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- Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:35 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: XTS3000 Charger Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1573
Re: XTS3000 Charger Question
OEM battery?
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:28 am
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7325
Re: Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
I'm not trying to test your intelligence, but have you tried putting it into programming mode with a known good fully charged battery? What you describe is symptomatic of a nearly fully discharged or defective battery. Ha, no offense taken. I believe that may actually be the problem. Charger has be...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:01 pm
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7325
Re: Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
I'm not trying to test your intelligence, but have you tried putting it into programming mode with a known good fully charged battery? What you describe is symptomatic of a nearly fully discharged or defective battery. Ha, no offense taken. I believe that may actually be the problem. Charger has be...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:15 pm
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7325
Minitor 5 Progamming Mode Trouble
Good evening, I am attempting to change some settings in one of my Minitor 5's, but this particular one will not enter programming mode. Like usual I set it to C, Hold down the reset button and turn the pager on. It does a short version of the standard programming beep and if I let go of the reset b...
- Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:34 am
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: House Siren Activation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3202
Re: House Siren Activation
I would program up a CDM 750 to trigger it off the alert pin on the radio. Run the trigger output to an OMROM adjustable timer that is set to latch for 3 cycles. The fun part is the 0800 to 2000 hours thing. There are clocks available that can do that but they are a few hundred dollars. In addition...
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:17 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Signalling for vehicle remote start?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1485
Re: Signalling for vehicle remote start?
Most remote start units that I have seen have a wire that is for an accessory start. The last one I looked into you grounded the wire and the vehicle started. With that said you could use any sort of radio signalling to trigger a relay to momentarily connect that wire to ground for approx 2 seconds....
- Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Stubby vs Whip
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7887
Re: Stubby vs Whip
For me, it is the difference between making the repeater and not making it.
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:54 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Console Emergency tones
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1508
Re: Console Emergency tones
I believe hes talking about the alarm noise that the dispatcher hears once the console receives the emergency signal.HLA wrote:it's the mdc id that's sent out, that's how they know who sent the signal
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:38 pm
- Forum: Computer/Technical Assistance
- Topic: TAPATALK
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19146
Re: TAPATALK
I'll ping the support guys with my questions - but I think my main issue is with advertising. There isn't any here and the custom app indicates that it removes the advertising within the application (or add's your own)... If we can get by with the free one and have there be no advertising associate...
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:57 pm
- Forum: Computer/Technical Assistance
- Topic: TAPATALK
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19146
Re: TAPATALK
I'm running tapatalk for free on a forum I admin that is running the same version of phpbb. No problems, and it was cake to install.
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:03 am
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: House Siren Activation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3202
Re: House Siren Activation
Under what conditions are you wanting it to sound? If you are just wanting it to sound off the fire tones, then what crazyboy said will work now if you are wanting it to sound under a tornado warning or act as a civil defense siren, there is alot more to it Good point, I assumed fire calls. He hasn...
- Tue May 31, 2011 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: What do you have on your belt ?
- Replies: 144
- Views: 56799
Re: What do you have on your belt ?
Minitor V, XTS3000R or 4000, Droid 2.
- Tue May 24, 2011 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: My Boredom put to use. Pics Included. UPDATED!!!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5033
Re: My Boredom put to use. Pics Included.
Nice work! I agree with the black bezel!
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:18 pm
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: House Siren Activation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3202
Re: House Siren Activation
Sequence Relay & Timed Off Relay to control the siren. Energize the relays from the minitor.
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:35 pm
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Minitor 3/4 Charger pinout question.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1326
Minitor 3/4 Charger pinout question.
I understand what each pin does, however the minitor page does not say which pin is 1. I want to confirm I have the correct pinout. If I was looking at the plug that I would be plugging into the charger would this be correct?
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:02 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: HT1000 QCII Alert?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548
Re: HT1000 QCII Alert?
I was having trouble getting it to alert. I think that I however have figured out that it was an ID ten T error.
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:38 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: HT1000 QCII Alert?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548
HT1000 QCII Alert?
