More PRO96 Help

[lyoung]

Hi Everyone
I live in ST Clair County MI.
I have recently purchased a pro96 off ebay. Appears to be in great condition. Seller claims it was hardly used. It receives conventional freq. fine but nothing in p25. I can see the talk id"s in the display but it will not lock in. So far I have used Win96 to create custom files for my area, have used p96 files sent to me through the michigan forum, experimented with extended tables, reflashed using DSP 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and even bought a 800 mhz antenna and took a drive. It was suggested to me the logic board might be bad.
Before I send this in for repair is there any suggestions on WHAT i MIGHT TRY NEXT.
Much thanks to BIGBLUEMSP for all his help so far.

Any Help Greatly Appreciated
LYOUNG & DYOUNG

 

[bigbluemsp]

Hmmm

I can sit it side by side with mine to see how its ponies up to see if it might be bad..

 

[hazard78]

pro -96

what part of the county are you in, im in st clair and cant get control channel because of no tower close

Nick

 

[lyoung]

Nick,

We're in Algonac

lyoung

 

[bigbluemsp]

Nick,

We're in Algonac

lyoung

You have a tower in your backyard then. Just behind the Football Stadium at Algonac High School.

So reception shouldn't be a issue at all.

 

[fmon]

Nick,

We're in Algonac

lyoung

In the trunk bank, press MAN. What percent is indicated on right of bottom line?

 

[lyoung]

Fmon

Im sorry, not sure what you mean. pressing manual in bank 1 and 2 gives me the control freq. The only thing I see is the talk group id's but the unit will not stop or lock in. I get no voice chatter only noise or silence.

lyoung

 

[seamusg]

If you press MAN while on a trunked bank:
1. you should hear the CC noise
2. The bottom line of the display will read
96: sy796
the sy796 will aternate with T2xx where T2xx is the tower number, and the far right will give a % number.

 

[lyoung]

Seamusg

This is what I see.
M228...d.-mo
868.63750
ST.CLAIR 221
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF LAST LINE
MOT: 02416
MOT: 16560
MOT: 62832
And occsionally
96: 00%

lyoung

 

[seamusg]

This is what I see.
M228...d.-mo
868.63750
ST.CLAIR 221
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF LAST LINE
MOT: 02416
MOT: 16560
MOT: 62832
And occsionally
96: 00%

lyoung

Those look like the display while scanning, I talking about while holding on the CC with the MAN button.

 

[lyoung]

Seamusg

the unit is on manual hold for the control freq. shown.
On scan I see or hear nothing except for conventional freq
Lyoung

 

[fmon]

This is what I see.
M228...d.-mo Line 1 is bank 2 channel 28 with delay set and Motorola Mode
868.63750 Line 2 is Current CC
ST.CLAIR 221 Line 3 Tower Alpha tag and Site number
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF LAST LINE
MOT: 02416 This should not be displayed
MOT: 16560 This should not be displayed
MOT: 62832 This should not be displayed
And occsionally
96: 00% This should always be displayed if in range of tower and should have a number instead of the 00, You should also see 796 (SyID alternating with Tower 221.

lyoung

Info in red is annotated data.

 

[lyoung]

fmon

Could the programming be incorrect, the unit faulty or I am just too far away.
I did take the unit with me to work the other day which is in STR. HTS. Macomb County [programmed with win96 for that area] and I got the same thing on there cc's

lyoung

 

[seamusg]

Could the programming be incorrect, the unit faulty or I am just too far away.
I did take the unit with me to work the other day which is in STR. HTS. Macomb County [programmed with win96 for that area] and I got the same thing on there cc's

lyoung

I think your problem is that you're trying to get a simulcast system, both St. Clair and Macomb counties are simulcasts. Can you get any of the non-simulcast sites on MPSCS?

 

[K8PBX]

I can sit it side by side with mine to see how its ponies up to see if it might be bad..

This would be a good thing to do, if you can work it out with BigBlue.

(hey, that even rhymes!)

 

[lyoung]

Seamung

I dont know but ill pick one,program a bank and give it a shot.
Didn,t know there would be a problem with simulcast. (WHY?)
Just when I think I'm starting to get it it seems I'm back to square one.
I'll let you know

Thank You
Lyoung

 

[fmon]

This would be a good thing to do, if you can work it out with BigBlue.

(hey, that even rhymes!)

Agreed. The double nuts decode rate on line 4 indicates he is to far from the tower or has a bad antenna/connection or bad receiver.

Nothing wrong with BigBlue's advertisements either. :lol:

 

[seamusg]

Since you work in Sterling you could try putting Warren in a bank in your scanner and try it at work.
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=4219

 

[lyoung]

Seamusg

Will do !!!
THANKS
Lyoung

 

[bigbluemsp]

This would be a good thing to do, if you can work it out with BigBlue.

(hey, that even rhymes!)

Listen here you old broken horse!

Drive through my town on Sat night. OOOOO I soooo dare you...

See if you still got the old Copper skills