DonS
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You are correct.W4KRR said:
GRE PSR-500 Firmware Release Thread
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Thanks Don.
After a little more listening, I am now seeing that for me, the City of Hollywood, Fla. system is now being received/decoded, but the Boca Raton system is now behaving similar to the way that Hollywood was before the upgrade, that is, stopping on a channel, the display shows the granted frequency, but either no audio or digital noise is being heard, and clear voice only sometimes. Doesn't seem to be quite as bad as what Hollywood was doing before, but still not quite right yet.
After a little more listening, I am now seeing that for me, the City of Hollywood, Fla. system is now being received/decoded, but the Boca Raton system is now behaving similar to the way that Hollywood was before the upgrade, that is, stopping on a channel, the display shows the granted frequency, but either no audio or digital noise is being heard, and clear voice only sometimes. Doesn't seem to be quite as bad as what Hollywood was doing before, but still not quite right yet.
mikeh
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the DSP upgrade says i am going back to
the DSP upgrade says i am going back to
OLD Version do i what to do that
what is this .
the DSP upgrade says i am going back to
OLD Version do i what to do that
what is this .
mikeh said:
It is saying that the original firmware is version 1.0 and the upgrade is version 0.1, it believes that the upgrade is older than the original firmware because of the numbering. Just say yes, you want to proceed anyway.
mikeh
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thank yoy very much i thought i wsas going loss a vesion
thank yoy very much i thought i wsas going loss a vesion
thank you
thank yoy very much i thought i wsas going loss a vesion
thank you
W4KRR said:
I'm seeing the same thing, mine was working perfectly before the upgrade but now I'm seeing what other people were complaining about, which is now fix for them!
In many transmissions, the scanner just looks like it's trying to go the channel but can't quite lock on, so it goes back to the CC and then it tries again with the VC. It keeps doing it until the transmission is over. I have the light set to come on with activity and blinks on and off during the whole anomaly.
I was using the default settings for everything before the upgrade, so I guess I'll try changing some of them now to see what it does.
PC_Medic
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Well I've been listening for a few hours now since the upgrade and so far so good.
Definitely seems to have done the trick for me.
Before the upgrade was having trouble with Chesapeake VA digital system in that it would stop on the call, but no audio. I am now getting clear audio on all Chesapeake calls and other systems continue to work well.
Definitely seems to have done the trick for me.
Before the upgrade was having trouble with Chesapeake VA digital system in that it would stop on the call, but no audio. I am now getting clear audio on all Chesapeake calls and other systems continue to work well.
kikito said:
Yep, the system that was giving me all the trouble is fixed, and the system that was working fine is now problematic. It seems the "fix" went from one end of the spectrum to the other. Well, this update was just a beta, maybe the next release will get it just right. :roll:
I think I just got to the same conclusion as before on what MY problem is. It has to do with the STAT setting.
As soon as I turn STAT off, the problem I described above and in the first couple of days of having the scanner, goes away. Especially when I only put one control channel in the TSYS, it tracks perfectly along with the Pro-96 and the BCD396T. That's even one of the control channels that the radio rarely locks on to in STAT MODE and when it does, it does the jumping back and forth between CC and VC.
What's weird is that the symptoms appear to be the same as those people having a P25 decoding problem. The voice frequencies the scanner can't lock on to during trunking, decode just fine in TUNE mode. That's another reason I don't think is a decoding problem in my case.
I guess I'll go back to my earlier workaround of shuffling the control channels within the TSYS and leaving the first slot empty. That way STAT mode seems to work much better for some reason.
As soon as I turn STAT off, the problem I described above and in the first couple of days of having the scanner, goes away. Especially when I only put one control channel in the TSYS, it tracks perfectly along with the Pro-96 and the BCD396T. That's even one of the control channels that the radio rarely locks on to in STAT MODE and when it does, it does the jumping back and forth between CC and VC.
What's weird is that the symptoms appear to be the same as those people having a P25 decoding problem. The voice frequencies the scanner can't lock on to during trunking, decode just fine in TUNE mode. That's another reason I don't think is a decoding problem in my case.
I guess I'll go back to my earlier workaround of shuffling the control channels within the TSYS and leaving the first slot empty. That way STAT mode seems to work much better for some reason.
Tidalwave
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I have noticed that if I have a TSYS object with any number (from one to 4) control channel freqs programmed in, the "T" indicator is very inconsistent when in scan mode. Even when there is only 1 CC in the freq list and one TGRP object being scanned. Priority is also turned off. When in tune mode on that same CC freq, the "T" indicator is constant. Manual mode seems to be better then scan but not as good as tune. Maybe I'm not understanding the "T", but I thought it was suppose to be solid when it locks onto a strong control channel. If that is so, then why is it intermittent in scan mode and not in tune. It's almost like the radio is scanning something that is suppose to be off when it is in scan mode.
Not So Good
Monitoring Idaho IIMARS System (700 MHz P25) http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=4742
Everything worked great with original firmware and CPU versions. I was one of those with no problems. I performed both CPU and DSP upgrades and they went without any problems.
