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PD7 Series - Solid Green LED

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Hello all

over the years I have had dozens of PD7 radios which for no apparent reason will not boot
will not program and will not work.

All voltages are good so the radio is basically a BRICK :-(

However.......

the green LED is constant as opposed to the flashing sequence at switch on
and the unit can be put successfully into Flash mode and upgraded.

When upgrade is finished the radio returns to being a BRICK .........

so far no one has been able to cast light on this phenomenon and the FPR costs from Hytera
are making them less than economic to maintain.

So.......

any ideas will be gratefully accepted

thanks in advance

Sputnik
 
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I bet these are PD705LT's with V5 Firmware... There seems to be a RCDB File curruption in this firmware.

You need DMR FlashBurn V5.00.01.003. And read the RCDB file from a PD705 lite with the right freq band with the radio in Firmware Mode it will then save the file as .DAT file. Open the file in hex editor change serial number to the one with the green light stuck on. save the modded file as <file name>.bin.. then Put Brick Radio Into Firmware mode run up flash burn click the folder icon next to RCDB and select the modded file. tick the box next to RCDB. click menu and erase the RCDB data. Will say done and reset radio. Turn radio Off and on back into FIRMWARE mode then click burn. Will then burn RCDB data back to radio... If all goes well radio mended... DO NOT USE THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT!!! Can Brick a radio for good and even H****a cannot fix them... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....

And as I think I know you I will give you a ring about this..... I did not know you was having probs with the green LED always on...
 
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