Jacksonechols55
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Anyone have any information on how to unbrick or rest a Tait TP8100?
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Tait TP8100 Bricked
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Jacksonechols55
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No trunked system. I believe it was messed up during FW updates. Radio is displaying system error S 40. Radio will not do anything other than display that. Will not read or write.
Ok. I was thinking maybe it was inhibited if on a trunked system. I can't help otherwise, sorry.
The typical procedure for a firmware update on a Tait is to read the tuning file and save it, read the codeplug and save it. Then update the firmware, then write the tuning file and then the saved codeplug.
If none of that works, then the only thing you can do is send it to Tait via a dealer. That said, the radio isnt worth what the flat rate repair would be.
If none of that works, then the only thing you can do is send it to Tait via a dealer. That said, the radio isnt worth what the flat rate repair would be.
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So it only displays system error S 40 and will not read or write, assuming with that it's toast? I haven't tried updating firmware it was like this when I received it.
yeah, even when they are in a goofy error state, there are still comms. If you cannot get anything out of it, id say its toast.
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That's what I figured. Thanks!
No worries, I have two at Tait right now that bricked during a conversion from trunked to conventional. Crossing my fingers they fix them since they were bricked using their ECC codes.
