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Well, I hate and like it at the same time (I am actively in it right now updating some recent changes).
Other than you need a 10 core CPU to run it, once you get it down, its actually better. You also need a 46" display to get it all to fit on the screen. Scrolling left and right at times suchs on lower resoultion monitors, but I can get thru in on a ML910.
You do need to preplan a little bit for your conventional and trunked personalilites to be effecient. Right now I do personalilties by regional and purpose and then assign them to zones. This works well for trunked and conventional. The still exisiting limitation is on scan members in reguards to selecting channels on the radio.
To try to make this clearer, in my setup - I placed various state agencies in their own trunked personaility (IE, EMA, Highway Patrol, DOT, etc). I did this initally so I can place all agency talkgroups in their own personaility instead of by area since most are multi-county coverage.
When you assign them to a scan list/zone, no big deal, they will scan (which multi group is nice for 10 conv and 50 talkgroups in one list). The issue is in that zone, when you select one of those personailities it drops out of scan since the personailiy isn't slaved to a zone. In all honesty, it really isn't that big of a deal operationally. If I am to redo the entire radio, I might just go back and duplicate talkgroups to each regional pers. My way just reduces the need to update many pers if one change is made.
I have not done an XTL or XTS transfer, but I hear it works really well from the people I have talked to that used it..but it takes a month of sundays for it to complete if you have a large CP.
What is even nicer is the drag/drop between a portable and mobile. Other than some specific options, everything transfers over. So as of right now, when I am done updating my XE CP, I will drop it onto my 7500 CP and just change the power levels back - program, and done. Beats the old ASTRO25 way.
Other than you need a 10 core CPU to run it, once you get it down, its actually better. You also need a 46" display to get it all to fit on the screen. Scrolling left and right at times suchs on lower resoultion monitors, but I can get thru in on a ML910.
You do need to preplan a little bit for your conventional and trunked personalilites to be effecient. Right now I do personalilties by regional and purpose and then assign them to zones. This works well for trunked and conventional. The still exisiting limitation is on scan members in reguards to selecting channels on the radio.
To try to make this clearer, in my setup - I placed various state agencies in their own trunked personaility (IE, EMA, Highway Patrol, DOT, etc). I did this initally so I can place all agency talkgroups in their own personaility instead of by area since most are multi-county coverage.
When you assign them to a scan list/zone, no big deal, they will scan (which multi group is nice for 10 conv and 50 talkgroups in one list). The issue is in that zone, when you select one of those personailities it drops out of scan since the personailiy isn't slaved to a zone. In all honesty, it really isn't that big of a deal operationally. If I am to redo the entire radio, I might just go back and duplicate talkgroups to each regional pers. My way just reduces the need to update many pers if one change is made.
I have not done an XTL or XTS transfer, but I hear it works really well from the people I have talked to that used it..but it takes a month of sundays for it to complete if you have a large CP.
What is even nicer is the drag/drop between a portable and mobile. Other than some specific options, everything transfers over. So as of right now, when I am done updating my XE CP, I will drop it onto my 7500 CP and just change the power levels back - program, and done. Beats the old ASTRO25 way.
