Correct. Common wear and tear board level soldering fix with new sma. A Dunlap situation or heavy antenna bending usually against door jam
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XTS2500 USMC radio questions
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Sounds like a fpp protected zone that had password put in?
I did put a Password for the FPP when I first got it, how can I turn this off to see if that is the issue?
Anyone know the firmware versions on these radios well enough to know which ones are required?
I have 3 XTS2500s with AES and the "Secure Version" is: 05.07.10 they all seem to work okay. I have one that is 05.05.02 - and that one does not seem to be able to talk to the other ones in secure mode (AES). They are all keyed alike.
Is that firmware version enough to cause this kind of an issue?
--Ken
I have 3 XTS2500s with AES and the "Secure Version" is: 05.07.10 they all seem to work okay. I have one that is 05.05.02 - and that one does not seem to be able to talk to the other ones in secure mode (AES). They are all keyed alike.
Is that firmware version enough to cause this kind of an issue?
--Ken
Are you not able to re-key them all?
I was able to rekey all of them successfully. After rekey, one just wont talk to the other three. The difference between them is that the firmware "SECURE VER" on the one that isn't working is 05.05.02
You can easily find firmware to update the secure to 5.07
Unaware of where to get that or how that gets done - I can use CPS Portable to program the radio, and KVL to keyload it, but I'm not familiar with the firmware process and what is required to do that.
MTS2000des
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You need a firmware refresh iButton, and the appropriate files which usually are found on MyView but being that these radios are long off suppor,t you are on your own to find them along with the refresh iButton.
An iButton is a small gadget that looks like a coin battery, which fits inside a blue plastic USB dongle. To enable a firmware update for the Astro25 series, you have to buy the number of updates you need, and Motorola will send you a USB flash dongle containing an iButton configured for the number of updates you bought, along with a CD containing the update file.
However....
I just confirmed with Motorola this morning about firmware updates for Astro25 (XTS/XTL) radios, and it's a no go. They won't sell firmware updates for the Astro25 series as they're all out of support; you might be able to download the firmware files from MyView, but since Moto will not sell anyone an iButton to enable the updates, having the files won't do any good.
I'd bet if you were a large enough customer they could find a way to cough up some upgrades.
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Ohio MARCS has mandated Radio Authentication, and there are thousands of XTS/XTL radios around the state; Motorola will not do the Authentication update for radios with firmware older than R15, and will not sell firmware updates, no matter how big a stink anyone makes. Our Motorola rep told me that they won't sell firmware updates to anyone, period. Apparently it's not even in the system anymore.
My neighboring agency is a faithful Motorola customer with hundreds of XTS/XTL radios; ditto Ohio MARCS, with thousands of XTS/XTL radios around the state. Motorola won't even make an exception for them.
Face it, they're trying to get everyone off the platform, and sell new radios. Problem for them around here is, no one is going to buy a Motorola radio for double the price of a Harris or Kenwood radio unless they're a die-hard /\/\ fanatic.
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Are there any firmware-software compatibility issues with XTS2500 that one would need to know about? (ie. mototrbo 16.0 vs. 2.0)
As long as you have the latest (last) version of the software, it'll work with any firmware version in an Astro25 radio.
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20.50.10 Is the most recent Radio FW.
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