Cloning motorola m1225

groucho4 · Post by **groucho4** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:00 pm

I have 2 M1225 radios, got one set up the way I wanted it, then tried to clone the other one, hoping to save time in programming, but when I tried it, all I get is 'code plug version number mismatch' error. I'm using the 3.1 version software. From the serial numbers, I figure one radio was made in 1977, and the other in 1997, not sure this would make a difference tho....would it?...How can I get the program to let me clone these radios....?

Post by **Mfire39** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:48 pm

There were no M1225's in 1977. The error you are getting is probably because the radio you are trying to clone was previously programmed with a different version software than you are using. The M1225's are not backwards compatible, meaning that you cannot use an older version of programming software than what was last used on it.

-Marc

MetroMan · Post by **MetroMan** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:24 pm

Current software is Vers 4.0.

There was an issue with the older versions where you couldn't clone a radio without reading it first, I believe.

Try archiving the radio you want to copy from. Read the second radio and save it and then open the archive from radio one and clone it to the second. You can then read it and archive the second radio if you wish.

Al · Post by Al » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:48 am

The inability to clone an M1225/P1225 without reading it first still exists in version 4.0 of the RSS.

Post by **wavetar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:00 am

Al, I think MetroMan was referring to the "Maxtrac" style of cloning, which was very obtuse & requires most people to keep a written record of how to do it. This has never been an issue with the 1225 RSS...you simply press the "clone" icon & away you go. Yes, the RSS will partially "read" the target radio, to ensure the codeplug you're putting in matches the radio...but that's the case with nearly all RSS.

Todd

groucho4 · Post by **groucho4** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:34 am

Thanks for all the replies. I have tried archiving the first radio, then hoping to use that to clone the second, but no go. All I can figure is that maybe at some time, someone did use the newer version software on one of those radios. Maybe I'll look around for the 4.0 software version and give that a shot.

kf4sqb · Post by **kf4sqb** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:39 pm

Easy to tell if it has been programmed with the newer software. Just try to read it with your current software. If it's been programmed with a newer version, it will let you know. I never found a solution, but I've run into the same problem before. Two radios, that I was the last person to program, with the same model number, and I can't clone one to the other.

arlojanis · Post by **arlojanis** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:08 am

Cloning problems are caused by the many versions of firmware in 1225 radios. Radios must be near the same age to clone. Also, early versions of software did not clone all radios. Motorola send me special software for easier cloning when I was having problems years ago.
So, get late version software and clone radios that are near the same age and you will have good results.

kf4sqb · Post by **kf4sqb** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:52 am

Kinda makes the clone feature useless, doesn't it? If a large fleet is able to purchase all the radios they'll ever need at one time (unlikely), they will have no cloning problems. If they have to buy a few radios over the course of a few years to add radios and replace bad ones, they are screwed as far as cloning goes.