I currently have an APX 4000 UHF2 and looking at purchasing an APX 6000XE UHF2. Can I clone the 4000 onto the 6000 or will I will need to program the 6000 from start?
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APX APX Cloning
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clbsquared
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Top node drag and drop. Open both codeplugs side by side. Left click and hold the top node of the tree of the donor codeplug, drag to the top node of the receiving codeplug and release. You’ll probably have some ergonomic errors when you do this. Fix the errors and you’re done.
If you have any trunking systems, you’ll need to load the system keys into both codeplugs.
If you have any trunking systems, you’ll need to load the system keys into both codeplugs.
For reference, in order to clone APX radios, both the model number and FLASHcode must match exactly. So not only can you not clone between different models, but even if you had two of the same model, one feature difference in the FLASH will prevent cloning. i.e. one radio has the 12.5 kHz narrowband mandate and the other doesn't = unsuccessful cloning
Thank you for answering this. Doing something similar but with 800 MHz APX4000's and going to APX6000XE's.
Recently used Migration Assistant to replace many XTS1500/2500's with APX4000's.
Then several local counties stated they were going P25 Phase 2 TDMA, so now getting FDMA and TDMA capable APX6000XE's, so glad to know drag and drop can work in this case.
My organization is supporting Maxtrac's and HT-750's all the way through APX8000XE's, and it is getting pretty wild and crazy with IT seeing our old radios, and management wanting to group us or replace us with IT. Then there are the little intricacies like programming radios from older codeplugs and looking for where drag and drop and/or Migration Assistant has botched or missed something. Lot's of fun and some job security though.
I work for a corporation that has private fire departments in 54 cities across the United States, but is ineligible for grant money being a corporation, so it comes with all the penny pinching of a corporation, and the bureaucratic constant of a public safety entity.
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