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I have about 40 PR400 radios. I just got a new radio in and was going to clone off old radio and put on new one. The issue is that I cannot read off the old radio. I can read the new radio. Any suggestions as to why I would have an issue, especially with all 4 radios. I have the Motorola CPS R05.18 with the RIB and cable from Motorola. I know it is not a hardware issue as I can read the new radio. Could it be a version capatability? These radios were programmed last year by a vendor with the frequency change. Could there be a block on the radio, or is there a way to force it to read?

Thanks for any help.

Kelly
 
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kprinkki said:
I have about 40 PR400 radios. I just got a new radio in and was going to clone off old radio and put on new one. The issue is that I cannot read off the old radio. I can read the new radio. Any suggestions as to why I would have an issue, especially with all 4 radios. I have the Motorola CPS R05.18 with the RIB and cable from Motorola. I know it is not a hardware issue as I can read the new radio. Could it be a version capatability? These radios were programmed last year by a vendor with the frequency change. Could there be a block on the radio, or is there a way to force it to read?

Thanks for any help.

Kelly
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If your vendor used a newer version of the CPS than what you have, you won't be able to read them.

EDIT: Acutally, it looks like R05.18 is the newest release. Hmm

Do you get any error messages?
 
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I get an Error #512 message - Unable to read, etc. I worked with Motorola on CPS for quite awhile thinking it was a software/hardware/comm problem. Finally sent hardware to Motorola and they tested out and we finally determined it was a hardware problem on the radios. Now I just can't read the exisiting radios.
 
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I've got a mix of PR400s and CP200s. I'll get that same error on most of them when trying to read. I have to slightly pull out on the connector and usually the CPS will then read/write the radio...
 
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I've got a mix of PR400s and CP200s. I'll get that same error on most of them when trying to read. I have to slightly pull out on the connector and usually the CPS will then read/write the radio...
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Same story here. Some of my cp200's won't cooperate without pulling out on the plug just a bit. On the other side, some of my ht1000's wont read/write without pushing in on cable. Cheap cables maybe, old radio ports maybe... who knows.
 
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kprinkki said:
I have about 40 PR400 radios. I just got a new radio in and was going to clone off old radio and put on new one. The issue is that I cannot read off the old radio. I can read the new radio. Any suggestions as to why I would have an issue, especially with all 4 radios. I have the Motorola CPS R05.18 with the RIB and cable from Motorola. I know it is not a hardware issue as I can read the new radio. Could it be a version capatability? These radios were programmed last year by a vendor with the frequency change. Could there be a block on the radio, or is there a way to force it to read?

Thanks for any help.

Kelly
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When I program a radio, I save a copy of the codeplug in a dedicated folder on my laptop. If/when I get a new radio, rather than pull an existing one in from the field to read and copy, I just use the saved codeplug. Load it into the CPS via the File --> Open menu, and then shoot it into the radio. That way I am sure that all the radios get the same codeplug.

Some of my guys have extra channels or other special settings in their radios because they work out of the county and need to talk to agencies that we normally don't interact with. So I modify their radio as needed, and then save a copy of that specific codeplug, too. I usually name the codeplug using some form of the user's name or call sign.

I have a complete archive of all currently active codeplugs for every radio in our inventory.
 
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Genius!!! Thank you it worked by pulling out the plug slightly!. I have been worried about the plug not being in secure enough... I have been fighting this for too long. Thanks for the help.

SteveC0625 - good advice. That is going to happen right now.
 
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