XPR3500e Programming

[TampaTyron]

I expected better from a former Cementer......................... j/k (poked around your Linkedin). I found 4 defects in the codeplug:
1-The original codeplug (CPS 16) had all of the channels set to "Channel Free" which is bad, especially if you have a high noise floor (your CPS 2.0 codeplug was fine with the setting at Polite.
2-The slot is wrong in your codeplug for Channel 11. It should be slot 2.
3-Zone 2, Channel 1 is a duplicate frequency to Zone 1 Channel 16, but with a different color code. This could cause interference.
4-Your Call 2 is a duplicate of Call 1 at Talkgroup ID of 100. I feel a little less smart dealing with the original codeplug due to every channel having the same talkgroup (not a major issue as they are all separated by slot/frequency).

The radios should be talking together. Likely one of you has a bad speaker, or you are hitting the Channel Free issue, or something else. But they should be talking. TT

 

[K2NEC]

I expected better from a former Cementer......................... j/k (poked around your Linkedin). I found 4 defects in the codeplug:
1-The original codeplug (CPS 16) had all of the channels set to "Channel Free" which is bad, especially if you have a high noise floor (your CPS 2.0 codeplug was fine with the setting at Polite.
2-The slot is wrong in your codeplug for Channel 11. It should be slot 2.
3-Zone 2, Channel 1 is a duplicate frequency to Zone 1 Channel 16, but with a different color code. This could cause interference.
4-Your Call 2 is a duplicate of Call 1 at Talkgroup ID of 100. I feel a little less smart dealing with the original codeplug due to every channel having the same talkgroup (not a major issue as they are all separated by slot/frequency).

The radios should be talking together. Likely one of you has a bad speaker, or you are hitting the Channel Free issue, or something else. But they should be talking. TT

TT,

I didn't check but are those TG's in the rx group list?

 

[Tech21]

After looking at the codeplug, I noticed several issues. Your receive group lists were wrong. The frequencies for maintenance and the frequencies you used were set up correctly. Your receive group list was set for maintenance. Maintenance is using different frequencies, which means the channel was never going to work.

I attached a revised codeplug and made several changes. If you clone a radio, make sure the second radio gets a different radio id than the master radio, or else you will cause issues for yourself. IE master is 1, slave is 2.

 

[K2NEC]

I attached a revised codeplug and made several changes. If you clone a radio, make sure the second radio gets a different radio id than the master radio, or else you will cause issues for yourself. IE master is 1, slave is 2.

Codeplug wasn't attached properly Tech

 

[Tech21]

I DM'd you, post here if you didn't get it.

 

[TampaTyron]

The RX group issue is not relevant. You DO NOT need the Talkgroup you are sitting on (TX contact) in the RX group list. Also, in this instance, there is no other group operating on the same frequency and slot, so you would never hear any other group anyway. To hear other channels, you would need to setup scan. My gut is telling my hardware failure or duplicate Radio ID. TT

 

[Tech21]

The RX group issue is not relevant. You DO NOT need the Talkgroup you are sitting on (TX contact) in the RX group list. Also, in this instance, there is no other group operating on the same frequency and slot, so you would never hear any other group anyway. To hear other channels, you would need to setup scan. My gut is telling my hardware failure or duplicate Radio ID. TT

It isn't and looking the codeplug it really isn't necessary. The issue I found when looking through it was with the contact list. For example, channel 2 is maintenance using 457.475 in simplex. The contact for maintenance didn't exist and everything was using the same contact as channel 1 That right there will cause issues. Every channel should have it's own contact created for it in the contact list. The other issue I saw was that zone 2 channel contacts also didn't exist and were using the same call id and everything as channel 1. Even though the channels are using different freqs in simplex mode, the contact lists being all screwed up means it won't work. Same with radios having the same ID.

 

[TampaTyron]

I have not experience the contact list issue before, certainly not saying it isn't an issue. However, I have seen hundreds of these poorly made codeplugs where many things are bad. I will go back to my to my previous request for the ORIGINAL CODEPLUG that was read out of a known working radio. If the CPS 16.0 codeplug was the original working codeplug, then I stand behind my earlier assessments. If it is not the original codelplug (contrary to previous assertions by the OP), then it is useless to compare 2 bad codeplugs without first looking at one that works. TT