Xts2500 antenna connector

[firebell9137]

Are they P25 LSM? If so are they attached to the same personality as the one that doesn’t work?

Yeah theyre lsm. Theyre attatched to a different personality with same scan list. And the zone has the correct personality. Everything is correct.

 

[KevinC]

Yeah theyre lsm. Theyre attatched to a different personality with same scan list. And the zone has the correct personality. Everything is correct.

I know I’m a broken record, sorry. You are POSITIVE the personality of the non-working frequency is set to CQPSK? If others work I’d doubt it’s an alignment issue…but I’ve been wrong before.

Maybe as a test assign the non-working one to the working personality.

 

[firebell9137]

I know I’m a broken record, sorry. You are POSITIVE the personality of the non-working frequency is set to CQPSK? If others work I’d doubt it’s an alignment issue…but I’ve been wrong before.

Maybe as a test assign the non-working one to the working personality.

Thats how i discovered the problem to assigning it to a working personality. I even tried to use only one personality assigned to cqpsk with the working freq worked but not the 155.955 and 154.875

 

[KevinC]

Thats how i discovered the problem to assigning it to a working personality. I even tried to use only one personality assigned to cqpsk with the working freq worked but not the 155.955 and 154.875

Ok. Can you post your code plug?

 

[firebell9137]

Ok. Can you post your code plug?

Ive tried to take pics and post my codeplug. It says file too big...i can email it to you tomorrow?

 

[wa8pyr]

I have the tuner that came with the cps. What should i do?

The Tuner software is only part of the picture for aligning the radio. You need a proper, relatively modern service monitor and all the other necessary equipment to properly align the radio. According to Motorola, you need (in addition to CPS and Tuner):

Communications System Analyzer
Digital Multimeter
Code Synthesizer
AC Voltmeter
Dual-Trace Oscilloscope
Wattmeter
Load Resistor
RF Millivolt Meter
SINAD Meter
DC Power Supply
Battery Eliminator
SMA to BNC Adaptor
Chassis Opener Tool
Housing Eliminator Test Fixture
USB Test Set Cable (or RS-232 Test Set Cable)
Portable Test Box

A modern service monitor ("Communication System Analyzer") will have several of these things built in, and you don't absolutely have to have all of those things (for example, the Chassis Opener Tool and Housing Eliminator Test Fixture aren't needed for a normal alignment).

If you don't have the necessary stuff, and know what you're doing, you should really take it to a Motorola shop to have it aligned. Getting in there and messing around without the proper equipment and knowing what you're doing can make things much worse.

 

[KevinC]

The Tuner software is only part of the picture for aligning the radio. You need a proper, relatively modern service monitor and all the other necessary equipment to properly align the radio. According to Motorola, you need (in addition to CPS and Tuner):

Communications System Analyzer
Digital Multimeter
Code Synthesizer
AC Voltmeter
Dual-Trace Oscilloscope
Wattmeter
Load Resistor
RF Millivolt Meter
SINAD Meter
DC Power Supply
Battery Eliminator
SMA to BNC Adaptor
Chassis Opener Tool
Housing Eliminator Test Fixture
USB Test Set Cable (or RS-232 Test Set Cable)
Portable Test Box

A modern service monitor ("Communication System Analyzer") will have several of these things built in, and you don't absolutely have to have all of those things (for example, the Chassis Opener Tool and Housing Eliminator Test Fixture aren't needed for a normal alignment).

If you don't have the necessary stuff, and know what you're doing, you should really take it to a Motorola shop to have it aligned. Getting in there and messing around without the proper equipment and knowing what you're doing can make things much worse.

IIRC all you can do to affect the RX side is adjust the reference oscillator anyway.

 

[KevinC]

Ive tried to take pics and post my codeplug. It says file too big...i can email it to you tomorrow?

Sure.

 

[firebell9137]

Sure.

Can i send you the codeplug? What type of file should i send you for the codeplug?

 

[KevinC]

Can i send you the codeplug? What type of file should i send you for the codeplug?

Just read it, save it and send it. Should be a .cpg file.

 

[firebell9137]

Just read it, save it and send it. Should be a .cpg file.

Ok

 

[firebell9137]

Just read it, save it and send it. Should be a .cpg file.

Whats your email?

 

[KevinC]

In Jen speak, circling back to this…

I looked at his code plug and nothing stood out as being a problem. So IDK.

 

[chrismol1]

At this point with no remedy I'd update the firmware to latest R20 if it is not. With each update things were fixed as well as broken. Any XTS/XTL should be on R20 for optimal performance