of the country that included a software system key I programmed my XTS for NAS scan.
Since the software key sent was for a different system than what I was programming it let me do all the trunking edits except for the system ID.
In order to save the program and write it I had to put the original system ID that was for the software ID back.
After writing to the radio everything worked fine.
Why?
Does it not matter what software system key you use as long as you can make the trunking edits?

 

[KevinC]

Using a copy of CPS sent to me by a friend from another part of the country that included a software system key I programmed my XTS for NAS scan.
Since the software key sent was for a different system than what I was programming it let me do all the trunking edits except for the system ID.
In order to save the program and write it I had to put the original system ID that was for the software ID back.
After writing to the radio everything worked fine.
Why?
Does it not matter what software system key you use as long as you can make the trunking edits?

Correct. NAS doesn't have time to verify the system ID. Not that it applies to your XTS500, but P2 requires the correct system ID and WACN as that is included in the scramble.

 

[HT-220]

So can the radio still affiliate with the wrong system ID in there?

 

[KevinC]

So can the radio still affiliate with the wrong system ID in there?

Let's see...NAS is No Affiliate Scan, so I'm going with a no. And technically it's not registering, but let's not muddy the waters.

 

[chrismol1]

So can the radio still affiliate with the wrong system ID in there?

you can have a system with ID: 1 and WACN: 1. A correct control channel and talkgroup seems to be the only thing that for NAS it cares about. The great thing with that is nope, it will not attempt to affiliate if 'accidentally' going to a trunked talkgroup it will say out of range as the sys/wacn isn't correct.