How to only listen to a Motorola Capacity Plus system with an XPR6550?

[CFuerst20]

So I recently ordered an XPR6550 to add to my Moto collection. And I found out we have a new Capacity Plus system in town, and I was wondering how I can use the XPR to listen to this system. I don't have experience with Capacity Plus and don't know what I'm doing. Since I want to follow the law, I don't want to transmit at all into this system. What can I do?

Capacity Plus system, I'm trying to listen.
Dryden Fibre Canada Trunking System, Dryden, Ontario

 

[daine1619]

6550 only comes in VHF and UHF you would need a 6580. Your dead in the water as you are out of band for that system

 

[CFuerst20]

6550 only comes in VHF and UHF you would need a 6580. Your dead in the water as you are out of band for that system

It's a 6580 I butchered, that horribly.

 

[CFuerst20]

So I recently ordered an XPR6550 to add to my Moto collection. And I found out we have a new Capacity Plus system in town, and I was wondering how I can use the XPR to listen to this system. I don't have experience with Capacity Plus and don't know what I'm doing. Since I want to follow the law, I don't want to transmit at all into this system. What can I do?

Capacity Plus system, I'm trying to listen.
Dryden Fibre Canada Trunking System, Dryden, Ontario

Correction, this is a XPR6580

 

[RaleighGuy]

So I recently ordered an XPR6550 to add to my Moto collection. And I found out we have a new Capacity Plus system in town, and I was wondering how I can use the XPR to listen to this system. I don't have experience with Capacity Plus and don't know what I'm doing. Since I want to follow the law, I don't want to transmit at all into this system. What can I do?

Capacity Plus system, I'm trying to listen.
Dryden Fibre Canada Trunking System, Dryden, Ontario

You would need to figure out the color code and time slots in order to program the radio, you also need to get the programming software from Motorola and programming cable.

 

[CFuerst20]

You would need to figure out the color code and time slots in order to program the radio, you also need to get the programming software from Motorola and programming cable.

It's TDMA so talk slot 1 and 2 on each frequency the color code is 0 I have the CPS and everything else with it its not my first TRBO ht I've owned.

 

[K2NEC]

-First you want to add THESE from the site frequency table into the Channel Pool as a Cap + Voice channel. After that, add the channels into a Cap + Voice List, order matters, so pay attention how you add them
-Then add your talkgroups to Cap + contacts
-Since you can't "scan" Cap +, your "scan list" is the RX group list. If you only want to listen to 1 tg, add that 1 tg to the group list. If you want to listen to 10 tgs, add all 10 tgs to the group list
-Make your zone and channels, and assign everything. Make sure to check the RX Only box in the channel.

Usually I will make one "scan" channel that has everything in the group list that I want to listen to. Then multiple channels with the 1 tg assigned that I want to park on and listen to.

Also, make sure your radio ID is below 65535 otherwise you will just get an "unprogrammed" error

 

[CFuerst20]

-First you want to add THESE from the site frequency table into the Channel Pool as a Cap + Voice channel. After that, add the channels into a Cap + Voice List, order matters, so pay attention how you add them
-Then add your talkgroups to Cap + contacts
-Since you can't "scan" Cap +, your "scan list" is the RX group list. If you only want to listen to 1 tg, add that 1 tg to the group list. If you want to listen to 10 tgs, add all 10 tgs to the group list
-Make your zone and channels, and assign everything. Make sure to check the RX Only box in the channel.

Usually I will make one "scan" channel that has everything in the group list that I want to listen to. Then multiple channels with the 1 tg assigned that I want to park on and listen to.

Also, make sure your radio ID is below 65535 otherwise you will just get an "unprogrammed" error

Sweet thanks for the help and just for reinsurance this wont transmit at all right. Unlike a SmartZone system when you turn on the radio it will transmit to tell the system you're online? This may sound dumb but I dont know like anything about Cap +

 

[K2NEC]

Just make sure you check RX only and you'll be fine. Cap + doesn't have traditional talkgroup affiliation like P25 does. The radio gets assigned a voice channel when a TX request is made.

 

[CFuerst20]

Just make sure you check RX only and you'll be fine. Cap + doesn't have traditional talkgroup affiliation like P25 does. The radio gets assigned a voice channel when a TX request is made.

Oh ok good to know, seems easy enough to program thanks for help again.