Motorola XTS to Harris XL200

[nvfd921]

I am in the process of trying to combine my three separately banded XTS' to a single Harris personality. has anyone made a transition like this from the ground up? The conventional channels are no problem, of course. Where I am having a problem is that I can't figure out how do get the trunked systems transferred over. I know this is pretty broad and more info may be needed. Please help if you can, I may be able to send some screen shots at another time as well.

 

[K2BNE]

The XL200 can only be programmed with RPM2 ... the software does not allow any programming in the trunking portion unless it is unlocked by Harris with a system key ...

 

[nvfd921]

I have rpm2 and the proper system keys. The terminology between the two manufacturers varies. Just trying to figure out where to plug in numbers.

 

[DisasterGuy]

There is no conversion from a Motorola Codeplug to Harris Personality file. I do this regularly translating between Motorola, Harris, EFJ and Tait. It took a long time to get comfortable with all the platforms and differences in both terminology and workflow. At a high level, when your motorola workflow is typically: trunking system -> trunking personality -> zone your general workflow in Harris will be: P25 iden set, P25 trunked frequency set, p25 group set -> system -> (if desired) zone.

 

[wa8pyr]

There is no conversion from a Motorola Codeplug to Harris Personality file. I do this regularly translating between Motorola, Harris, EFJ and Tait. It took a long time to get comfortable with all the platforms and differences in both terminology and workflow. At a high level, when your motorola workflow is typically: trunking system -> trunking personality -> zone your general workflow in Harris will be: P25 iden set, P25 trunked frequency set, p25 group set -> system -> (if desired) zone.

Ditto. I do this all the time and it's a big PITA. I would be at least reasonably content if RPM2 allowed me to import or paste info from an Excel spreadsheet like APX. As it is I have to build from scratch.

One good thing about Harris over Moto is that I can use a single codeplug file for every kind of radio RPM2 will program; just tell it what the radio is, fix the inevitable errors that pop up, and program. Motorola requires a separate codeplug for every tiny variation of model; you got two XTS5000-M3 portables with only a tiny variation like Programming over P25? Too bad so sad, it's time to make separate codeplugs. Grrr!

Add to the frustration the fact that Moto and Harris radios behave differently; I've got customers with both and it's a constant struggle trying to explain the differences in public safety-speak.

 

[cifd64]

3 Months it took me to migrate the APX configs and personalities to Harris Systems. I wish you well on your journey. Let us know how long it takes.