XPR XPR3500e does not have talkaround option in settings

[Tank67]

I am programming 2 XPR3500e radios and 1 XPR3500 radio. The XPR3500 radio has a talkaround option along with all the other options in utilities > radio settings. The XPR3500e's however do not have talkaround and a lot of other options for that matter. The only options they have are brightness, backlight timer, and intelligent audio. The main thing I'm worried about is talkaround, does anyone know how to get the talkaround option into settings?

 

[Ant9270]

I am programming 2 XPR3500e radios and 1 XPR3500 radio. The XPR3500 radio has a talkaround option along with all the other options in utilities > radio settings. The XPR3500e's however do not have talkaround and a lot of other options for that matter. The only options they have are brightness, backlight timer, and intelligent audio. The main thing I'm worried about is talkaround, does anyone know how to get the talkaround option into settings?

Have you enabled it in your menu under general settings?

 

[Tank67]

Have you enabled it in your menu under general settings?

That’s something I forgot to add, I don’t see an option for it in general settings.

What subcategory would it be under? Just so I can double check.

 

[W2PDX]

In CPS it's under Menu -> Utilities. Check the box. This allows you to have the option in the radio's menu (along with backlight, backlight timer, etc). Talkaround is specific to each channel so even though you have it enabled as a menu option and/or a button (under the "Buttons" menu in CPS). Check that each channel has the "Allow Talkaround" button checked.

 

[TampaTyron]

Make sure your CPS is set to expert mode (it should be already set to it if you can see it in one codeplug but not another). TT

 

[N4KVE]

And in the window where you set TS, CC, etc, there should be a box labeled allow talk around. Check that box. It’s there on a per channel basis.

 

[Tank67]

In CPS it's under Menu -> Utilities. Check the box. This allows you to have the option in the radio's menu (along with backlight, backlight timer, etc). Talkaround is specific to each channel so even though you have it enabled as a menu option and/or a button (under the "Buttons" menu in CPS). Check that each channel has the "Allow Talkaround" button checked.

Yup that's what I was looking for. However, I've checked it off and wrote it to the radio yet the option still does not show on the radio.

I've had allow talkaround checked on the channel I've needed yet it didn't/does not work.

 

[W2PDX]

Yup that's what I was looking for. However, I've checked it off and wrote it to the radio yet the option still does not show on the radio.

I've had allow talkaround checked on the channel I've needed yet it didn't/does not work.

Do you have a physical button assigned to TA or are you just relying on the menu option? Also, just confirming the obvious, you are trying to use TA on a repeater (different TX/RX) frequency right?

 

[Tank67]

Do you have a physical button assigned to TA or are you just relying on the menu option? Also, just confirming the obvious, you are trying to use TA on a repeater (different TX/RX) frequency right?

I have a physical button for it assigned, but it won't work which is why I've been trying to enable it in settings.

Yup that's correct, on a repeater freq with different TX/RX. Our other radios need it on in order to work on the channel so that's why I've been trying enable it.

 

[W2PDX]

Did you try all of these settings? Not sure how familiar you are with CPS but it's not too hard to accidentally have a conflicting setting.

For MOTOTRBO Conventional radios on a Digital channel, the Transmit and Receive frequencies must be different for this feature to be enabled.

To disable this feature, the RX Signaling System and TX Signaling System must have the same values.

This feature is not editable and is disabled if RX Only (Conventional Channel) is enabled.

For MOTOTRBO Conventional radios on an Analog channel, at least one of the following Transmit and Receive parameters must be different for this feature to be enabled: Frequency, Squelch Type, DPL Code, DPL Invert, TPL Frequency, TPL Code and Signaling System.

For MOTOTRBO Conventional radios on an Analog channel, the channel must have its RX Signaling System feature set to an MDC System to send an MDC Emergency in Talkaround mode.

For 3600 Trunking capable radios on an Analog conventional channel, at least one of the following Transmit and Receive parameters must be different for this feature to be enabled: Frequency, Squelch Type, DPL Code, DPL Invert and TPL Setting.

This feature is not available in the Capacity Plus - Single Site system.

This feature is disabled and greyed out if Enhanced GNSS is enabled. This dependency is not applicable for MOTOTRBO codeplug version R06.00.xx and later.

This feature is disabled when the Dual Capacity Direct Mode (DCDM) feature is enabled.

This feature is disabled when the Extended Range Direct Mode feature is enabled.

This feature is applicable to MOTOTRBO Conventional radios and 3600 Trunking capable radios in Conventional mode only.

 

[Tank67]

Did you try all of these settings? Not sure how familiar you are with CPS but it's not too hard to accidentally have a conflicting setting.

I'm fairly new to CPS (although I've been doing well so far ) I'll be sure to try these out.

EDIT: I think the issue is that these two XPR3500E radios do not have the Capacity Plus Multi-Site (they have single site) feature whereas the regular XPR3500 I have here does have it.