EngineCo8
KQ4CUD
So, I'm definitely trying my best to figure this out, and thought I was doing ok with it....but maybe not so much. So, as some of you may know I acquired an XTS5000 m1 VHF from the ebay and came up with a list of what I wanted programmed on to it. Took it to a radio shop and had it programmed (because at the time I thought the software was only available for a fee from Motorola). Took em about an hour....and cost more than I'd like to admit. Well, they finished it up, and I got it home and it worked with my simplex channels, but not any of the repeaters. After reviewing the PDF of the codeplug they programmed the in/outputs of the repeaters backwards (put the input to the radio rx and output to the radio tx). I contacted them and they said they could fix it, but it'd cost me because the they programmed it to what my list said. So I began doing more research and discovered that the Astro25 software was free for download (from the official Motorola website, I did have to call and have my account fixed and reestablished since it's been a few years since I downloaded CPS software). I downloaded the software, borrowed a cable from work (yes the guy in charge of our radio shop approved my borrowing it), and fixed the frequencies. And BAM it worked.....however.....when I pressed the PTT button, it emitted a long beep before it allowed transmission, I didn't particularly want that and originally thought that it was not connecting, so I began my research into the issue. I discovered on a thread here that it was a setting in the MDC tree on the CPS, turned it off and no more beep....but also no more tx to my repeaters. Simplex frequencies still works fine however. What did I do wrong? I have the original copy of the codeplug (that they put onto the radio to begin with) and before I mess with anything again, I feel I should seek guidance on what I need to do.
