I was given the task of reprogramming a bunch of surplus XTS3000s and then testing them.
Sounds easy.
But they were last programmed with trunking data using the ASK, Advanced System Key.
My NORMAL procedure would be to simply create an additional trunking personality as a dummy, using
a system key that I have which is for a system that no longer exists, and then delete the exising trunking
personality from the radio, and add conventional channels.
But you can't do that with an ASK-enabled radio. Once ASK has been enabled, I have not yet found
ANY method of writing to that radio without having the correct advanced system key in my computer,
which I do not have.
Does anyone know of any way to get around this problem?
I suppose the radios could be sent to the depot but knowing them that'd cost a few hundred bucks a radio.
Sounds easy.
But they were last programmed with trunking data using the ASK, Advanced System Key.
My NORMAL procedure would be to simply create an additional trunking personality as a dummy, using
a system key that I have which is for a system that no longer exists, and then delete the exising trunking
personality from the radio, and add conventional channels.
But you can't do that with an ASK-enabled radio. Once ASK has been enabled, I have not yet found
ANY method of writing to that radio without having the correct advanced system key in my computer,
which I do not have.
Does anyone know of any way to get around this problem?
I suppose the radios could be sent to the depot but knowing them that'd cost a few hundred bucks a radio.