Issues with systems coming back in range after using PPS V4

[JSsignal16]

I've been able to downgrade successfully by downgrading to 1.20 which uses a different bootloader then upgrading to 1.33. This process will erase your profile and audio recordings, so be sure to back up all your data first. I've had to do this to fix my G5 when it would booted up one day and switched to off duty and wouldn't receive anything or allow me to change zones or any other setting.

 

[blackbelter]

I stand corrected.

 

[tglendye]

I've noticed my VHF G5 is not reacquiring systems that go out of range. I've tested it with my local system side by side with my other UHF G5, which I haven't programed with V4 yet, and the VHF G5 does not reacquire my local system when I remove the antenna and put it back on, but the UHF G5 does. I've tested this with other systems and still have the same issue. The only way I can get my VHF G5 to reacquire a system is to switch to another system and switch back. Has anyone else observed this?

Have you seen any improvement or found a solution? I just read through your thread, and I am not around my PPS, but this got me thinking. Isn't there a box to select for "Multi Site Trunking", or something similar, in one of the tabs? I remember reading this should be left unchecked. I checked it at some point in V3, and my (vhf) G5 behaved as you're describing. I'm just wondering if for some reason if the box defaults as checked in V4. I am not sure exactly where the selection is in the PPS but can look for it when I'm at my computer.

 

[hakwye8518]

Your thinking of the site trunking check box, its defaulted as unchecked. That's for when the site looses its connection back to the master controller. My solution was to use the previous pps and program the pager.

 

[tglendye]

Your thinking of the site trunking check box, its defaulted as unchecked. That's for when the site looses its connection back to the master controller. My solution was to use the previous pps and program the pager.

Thanks. I’ll do the same. It appears at times, I’m having the same issue as the original poster.

 

[JSsignal16]

Have you seen any improvement or found a solution? I just read through your thread, and I am not around my PPS, but this got me thinking. Isn't there a box to select for "Multi Site Trunking", or something similar, in one of the tabs? I remember reading this should be left unchecked. I checked it at some point in V3, and my (vhf) G5 behaved as you're describing. I'm just wondering if for some reason if the box defaults as checked in V4. I am not sure exactly where the selection is in the PPS but can look for it when I'm at my computer.

I haven't seen an improvement. I did double check the site trunking settings to completely rule it out on my end and it was disabled. I did notice, a few times recently, it coming back in range like it should with Virginia STARS but not with any of my 800 systems. It might be because I have the STARS system programed with multiple sites unlike all my 800 systems

 

[lebrunmn]

Are any of you using Full Spectrum Scan? I seem to recall getting some very similar behaviour when my FSS wasn't properly set up--assuming that any of you are even using that feature.

 

[JSsignal16]

I haven't seen an improvement. I did double check the site trunking settings to completely rule it out on my end and it was disabled. I did notice, a few times recently, it coming back in range like it should with Virginia STARS but not with any of my 800 systems. It might be because I have the STARS system programed with multiple sites unlike all my 800 systems

(Sorry I accidentally hit post replay before i finished my last post. I'll start this post with the last sentence from my last post.) It might be because I have the VA STARS system programmed with multiple sites unlike any of the 800 systems that are programed with only one site. I did consider using V3 until the bug was addressed but decided against it because of the new features in V4 that I've gotten accustomed to. For the time being, I've just been using my workaround to bring an out of range system back up. Hopefully this bug will be addressed soon

 

[JSsignal16]

Are any of you using Full Spectrum Scan? I seem to recall getting some very similar behaviour when my FSS wasn't properly set up--assuming that any of you are even using that feature.

I haven't really used that feature yet. I've only tested it out a few times in the past but never used it with any of the systems I have programmed.

 

[tglendye]

I noticed this problem once before I read this thread and could not figure out why it happened. I've been able to duplicate it several times since then, by removing the antenna to lose the site. I have firmware 1.33 and my G5 (vhf) was programmed with v4. I reprogrammed it with v3 and I haven't been able to duplicate the issue afterward.

 

[ErikSwan]

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I can't reproduce this issue on my VHF G5N with firmware 2.01. Note that the new G5N with 2.01 firmware can only be programmed with PPS v4; PPS v3 is not supported. I suspect this is isolated to the older revision G5 models.

 

[BigLebowski]

I've had this issue as well. I thought it was something in my new vehicle that was causing interference as it doesn't happen in two other vehicles. I have to switch to a different knob position and back to get it to lock onto the control channel again.