Unication G4/G5 Firmware 1.2 released!

[WaveJam]

From Unication about the echo'ing issue on 4/5/2019:

There is no release date for the next version at this time. Engineering is still working on new features and that issue. If the echo is a huge issue, you can go back to version 1.1 which did not have the issue

 

[bravada]

In my area there would be a desire to be able to scan a VHF conventional channel and a P25 trunking system at the same time.
Anyone else with that on their wish list?

Unication has said no plans to offer it at this time.

 

[boatbod]

In my area there would be a desire to be able to scan a VHF conventional channel and a P25 trunking system at the same time.
Anyone else with that on their wish list?

Unication has said no plans to offer it at this time.

Yes, in my view this would be a no-brainer! Not every department can transmit tones over P25 yet, and without a dual-watch capability it's problematic to monitor trunked tac channels in case you miss an alert.

 

[mancow]

Where do you enter the key? What algos does it support (G5)?

 

[mancow]

Disregard, I found the answer. I need ADP so it won't work.

 

[ffexpCP]

Yes, in my view this would be a no-brainer! Not every department can transmit tones over P25 yet, and without a dual-watch capability it's problematic to monitor trunked tac channels in case you miss an alert.

Or at least have it revert to monitoring a talkgroup post VHF page. Or even revert to a talkgroup after a pagegroup page, to make it act more like a conventional minitor pager.

 

[mdsxfire]

Disregard, I found the answer. I need ADP so it won't work.

What’s ADP and are u talking about entering encryption keys?


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[Astrak]

What’s ADP and are u talking about entering encryption keys?


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ADP is Motorola's basic privacy encryption.

 

[tp3244]

Have had the version 1.2 firmware on my G5 since it came out. A couple oddities:

1) Charging errors once in a while. In general the battery charges, however often the red LED doesn't go out and green come on (even after charged), or I get a "charging error". I'm using the USB charging (not the base). I bought a new battery from Unication and replaced it , with no change in behavior.
2) Often when I turn the unit on, I get the "Volume", then the "Scanning" screen, but the display goes blank and the radio outputs no audio indefinitely - hitting buttons on the front of the unit still results in a blank display. If I do a hard reset (hold down two buttons on left hand side plus playback button on top) it will reset and function normally. Kind of annoying having to reset the unit most of the time after turning it on, but other than that, once it's up and running, it's very reliable and works great.

Anyone else w/ these issues?

 

[philipparks68]

I don’t get the charging errors. I am using the base charger though. My G5 does the same as yours with the blank screen and having to reset. Oddly my G4 has not had that problem.


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[krokus]

Have had the version 1.2 firmware on my G5 since it came out. A couple oddities:

1) Charging errors once in a while. In general the battery charges, however often the red LED doesn't go out and green come on (even after charged), or I get a "charging error". I'm using the USB charging (not the base). I bought a new battery from Unication and replaced it , with no change in behavior.
2) Often when I turn the unit on, I get the "Volume", then the "Scanning" screen, but the display goes blank and the radio outputs no audio indefinitely - hitting buttons on the front of the unit still results in a blank display. If I do a hard reset (hold down two buttons on left hand side plus playback button on top) it will reset and function normally. Kind of annoying having to reset the unit most of the time after turning it on, but other than that, once it's up and running, it's very reliable and works great.

Anyone else w/ these issues?

Did you do a full reset, by pulling the battery, after installing the firmware? Have you tried reloading the firmware?

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[bob550]

Charging errors once in a while. In general the battery charges, however often the red LED doesn't go out and green come on (even after charged), or I get a "charging error".

I've had that happen when using the desk charging base. But, I also found that the OEM USB cable did not seat securely with the base. Since replacing with another micro USB cable, I've not had this error. You may want to replace the cable with one who's micro USB connector is a tad longer and see if that eliminates this problem.

 

[frenchfry]

And of course the end of transmissions are still cut off on message playback. Why? Super annoying.

To me the beep overlaps the end of the message. I just would like a way to turn off the beep on play back.

 

[RadioSnoop]

I think this has already been addressed, but I just want to clarify before I install the update...

I have the G5 and used the utility to change the model number so I could receive DMR.

What affect will this firmware update have? Will I still be able to receive DMR? Will I need to change the model number back to do the update? Will I need to change the model number again in order to receive DMR?

I want to install the firmware update, but I don’t want to lose DMR.

Thanks!!

 

[N6ML]

I think this has already been addressed, but I just want to clarify before I install the update...

I have the G5 and used the utility to change the model number so I could receive DMR.

What affect will this firmware update have? Will I still be able to receive DMR? Will I need to change the model number back to do the update? Will I need to change the model number again in order to receive DMR?

I want to install the firmware update, but I don’t want to lose DMR.

Just do it. You will not lose DMR (and you don't need to do anything special to retain it).

 

[W8RMH]

To me the beep overlaps the end of the message. I just would like a way to turn off the beep on play back.

You can disable the beeps.

 

[boatbod]

You can disable the beeps.

Yes,I believe it's called Voice Buffer Announcement our something similar. It's the one found right under "voice buffering"

 

[alpha2disp]

Does anyone know if when you receive a page over a TGID (non 2 tone), is there some way to have an led flash or something to tell you that a call came in?

Wondering because currently mine is not set up for that and let’s say I didn’t have my pager on me, but wanted to know if there was an alert when I got back to it without having to hit the playback button.


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[boatbod]

Does anyone know if when you receive a page over a TGID (non 2 tone), is there some way to have an led flash or something to tell you that a call came in?

Wondering because currently mine is not set up for that and let’s say I didn’t have my pager on me, but wanted to know if there was an alert when I got back to it without having to hit the playback button.


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I believe that's the "unread message indicator" (or whatever it's called) which can be found on the knob position programming screen.

 

[krokus]

Does anyone know if when you receive a page over a TGID (non 2 tone), is there some way to have an led flash or something to tell you that a call came in?

Wondering because currently mine is not set up for that and let’s say I didn’t have my pager on me, but wanted to know if there was an alert when I got back to it without having to hit the playback button.


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Have the pager store the pages, and see if there is something new. If you change into a "push to listen" mode, the pager will give you an "unread message" notification.

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