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XTL/XTS5000 xts5000 nas fail

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OK,, I'm done.
Ah, if only you meant that.

OK,, I'm done. Just trying to help and my radio does just fine.
There is nothing "helpful" about continuously posting misinformation. There is no shame in not posting when you don't know what you're talking about, something you should seriously take into consideration. Perhaps a New Year's resolution, to post less?
 

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I am not offended as you are not qualified enough to explain any errors or misinformation I have made.
My XTS5000 NAS on a system not unlike the op. So does my XTL5000 AND my XG-100M.
You will say I am lying, however I have all the proof I need to back up what I am saying.
A new years resoloution for you: Plug that hole in your face all the feces is comming out of. !
 

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I am not offended as you are not qualified enough to explain any errors or misinformation I have made.
My XTS5000 NAS on a system not unlike the op. So does my XTL5000 AND my XG-100M.
You will say I am lying, however I have all the proof I need to back up what I am saying.
A new years resoloution for you: Plug that hole in your face all the feces is comming out of. !
Merlin, I appreciate your kind assistance, Your help was spot on. I have the NAS working and Iā€™m receiving the TGā€™s. Letā€™s quickly close up this thread as itā€™s getting out of control.
 

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There is nothing "helpful" about continuously posting misinformation. There is no shame in not posting when you don't know what you're talking about, something you should seriously take into consideration. Perhaps a New Year's resolution, to post less?
A wise man once said, it's better to remain silent than speak up and remove all doubt.
 

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I repaired the zone /frequency assignments and the Fail 001 is gone. Iā€™m now scanning on Zone 1 Scan personality 1 but no receive audio is breaking through.

I programmed a conventional button to monitor and can hear digital noise as if there were a talk group present when it were transmitting.
Merlin, I appreciate your kind assistance, Your help was spot on. I have the NAS working and Iā€™m receiving the TGā€™s. Letā€™s quickly close up this thread as itā€™s getting out of control.
What happened to fix it? The bandplan/Astro25 channel ID?

All the conventional zone frequency assignments being the same is not an issue as long the frequency is not active, I see you said there was possibly noise, a quiet freq is needed to scan NAS. Its important to not only use an inactive frequency for the conv personality but also use PL or DPL to further that effort of a quiet freq for the radio. You shouldn't be hearing anything on the conventional channel being used as the selected 'anchor' channel for NAS.

I had changed the transmit frequency to something in range but far off, but not changed the offset. I still had the Fail 001. Did'nt change the tx pwr or deviation (as of yet).

Just tried your second suggestion since this system is not overly active, I've six voice channels and I'm receiving. Wondering about the conventional settings astro tab. This is a simulcast system, and I'm seeing the systems tx deviation around 9.8 khz, which I'm figuring is much too high on a 12.5 khz channel spaced system (so much for spectral efficiency ... ). So, I'm confused about C4FM vs CQPSK vs wide. Audio is a bit "tinny". Also with the rx unmute rule, I'm set to digital csq and it seems to work fine that way. Suggestions?
If you should try doing it that way by scanning the voice channels instead of NAS, in the conventional personality, the digital modulator type should be set to CQPSK for simulcast. off topic, this is also a setting in the trunking system that needs to be set to CQPSK for simulcast reception for NAS, but I see it already is in your codeplug.. You can adjust the treble of the audio on the radio wide page. The digital unmute rule of digital CSQ will work unmuting to all digtial transmission ie CSQ in digital. , if you have noticed encryption on the system that will also receive. One trick to elimiate that during this type of scanning the voice channels is to set NAC to the correct NAC on the zone page, as well selecting Astro Rx Unmute rule of Selective Squelch, setting up a Astro Talkgroup Options of the selectable talkgroup from the talkgroup table list of * 65535 *, the secure Key ID other than the correct it will mute encrypted talkgroups while unmuting to every other clear voice traffic on the voice channels
 
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Trying to monitor niagara county fire/ems. Niagara County Public Safety System Trunking System, Niagara County, New York

All my 50+ years experience is in conventional systems, trunking is new to me, and theres a learning curve and no
desire to purchase a scanner when I'm fully capable and equipped. The nas codeplug I had attached was worked up
by some well intentioned folks here who had gone out of their way to assist. This is a six voice channel simulcast system.
I think the bandplan is my biggest stumbling block.
That codeplug isn't a total basketcase, I've seen way worse attempts at a NAS codeplug. It has general gist of a semi-acceptable NAS codelug for the system you have provided. They may be well intentioned but they failed a few and some important rules of NAS. The trunked talkgroups should be positions 17 and so on, or should be in another zone inaccessible by the knob or menu or button and the scan list designated tx voice member should be Selected Channel and not talkback. Which yours shouldn't get that far as well the WACN isn't correct so it'd give some sort of odd error at that if it should attempt. You have the concentric switch programmed to secure select. Having a swtich set to secure can also have some odd behavior among other things such as the red flight flashing during receive.

that band plan is among the most typical incorrect settings usually the problem attempting to NAS
 
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Trying to monitor niagara county fire/ems. Niagara County Public Safety System Trunking System, Niagara County, New York

All my 50+ years experience is in conventional systems, trunking is new to me, and theres a learning curve and no
desire to purchase a scanner when I'm fully capable and equipped. The nas codeplug I had attached was worked up
by some well intentioned folks here who had gone out of their way to assist. This is a six voice channel simulcast system.
I think the bandplan is my biggest stumbling block.
If you were fully capable and equipped, this thread wouldn't exist.......
 
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