APX6000 Fail 01/A2

[APXandRailroadRadios]

Hello RadioReference,

I took apart 6000 to put a new RF board in due to the old one having P25 conventional disabled. Now that I have the board in it says "Fail 01/A2". I put the original RF board back in, and it still says fail. I have tried both multiple times now, but even on the original, it says fail. I have also looked on other threads. Threads have said "send to the depot", or even just "I took apart the radio, messed with it and it was fixed". I also saw to read from APX Tuner. I read in Tuner R32.00.000, which is the same version of CPS I use. But when I read the unit, Tuner said "read failed". I tried tuner with another unit to be sure that Tuner is fine, and that working unit was reading fine. If anyone knows what's wrong, please tell!!

Thanks!

 

[ElroyJetson]

The controller and RF boards are mated at the factory and you can't swap them successfully. That's depot level maintenance.

Most likely you're screwed. Recovery from that mistake isn't possible without tools we don't talk about here.

NEVER swap around RF boards in an APX. It breaks the pairing of them and renders the radio useless.

Fortunately I learned this BEFORE getting into a scenario where I might have been tempted to try.

 

[GTR8000]

Hmmm sounds familiar....

 

[ElroyJetson]

Yeah, I was basically repeating what you said. Did I get it wrong? Learning has taken place!

In the near future I expect to getting WAY more hands-on APX experience than I've ever had before. I'll be learning under the guidance of some more APX-experienced techs.

 

[GTR8000]

You could've simply linked to my post and said "Read this..." instead of regurgitating what I posted a mere 3 days ago without crediting the source of your insight. Ah well, par for the course, I suppose.

 

[ElroyJetson]

You're right, I should have done that. Sorry.

 

[K2NEC]

Maybe you should stick to NAS posts...

 

[ElroyJetson]

Maybe you should try to avoid giving offense. Just as a basic policy of trying to get along well with other humans, forgive them for their mistakes and imperfections, and add more friends and fewer enemies to your list of assocations. I know, taking the higher road is difficult. It's also less fun. But it's worth doing.