Is there anyway to have the HT1000 alert upon receiving the correct set of quick call tones? I can get it to be silent and then open squelch upon receipt of the correct towns, however I was looking for a way to have the radio sound some type of alert when the tone set is received, like a pager does....
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: a5 backlight questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 314
Re: a5 backlight questions
Ill double check that setting, and if that doesn't do it I'll swap heads. Thanks
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:26 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: a5 backlight questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 314
a5 backlight questions
I have two a5 spectras in a mobile install. One a dash mount uhf and the other a remote mount vhf. The backlight on the dash mount one always comes on with the setting set at what it was when it turned off. The remote mount always comes on with the backlight set to just the display and I have to man...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:15 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: 2006 Impala Install pix with Jotto
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4869
Re: 2006 Impala Install pix with Jotto
Looks great. Those are all HAW leds?
- Wed May 06, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: Computer/Technical Assistance
- Topic: GPS Mapping software
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2626
Re: GPS Mapping software
Usually CAD mapping, but I've seen DeLorme as well.
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:34 am
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Quik Call II Notification System
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3138
Re: Quik Call II Notification System
what exactly are you trying to accomplish?
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Scanning more that 16 channels
- Replies: 1
- Views: 426
Re: Scanning more that 16 channels
Nope, best bet is to buy a scanner.
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:32 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: power for multiple radio install
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6616
Re: power for multiple radio install
Here, Not sure whether all the lines are going to confuse you, I went overboard
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: MCS2000 VFO
- Replies: 1
- Views: 315
Re: MCS2000 VFO
No, you have to set it up in cps.
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:57 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: power for multiple radio install
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6616
Re: power for multiple radio install
I'm not sure about the icom but the other 2 radios only need switched power on their accessory wire. Place a fuse tap in the vehicles fuse panel on a circuit that goes on and off with the key, I prefer the audio circuit. You could probably get away with connecting the ignition sense wires straight t...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:58 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Evacuation tone (FD)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 986
Re: Evacuation tone (FD)
Do you mean cdm1250's? Is having dispatch send the evac tone out of the question?
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:07 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: MDC identifiers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1578
Re: MDC identifiers
So can I change the transmiting ID code in the radio that transmits that cade to show a unit number on all the recieving radios when its keyed up? Like if it transmits an id of 1234 now and I take all of the reciving alias's out of all of the radios then change what ever the transmit id is to the p...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:06 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: MDC identifiers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1578
Re: MDC identifiers
So can I change the transmiting ID code in the radio that transmits that cade to show a unit number on all the recieving radios when its keyed up? Like if it transmits an id of 1234 now and I take all of the reciving alias's out of all of the radios then change what ever the transmit id is to the p...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:23 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: 6'5" parking garage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10088
Re: 6'5" parking garage
thebigphish wrote:crazyboy wrote:L brackets on the sides of the hood.thomsoningreen wrote:Trunk Lip mount antenna base can be purchased from tessco for very little money
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:39 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Out of Band Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Re: Out of Band Help
AWESOME, thank you very very much!!!!jts203 wrote:If using Hex Workshop you should look for hex string 4029861A which is 445 MHz and change all occurances to 00DE391A which is 440 MHz.
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:57 am
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Out of Band Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Re: Out of Band Help
If you have the latest version of the CPS, enter your frequencies like normal... It should take them if they are not too far out of range.. When you go to write the radio, you'll get an error saying one or more frequencies is out of range. Just write to it anyway and it should take the freqs.. -Mar...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:39 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Out of Band Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Out of Band Help
Hello I have the latest version of the xts3000 cps. I'm trying to hexedit it so that it will accept frequencies a few mhz lower than the band limit. I have followed the instructions here, but am unable to find any of these values in the .exe please help!
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:51 pm
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Station alerting with a Minitor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1666
Re: Station alerting with a Minitor
No offense but with the little you asked you make it seem as though you have no idea what you need let alone how to make it work. IF that's the case I don't think you should be doing anything that's mission critical.
