Hi, I acquired a very nice 3500e, however when I tried to reprogram it to my works frequencies. I received that nasty codeplug password prompt. Does anyone know any ways around it, besides going to the original dealer.
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XPR 3500e Codeplug password
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Ant9270
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Under clone in the top tool bar, you should see an option for recovery. Make certain you have an equal to the level in the radio or higher firmware revision.
Do not just run a blind recover. You will lose your tuning values. I have a 3500e and have run this exact procedure on it for a codeplug password (as well as a 5550, 6350, and 7550e for other reasons).
This assumes you have a CPS subscription, the firmware you are intending to recover to (>= current), and Tuner.
1. Open Tuner, plug in the radio, and read the tuning values. Save that file to disk.
2. Open CPS and run a recover. It will take a few minutes and the radio will reboot a few times.
3. Open Tuner and open the file you saved earlier with the tuning values. Hit write and push the tuning values back onto the radio.
4. Clone/create your codeplug onto the radio.
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Or, if you have the identical radio, just clone it’s code plug into the radio. I’ve done this numerous times.
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I have done this as well. Both with CPS2.0 and R16. Chances are someone here has the same model number as your radio and can help you out. If it's a UHF 3500e, I have one.
I've done many recoveries and have not found that the tuning soft spots are an issue. I've manually ran through them as well as run autotune.
My experience is the same, having done many recoveries over the years while checking alignment afterwards. However, it certainly doesn't hurt to save tuning values and check once complete, regardless.
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