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To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.
The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.
For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).
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"P25 CAI means a digital system. P25 CAI is a digital voice (modulation) type and therefore can be used on conventional channel radio system or in a trunking radio system. System type is not dependent on the use of P25 CAI except in the case of a Project 25 Trunking Radio System; in that specific case only P25 CAI modulation is used (no analog allowed.)"
"P25 CAI Exclusive means a 9600 bps control channel. P25 CAI is not related to the bps rate of any trunking system at all. P25 CAI is used on several Motorola ASTRO systems (3600 bps) both shared with analog talk groups or as an exclusive modulation type. Examples of the latter are the South Dakota State TRS and the Ohio State MARCS systems. Neither of these systems are Project 25 systems, but both are P25 CAI exclusive."
I had the same kind of question but mine was whats the difference between these-APCO-25, ASTRO, and Digital Trunking Discussion Discussion of Digital, CAI, IMBE, APCO-25, VSELP, AEGIS, and ProVoice Digital Modulation systems and technologies