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Codenames of Motorola Radios
- Replies: 75
- Views: 71345
Re: Codenames of Motorola Radios
Astro
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Astro 25
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Spectra Remote Mic/Spkr
- Replies: 1
- Views: 266
Spectra Remote Mic/Spkr
I have a spectra a5 that I'd like to be able to run two speakers and microphones off of the rear db15 connector. :o, I was thinking I could use the 4 pins for the mic and two pins for the speaker over cat5? and put an audio control inline with the speaker as well so that I could control the volume. ...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: Motorola Digital and Voice Paging
- Topic: Minitor V Audio Level
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1630
Re: Minitor V Audio Level
I agree, probably your best bet.tvsjr wrote:Set it to vibrate/push-to-listen?
- Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:46 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Spectra Singletone help
- Replies: 0
- Views: 261
Spectra Singletone help
Is there a way to get the spectra to send a singleton lower than 6hundred something. I'm trying to get it to send a single tone in the high 3 hundreds, but it says that its too low. Can I hex edit this or ?
- Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:29 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Beginning of Transmission is Missing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 552
Re: Beginning of Transmission is Missing
Are all the radios experiencing the same problem or just yours? do you run pre ptt-id, if so do you have a side tone set and sure the users are waiting? Also if you have DOS muting setup is it set to mute too long? Repeater setup to strip the mdc and stripping too long? I'm not a brainiac tho, so yo...
- Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:18 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: 6'5" parking garage
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10088
Re: 6'5" parking garage
L brackets on the sides of the hood.
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: Power Question on Multiple Radio Install
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4354
Re: Power Question on Multiple Radio Install
Check the voltages and then trace all the wiring and make sure it's adequate. Ensure everything is properly fused while your in there, as it sounds like you may not have changed fuses. Check for any loose grounds.
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:30 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Portable radios
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4686
Re: Portable radios
Right, you do NOT handle the radio by the antenna.... The radio's antenna IS NOT a handle... And if you keep handling the radio by the antenna, I will dig out my "special" MX350S and make you carry it instead! The antenna is also NOT a clip for the speaker mic. I've found that spending th...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:21 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Remot Spectra Problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 444
Re: Remot Spectra Problems
Changed out heads and now it programmed.
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:56 am
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Remot Spectra Problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 444
Re: Remot Spectra Problems
I guess its possible. I changed it to a dash mount just for S&G's and tried it but same problem. This time after doing the same thing though it said the radio was selectively inhibited . I'm ready to start throwing stuff.
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:27 pm
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Remot Spectra Problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 444
Remot Spectra Problems
I have a mid power remtoe mount vhf a5 spectra that im trying to program. I'm using the rear db15 on the radio. I have the radio on, as soon as I hit read the radio starts rebooting itself. Screen goes from blank -> programming -> check rapidly and randomly. The software then quits trying to read it...
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:01 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Spectra mount questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 424
Re: Spectra mount questions
Thank you guys, greatly appreciate it.
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Spectra mount questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 424
Spectra mount questions
Does anyone know of the bolt size and thread pattern to mount the mid power decks to the brackets? Also to mount the a5 control head to its bracket? Have some missing the bolts. Thanks
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: k5 blazer questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2577
Re: k5 blazer questions
Thanks looks good. I think I'm going to end up just waiting and getting a gamber johnson long top plate, universal mounts, etc and make it workgws wrote:I had a procopper mount in a 92 1500 blazer.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/garlei/imag ... _radio.jpg
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: k5 blazer questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2577
Re: k5 blazer questions
Ok one more quick question (yea right :lol: ) I'm going to make a I guess sort of false floor in the back and mount the radios, strobe packs, fuse panels distribution etc back there. I'm planning on making it with 3/4" mdf covered with carpeting on the exterior and bolted down. Now I know for t...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: k5 blazer questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2577
Re: k5 blazer questions
Thanks, It looks like I will need to fab everything. Oh well More stuff to entertain myself with And the radar, why didn't I think of that, such a great idea