I recently acquired an SL300 (AAH88QCP9JA2AN/Version R01.20.01.000). I tried to program it using Version 14.0 of the CPS, but it gives me an error message saying the codeplug version is not compatible with the software. What's going on?
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SL300: Programming Issues
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That's what I was thinking, although I've never encountered that problem before with the TRBO CPS before. I have various other Motorola DMR radios that I've programmed with a very old (2015) version of the CPS, and have never had any issues with those.
but you just acquired this radio. As with all Motorola radios they can only be used with the equal to or greater software version number that was last used. They can not go backwards. So you programmed all your other radios, no issue, this new radio was programmed with something newer by someone else, you get it and now its looking for that version that was previously used or newer.
Yes, I realize that. I'll just have to get a new version.
N4KVE
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This is why before buying another radio I always ask the seller what FW is in it, & what CPS programmed it last. Too new, & I don’t buy it. So nothing newer than FW 2.60.05, & 13.5 CPS.
Ok. Got it. I got the FW version (or at least that's what I think it is) from the label behind the battery. So I'm just guessing that's what the current FW in it is, although now that you mention it, it could have been upgraded since then.
N4KVE
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Exactly. I always have the seller display the actual FW on the screen of the radio being sold.
By the way, how do you do show the firmware version on the screen with an SL300?
N4KVE
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You have the seller read the radio, as he takes a photo of his laptop screen showing the FW version.
Gotcha. I got the radio on eBay from a surplus electronics dealer for $140 (which was the cheapest I could find).
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Nothing newer than FW2.09 and R16 828
13.5 is OLD
1.01.30 is good firmware for the SL300
Now I'm confused. So what's the latest CPS version I could use with this?
N4KVE
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I have access to that newer CPS, but for some strange reason my 13.5 CPS has magical properties the newer CPS doesn’t have. So I stay there.
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Anything you'd care to share?
You can use even the newest TRBO CPS but everyone on here will tell you to stay away from it. Don't go past Version 16 build 828
A bit of an update here:
Apparently, this radio has a codeplug in it that is compatible only with CPS 2. It tried CPS version 16.0 and I got the same error message. When I tried it with a copy of CPS 2 that I recently acquired, I was able to both read and write to the radio with no issues.
Apparently, this radio has a codeplug in it that is compatible only with CPS 2. It tried CPS version 16.0 and I got the same error message. When I tried it with a copy of CPS 2 that I recently acquired, I was able to both read and write to the radio with no issues.
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