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RSSI indicator on ASTRO XTS 1500 handheld
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Assign it to a button.
Pretty sure there's no such thing.
There is an RSSI indicator but it's definitely not in db.
There is an RSSI indicator but it's definitely not in db.
Its only available in trunking flashcoded radios ..
It's not in dB as Mike said, but you want to put the "RSSI" menu option on a button. Look in Radio Wide>Menu if I recall correctly.
Bad luck. I've looked in the ASTRO CPS software (R20.00), and RSSI is not in the assignment for buttons or switches. There is a "menu" thing in Radio Wide/Display/Menu but I don't see RSSI anywhere. I've found some numerical values for RSSI (they recommend not to touch them) but I cannot find how to put the RSSI (4 bars) on the display.
Did you mean to look in the Flashport (operating system) software?
Did you mean to look in the Flashport (operating system) software?
RSSI typically shows when you have a SITE button programmed.
As for the signal strength on the display, are you on a trunking system and are you a user? That display is only available when you're sitting I a trunking system.
As for the signal strength on the display, are you on a trunking system and are you a user? That display is only available when you're sitting I a trunking system.
The bar display I don't know about; I was referring to the SITE function (I'm not near my programming computer right now). Pressing the button once will show you your current site and the RSSI value. Holding the button down past the 'long press' duration forces a spectrum wide CC scan (IIRC).
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two more things:
I can get a numerical RSSI in dB by programming a button with "Site Displ/Srch" option. When I pres the button, the display says something like RSSI 69 (or a similar number)
But a bad thing is that now I cannot TX. I receive fine but I cannot talk. but if I put the "Coverage type" field back to Disable (from SmartZone), then TX works fine again. Anybody knows whats going on?
I can get a numerical RSSI in dB by programming a button with "Site Displ/Srch" option. When I pres the button, the display says something like RSSI 69 (or a similar number)
But a bad thing is that now I cannot TX. I receive fine but I cannot talk. but if I put the "Coverage type" field back to Disable (from SmartZone), then TX works fine again. Anybody knows whats going on?
Once again, no you can't. That number is not in DB. It's in some arbitrary scale that Motorola has chosen.
Do you need to click the "site alias" box under TRS and then populate that list with some data in order for this to function when not set to smart zone?
Site Displ/Srch is the correct button for RSSI on a portable, press and hold to jump to another site. In my experience the numbers are in the range of 0-160, and anything better than 40-50 is normally reliable for talk out. I have never scene any tables that compare the Motorola scale to dB, dBm, etc.
With that said if the radio is only being used to scan a system then these buttons should have no function, if you can use that button and can see site data then you have affiliated and will cause harm to the radio with your fraudulent ID, and are probably commiting a criminal offense in your state. It looks like Orte is a valid system user since he depends on transmitting, but I wanted to throw that in for others using XTS as scanners.
Site Displ/Srch is the correct button for RSSI on a portable, press and hold to jump to another site. In my experience the numbers are in the range of 0-160, and anything better than 40-50 is normally reliable for talk out. I have never scene any tables that compare the Motorola scale to dB, dBm, etc.
With that said if the radio is only being used to scan a system then these buttons should have no function, if you can use that button and can see site data then you have affiliated and will cause harm to the radio with your fraudulent ID, and are probably commiting a criminal offense in your state. It looks like Orte is a valid system user since he depends on transmitting, but I wanted to throw that in for others using XTS as scanners.
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