XTS5000 will not affiliate

[Frank Mitchell]

Have a XTS-5000 that I have drag/dropped to completely mirror my issued portable. The only difference is I changed the radio alias/ID to the one that admin issued to my new radio. For some reason the radio will not affiliate with the system.....I get "SITE XX" whenever I try and force affiliation.

Any ideas?


Frank

 

[Mars]

Moved to the Astro 25 forum.

What is the alignment history of this radio?

 

[Frank Mitchell]

I cannot advise....however I purchased it from a guy in PA.

 

[rhabdo-medic]

Are you planning on carrying this radio on duty? Does your safety depend on the radio working properly? Maybe it's just me, but I would never carry a radio on duty that I got from "some guy" especially not knowing the history of the radio. If your sys admin provided you with a copy of the TRS system key and an ID to use have you tried bringing the radio to him to look over?

 

[Frank Mitchell]

I work for a small rural department that hot swaps radios.

In NC the local Emergency Management Coordinator is issued the county ASK, as well as radio IDs and aliases. Our EMC knows nothing about radios except how to use one, and cares not to learn any more. In an effort to save the county money on radio programming, they sent me to the state sponsored class and got a basic knowledge on how to program XTS/XTL/APX radios on the NC VIPER system. So whenever there are small changes that need to be made, I make them instead of paying $70 per radio to the local radio shop.

Like I said before, we hot-swap radios in my department, so when I saw the opportunity to purchase one for myself, I got the ok from my Sheriff and purchased it. I figured that once I got it programmed and found that it was a reliable radio to use on duty it would be better than using one that had been used continuously day-night for the last 2 years, and I would know the radio and battery as it would always be mine.

That being said, can anyone please give me some ideas why it will not affiliate with our system?

Thanks in advance
Frank

 

[xpr8300]

Have you had the radio aligned? Updated firmware? Are you sure the flash code is compatible?

 

[rhabdo-medic]

What is the Flashcode on your radio? What type of TRS are you trying to utilize (Analog SmartZone, P25 Phase I...)? Whats the model number of your radio and what band is the TRS?

 

[Mars]

Why are you wasting our time asking the same question you ALREADY ASKED on a different forum, when the SAME answer was already provided? (alignment) Take the hint; your radio needs to be tuned. You don't use eBay/used radios on a public safety system without it first being aligned and verified working correctly. Do you buy used guns and wear them on your duty belt without testing/inspecting them first?

http://www.austech.info/showthread....ies-DEPOT-TOOL?p=663488&viewfull=1#post663488

 

[Frank Mitchell]

MARS-
Well of course not, and this radio is currently in the testing/inspecting phase. As far as the question as to why I am asking it on two different forums....It never hurts to have more than one opinion. And I apologize profusely if I am wasting everyones time...I thought this was a help forum. You are the moderator here so you say the word and I will take my ball and go home.

rhabdo-medic- NC VIPER is P25 phase 1 system. Model #H18UCf9PW6AN Flashcode is 500008-100086-6 700/800 MHZ

XPR8300 - I only have basic programming training and know nothing about aligning a radio. I was told by the local radio shop that the radio needed to be able to do 9600 baud P25, so I asked the seller to update the flashcode to reflect that. There was some question as to needing Omnilink, so I sent it back to him and he added it to the flashcode....but then I jacked that up by uploading a previous codeplug using depot, and it reverted back to the original flashcode.

I did program the control channel for this area into the conventional side, to see if it would pick it up, and LED flashes and if you turn the volume way up you can hear very low static. I put in one of the alternate control channels and no LED flash but I hear loud static.

 

[mwb9122]

MARS-
Well of course not, and this radio is currently in the testing/inspecting phase. As far as the question as to why I am asking it on two different forums....It never hurts to have more than one opinion. And I apologize profusely if I am wasting everyones time...I thought this was a help forum. You are the moderator here so you say the word and I will take my ball and go home.

rhabdo-medic- NC VIPER is P25 phase 1 system. Model #H18UCf9PW6AN Flashcode is 500008-100086-6 700/800 MHZ

XPR8300 - I only have basic programming training and know nothing about aligning a radio. I was told by the local radio shop that the radio needed to be able to do 9600 baud P25, so I asked the seller to update the flashcode to reflect that. There was some question as to needing Omnilink, so I sent it back to him and he added it to the flashcode....but then I jacked that up by uploading a previous codeplug using depot, and it reverted back to the original flashcode.

I did program the control channel for this area into the conventional side, to see if it would pick it up, and LED flashes and if you turn the volume way up you can hear very low static. I put in one of the alternate control channels and no LED flash but I hear loud static.

If the codeplug was updated by the seller, it 99.9% needs to be tuned as the use of blowing a new codeplug into the radio will reset the tuning values.

 

[triptolemus]

... and this radio is currently in the testing/inspecting phase.

If the first step of your "testing/inspecting phase" isn't an alignment, then you're doing it wrong. Because you "know nothing about aligning a radio" you don't have the necessary information to appreciate how important it is. You're screwing around with Depot and you don't know what you're doing. You're playing around with programming control channels into conventional personalities and that's pointless. Knock all this silly crap off and get the radio benched.

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