After new CPU & DSP and listening side by side with my 996T, both running off an external antenna and using an Electroline unity gain multicoupler, the PSR500 is missing about 30% of the transmissions that the 996 is receiving. Before the "upgrades" there was no difference. The problem seems more pronounced on distant transmitter sites with weaker signals. Also the sensitivity seems to be worse using the both the stock and other handheld antennas. Multisite is off and everything else is the same as far as I can tell.
So I reverted back to the DSP F1.0, but I did not change the CPU upgrade back. Everything seems to be working fine, now, as it was before the new firmware upgrade- at least the DSP part of it. It maskes sense, I guess, that if the overloading issues were improved, the sensitivity would suffer. But for me, the new DSP firmware would be unuseable as it is today. I have not tried adjusting anything else at this point.
Dave
Monitoring Idaho IIMARS System (700 MHz P25) http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=4742
Everything worked great with original firmware and CPU versions. I was one of those with no problems. I performed both CPU and DSP upgrades and they went without any problems.
After new CPU & DSP and listening side by side with my 996T, both running off an external antenna and using an Electroline unity gain multicoupler, the PSR500 is missing about 30% of the transmissions that the 996 is receiving. Before the "upgrades" there was no difference. The problem seems more pronounced on distant transmitter sites with weaker signals. Also the sensitivity seems to be worse using the both the stock and other handheld antennas. Multisite is off and everything else is the same as far as I can tell.
So I reverted back to the DSP F1.0, but I did not change the CPU upgrade back. Everything seems to be working fine, now, as it was before the new firmware upgrade- at least the DSP part of it. It maskes sense, I guess, that if the overloading issues were improved, the sensitivity would suffer. But for me, the new DSP firmware would be unuseable as it is today. I have not tried adjusting anything else at this point.
Dave
DSP Upgrade U0.2 is out
Looks like DSP U0.2 is out. The release note is:
DSP Beta Firmware - U.02
- Fix V-Folder numbering error on U0.1, otherwise identical to U0.1
http://www.greamerica.com/support/
Looks like DSP U0.2 is out. The release note is:
DSP Beta Firmware - U.02
- Fix V-Folder numbering error on U0.1, otherwise identical to U0.1
http://www.greamerica.com/support/
KC9NEG
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yep just saw it... thanks
Todd/Indy
Todd/Indy
Tidalwave said:
No, the "T" will flutter with the data it receives from the control channel packets. It will be different on different types of systems too. If you turn on the tune LED and hold on the control channel you can the activity.
Global Expert: Tune LED; On or Off, activates Signal Strength driven LED when in
TUNE mode.
thewenk said:
This may be the answer for some. If the original DSP version works best for you then you should keep it. If it does not then maybe the new version is best for your area.
Tom_G
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New Firmware Experience - CT State Police
I started the thread regarding the tracking of a Motorola 3600 baud digital system.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84887
After installing both the U01 CPU Upgrade and the U02 DSP Upgrade I am happy to report that the radio is tracking very well now. It is a HUGE improvement....!
After monitoring the system for about an hour, I have experienced almost (0) motorboating.
Only a couple quick bursts have gotten through.
I will be running it at work tomorrow for further testing.
The audio quality is excellent.
Please pass this information along to GRE as appropriate. Thanks, Tom/G
I started the thread regarding the tracking of a Motorola 3600 baud digital system.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84887
After installing both the U01 CPU Upgrade and the U02 DSP Upgrade I am happy to report that the radio is tracking very well now. It is a HUGE improvement....!
After monitoring the system for about an hour, I have experienced almost (0) motorboating.
Only a couple quick bursts have gotten through.
I will be running it at work tomorrow for further testing.
The audio quality is excellent.
Please pass this information along to GRE as appropriate. Thanks, Tom/G
Improvement here on the Mass State Police statewide 800 MHz smartzone system. Prior to the upgrade, Multi-Site STAT was completely unusable. Works fine now.
dpm3
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Here's the problem that I've encountered: I've D/L'd the CPU Firmware Upgrade 0.1 and installed same; for no better reason (and I know this isn't always a wise rationale) than "the latest MUST be the greatest". Conventional channels seem to work precisely as before - no problem. With the City of StL 800 mHz Police system, however, I have problems. The radio scans and the display shows it stopping on talk groups, but no audio comes from the speaker (!!).
I've reinstalled "CPU Firmware 1.0" and the radio works fine on both conventional and the StL trunked systems. I've reinstalled Firmware 0.1 and the same audio problem is again exhibited. Reinstalling Firmware 1.0 "cures" the problem (yet again).
No harm, no foul, I guess; but I am left to wonder - am I missing something here? Did I somehow botch the upgrade? Is anyone else seeing this phenomenon? Any insight, suggestions (including "If it ain't broke don't try and 'fix' it") and comments are welcome. This has me baffled (not hard to do). I await the insight of others more able than I.
I've reinstalled "CPU Firmware 1.0" and the radio works fine on both conventional and the StL trunked systems. I've reinstalled Firmware 0.1 and the same audio problem is again exhibited. Reinstalling Firmware 1.0 "cures" the problem (yet again).
No harm, no foul, I guess; but I am left to wonder - am I missing something here? Did I somehow botch the upgrade? Is anyone else seeing this phenomenon? Any insight, suggestions (including "If it ain't broke don't try and 'fix' it") and comments are welcome. This has me baffled (not hard to do). I await the insight of others more able than I.
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