XPR MDC Documentation

[tweiss3]

I tend to learn by doing, and since I saw a video about MDC usage that I never thought of, and I had a handful of radios sitting on my desk that are MDC1200 capable, I figured I'd give it a shot and do some experimenting.

Beyond the basic contact/ID of the transmission, and DOS, I noticed a new menu item, status, and the text message menu allows for sending of quick texts. The issue I have is it is just Status 1 thru Status 16 and Message 1 thru Message 16, however, I cannot find where to identify what those status or messages are in CPS16. The radios will all it to attempt to send the message or status, but it isn't decoded, and the transmitting radio just keeps retrying until it fails.

Can someone explain what there are for, and where I can change the standard messages/status?

Also, is there a manual on what MDC can do and it's programming? Motorola doesn't seem to have anything in the training, and the radio user manuals are very brief.

 

[tweiss3]

I still haven't found much more documentation on MDC1200, however, I did find a brochure for an Icom radio that describes MDC on that radio. Reading between the lines, Status and Messages are sent to a dispatch console only, and cannot be sent or decoded by another radio in the field. The aren't programmable, and are just Status 1, etc. treated like 10 codes. Is that correct?

 

[jeepsandradios]

Correct. Console Needed.