XL-200M Network Capabilities

[rkumetz]

I noticed that the XL-200M control head is connected to the radio body via ethernet.

This leads me to a few questions:

Can it be set up on an existing ethernet network and run that way? eg: with the control head in one room and the radio elsewhere for example?

If so, is there any relatively low cost (this is Harris after all....) PC based console program that will run it that remotely via ethernet? Similar to the
Telex C-soft perhaps.

 

[KevinC]

I noticed that the XL-200M control head is connected to the radio body via ethernet.

This leads me to a few questions:

Can it be set up on an existing ethernet network and run that way? eg: with the control head in one room and the radio elsewhere for example?

If so, is there any relatively low cost (this is Harris after all....) PC based console program that will run it that remotely via ethernet? Similar to the
Telex C-soft perhaps.

Is it Ethernet or just using RJ-45’s?

 

[rkumetz]

I have not tried it yet but I read that it will work through an ethernet hub.
It does work standard Ethernet cables though. The original cable I got from Harris was bad so I used a
generic CAT-5 cable and it works fine.

 

[BMDaug]

It is IP based. The control heads and MRU have IP addresses… I don’t know how large of a LAN it will tolerate.

-B

 

[rkumetz]

Interesting. When you have multiple control heads I assume they have different IP addresses. Where do you configure the whole thing as a system to talk to multiple heads or if there is more than one radio on the network to have them talk to the correct ones?

 

[BMDaug]

I noticed that the XL-200M control head is connected to the radio body via ethernet.

This leads me to a few questions:

Can it be set up on an existing ethernet network and run that way? eg: with the control head in one room and the radio elsewhere for example?

If so, is there any relatively low cost (this is Harris after all....) PC based console program that will run it that remotely via ethernet? Similar to the
Telex C-soft perhaps.

You will not find anything affordable and afaik the radio doesn’t have any console support like DFSI, CSSI, or ISSI… My Tait TB9100 has DFSI support and after calling around to over half a dozen console developers, I stopped asking. The least expensive option with the features I wanted was over $10K and most required a lab annual service contract on top of that… this was for a single dispatch seat.

-B

 

[rkumetz]

I suspected as much. For $10K you can buy a new Kenwood P25 radio, a Telex IP-224 and a C-Soft seat.

 

[BMDaug]

Right… With C-Soft, DFSI is an optional add-on and encryption also costs extra, but it is on the more affordable side!

-B

 

[sbk1982]

You can use an ethernet switch to connect multiple control heads. The MRU acts as the DHCP for the control heads if I remember correctly. I believe you're limited to 6 control heads in a network config? It's been a while since I've read up on it.