You may want to make note of this.
I have seen this message many times. The correct power connection would be to connect the CH and MRU to 12vdc hot unswitched.
The 2 white wires would be connected to ign sense or a chargeguard since if the white wires are connected to unswitched 12v . the batt will die in a week due to a constant current draw, even when the radio is off.
With that said. , if you connect all the hot wires red and whites to a bench power supply,make sure the radio is switched off. Then once the 12v has been switched on first,wait about 15 sec and turn the radio on. If you don't, you may see many different messages. They can and usually appear. This is when you are in trunked mode. You can power right up in conventional with no issue.
Back to the ip addr unnassigned appearing. I have found if you leave the power all connected and disconnect the 3 prong power connector to the Control head and reconnect it , The control head restores and all is well. I have worked on about 100 or so XL185/200M in the past few months. I have seen many "Unadvertised Features."
2 control heads can be daisy chained without a hub. 3 or more require it.
I CANNOT WAIT for that HHC. We use the Keypad mic and that makes things much easier. Got to see the HHC at at IWCE..
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