P25RX Firmware Updates / Testing

[FP761]

Off topic question, are there any Chester County PA users out there?

I see you are next door to me, in Chester County. Have you tried listening to Lancaster County Fire/EMS?

 

[Cheeseburgers]

Going strong on the new build Todd, good stuff man

 

[btt]

Going strong on the new build Todd, good stuff man

Thank you. It has been working really well here too.

 

[epersson]

Minor... but BTConfig locked up once, P25 was still sending audio, reloaded BTC and it was fine. also once the p25 would not be rediscovered after a config download. Kept trying and cycling through. Cycled P25 power and it came back up fine. Still two thumbs up.

 

[btt]

Minor... but BTConfig locked up once, P25 was still sending audio, reloaded BTC and it was fine. also once the p25 would not be rediscovered after a config download. Kept trying and cycling through. Cycled P25 power and it came back up fine. Still two thumbs up.

That sounds like bugs in the BTConfig software itself, not firmware. If you figure out a way to reproduce the issue, let me know and I will get it fixed. Btw, the issue that I mentioned previously regarding ESD causing BLKS/SEC to drop to zero turned out to be a one-shot-reset hw interrupt process that would get knocked out by an ESD event (Not the USB interface). That interrupt process recovers fine with the new firmware. I believe this version is the most rock-sold, best sounding yet.

 

[epersson]

That sounds like bugs in the BTConfig software itself, not firmware. If you figure out a way to reproduce the issue, let me know and I will get it fixed. Btw, the issue that I mentioned previously regarding ESD causing BLKS/SEC to drop to zero turned out to be a one-shot-reset hw interrupt process that would get knocked out by an ESD event (Not the USB interface). That interrupt process recovers fine with the new firmware. I believe this version is the most rock-sold, best sounding yet.

Just did it again. steps were. I plugged the P25 in but BTC not running, started it afterwards. Didn't ID it, unplugged P25, plugged it back in it synced. Not a big deal. Have a great weekend.

 

[btt]

Just did it again. steps were. I plugged the P25 in but BTC not running, started it afterwards. Didn't ID it, unplugged P25, plugged it back in it synced. Not a big deal. Have a great weekend.

Thank you sir! I will see if I can reproduce it. You have a great weekend too.

 

[FP761]

Thanks for reporting on the 'add_tdu_silence' option. I am going to make this option default off for the next release.

Hi Todd,

I just noticed that in _0709, the default is “ON”. I had not realized that when I tried _0709, since it was going to be “OFF” for future versions.

I am going to disable and listen for awhile.

 

[btt]

Hi Todd,

I just noticed that in _0709, the default is “ON”. I had not realized that when I tried _0709, since it was going to be “OFF” for future versions.

I am going to disable and listen for awhile.

That option was changed to be default off, but the description was not. Thank you for pointing that out. I do think you should try turning the option on and see if that improves the issue you have been having with audio. This option was default "on" in previous versions.

 

[btt]

Thank you very much to all those that purchased receivers yesterday! They were all shipped today. I really, truly appreciate the support!

 

[KA9MGC]

I'm glad I happened to check your site. I ordered it instantly and it shipped today with the others. Now you're out of stock again.

That speaks to the quality and desirability of the product, I would think.

 

[lowerslowerarizona]

Great! Great! Great! 48 hours with no lockups on BTConfig-2021-03-10_0709....

 

[epersson]

Beach portable use approved. 😁

 

[boy7777777777]

Is there an option to have it roam but it only changes to another control channel if it looses signal from the current one?

 

[btt]

Is there an option to have it roam but it only changes to another control channel if it looses signal from the current one?

There will be more options added soon, but for now the easiest way to accomplish this is to the set the value very high for the "switch control channel after" xx seconds of inactivity option. Set this to 300 seconds for example. If the signal goes from readable to "lost", it will only take 10 seconds before it starts looking for a new control channel. Once it starts searching, it will only stay on a dead (no signal / sync words) channel for milliseconds until it once again find a signal.

 

[FP761]

Hi Todd,

Attempted to load 3-17_1109 but am stuck. Unable to get the 25RX to run. Has the 4-Flashes on power up. I tried holding the TG button during powerup both the short duration and long duration. Was there an alternate method?

 

[btt]

Hi Todd,
Attempted to load 3-17_1109 but am stuck. Unable to get the 25RX to run. Has the 4-Flashes on power up. I tried holding the TG button during powerup both the short duration and long duration. Was there an alternate method?

Sorry about that. The _1109 update had an issue where the BTConfig gets stuck in a loop due to a change in the configuration structure size / crc calc error. Try version 03-17_1649.

 

[rdlafore]

_1649 loaded here and working.

 

[FP761]

OK. I see that the DB Search did reset. I will enter my System CC now.

 

[rdlafore]

That caught me a couple of weeks ago. Some versions do that. When the update says "will reset configuration to default values". The primary freq gets reset to 859.xxxxxxx.