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ayaresr

You've definitely got my interest. And I've got a rack full of old Cisco routers in my lab environment. They live right above my yet to be completed Centracom console gear. Just sayin'. When I started back into this Centracom project I was thinking through how I could implement a VoIP system to at l...

ayaresr

Hi All, I've come into some parts that have brought life back to my Centracom project which has been very slowly coming together. I've got a programming question. I understand that I want to avoid the original OMIs as they require the prom burner to program. My understanding is that the TOMIs can be...

ayaresr

Hey Keith, Thanks for the information. Interesting timing for a reply to pop up here, as I've just started back to this project after a long period away from it. I'm presently waiting for a Compact console position with power supply to arrive. I've started building out a CEB in my mind. So far I fig...

ayaresr

Hi All, I know folks use the 800 MHz Maxtracs as repeater receivers at 902 MHz. I'm wondering if anyone has ever attempted to do the same with an 800 MHz MCS2000. I couldn't turn anything up when searching the Internet. The price of these radios is certainly right. Obviously the CPS band limits woul...

ayaresr

Hi All, It's been a while since I've been here. Looking back, it has been roughly 10 years since my last dabble into the world of Centracom consoles. I've had the bug again here recently and would like to again pursue getting one setup. I've been working on a Linux project to create a Raspberry Pi/U...

ayaresr

Anyone come across having to recover from corrupted/failed firmware flash yet? I have a unit here that lost comm to the pc while flashing, now refuses to enter programming mode, won't accept a flash as is, and while turning on and off doesn't do anything other than intermittent differences in which ...

ayaresr

Frequency is VHF (155MHz). Distance between myself and the transmitter is roughly 8 miles line of sight with no major obstacles (mainly residential with some woods and a large swamp in between). Other receivers that have not shown a problem here are Minitor 2's, some other Minitor 4's, various scann...

ayaresr

I have been having some problems with several pagers here for the local fire dept. I have a couple Minitor 4's that aren't receiving well, if at all. One or two will RX if they are moved around until the squelch breaks. A few others will not even break squelch. Under the adjustment for squelch, is t...

ayaresr

I wasn't aware this was worked out in the CPS yet. Are the frequencies saved as plain hex or is it anything like the band limits for the spectra?
Thanks, Ryan

ayaresr

Has anyone here successfully used CPS to put an MCS2000 on 900 MHz ham frequencies as opposed to RSS? Any suggestions or tips greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan

ayaresr

Anyone have suggestions for a good duplexer and possibly a good source? That's the last piece to my puzzle so that I can get this beast on the air.
Thanks, Ryan

ayaresr

Maybe its me, but I'm having a hard time finding the connector for the hso power. There's a connector on the right side of the tray that looks close, but its already being used for the synth. board on that side of the tray as well. I haven't torn too deeply into this, as I was working in the corner ...

ayaresr

As soon as I am certain of locations I will be in touch with the coordinator and will post when I have frequencies.
Ryan

ayaresr

Thank you for the link...that will get me moving again. Ryan P.S. If anyone's interested one of my two stations will be on air on the outer edge of Wilmington, DE as soon as I get it setup. Still working on the other, more than likely it will end up near the border of Salem and Gloucester Counties t...

ayaresr

Does anyone know the pinout for the metering jack? I got a panel and the only cable with it was the ribbon cable, so I am looking for the 6 or 8 pin (can't remember which) pinout that is used for the RX and TX meter jacks on the front of the RF tray. I am tempted to think its probably straight thru,...

ayaresr

I thought I remembered reading that somewhere, but couldn't find it. Guess I'll hold off.
Thanks again,
Ryan

ayaresr

Got my Impres batteries today, but still waiting for my charger to arrive. My question is, will I mess up the Impres intelligence of the battery or the concept of it if I charge these in a standard non impres charger until my other charger arrives?
Thanks in advance,
Ryan

ayaresr

My Flashcode is: 591008-4F1E00-9.
I thought I had all of those checked, but I will look again to be sure...thanks guys!

ayaresr

Anyone know what needs to be configured for an XTS3000 to display trunking id's? I have been beating my head into a wall here and getting nowhere.
Thanks

ayaresr

I am in South Jersey...its only about a 2 hour trip for me. I would love to join the group, unfortunately I have to work Friday.
Ryan

ayaresr

Anyone know if any more of these units are available? I have interest in two. Also, is there contact info for the gentleman that has these, and is a group trip necessary or could I run up when I have the chance?
Thanks, Ryan

ayaresr

After some problems with an MCS2000 at the firehouse here, I began moving some radios around so that there would be a functioning radio in our engine. I pulled a dash mount model II and converted it for dual remote heads. In the dash configuration, the speaker was running directly from the db25 conn...

ayaresr

Give this another shot...I'm still in need of the part number or specs on the centracom compact power supply. Better yet, at this point if someone has one available...?
Ryan

ayaresr

Our fire department is having some issues with an MCS2000. The radio is a Dual head, model 2 control heads. S split (450-512). When trying to transmit, the radio would do nothing. Radio shop checked it on site, and then removed it to take back to the shop for a bench check. They have now informed us...

ayaresr

Bump...anyone with this info? At this point, more interested in the specs and pinout.
Ryan

ayaresr

I just aquired a Centracom II Compact console. Does anyone have a part number for the power supply for this unit? Also, does anyone know the pinout and requirements for this unit if I were to attempt to build a power supply for it? Thanks in advance.
Ryan

ayaresr

What programming software would be required to program an HT600?
Thanks
Ryan

ayaresr

I have seen mention to the ability to change a model I radio to model II or III. Never really been able to find any details about what is involved or what you will gain. Do you gain all of the abilities of the newer style head? What is necessary to make said change?

ayaresr

I am interested in getting some information on how the avl setup works in a smartzone system. Basically I would like to know is it possible to copy the information from the air and develop a program that will decode it? Is this data present on the control channel or is it part of another transmissio...

ayaresr

FWIW: We use a unit made by FireCom in our truck here. Has two radio interface, intercom (we use the headsets) and digital instant recall playback. Works very well, you select radio a or b on the front panel. Motorola mics still work individually on the radios, or can be done through the ptt on the ...

ayaresr

So far no problems with it, it powers up and appears everything is working, I was just curious if I was going to have any problems caused by those two connections. I work at RadioShack here and wasn't able to locate any of the connectors. Unfortunately there was no accessory connector included, I ri...

ayaresr

I bought a Spectra to modify for 900 this past weekend at the hamfest. I opened it up to check everything out, and there are two solder blobs that look a bit odd. Almost looks like flux to me. The board ( not sure the exact name of the board) is where the RX connector comes off the pa and into the b...

ayaresr

I built a copy of the UPI to use with Minitor 3, 4, and 5 pagers. I keep getting a serial communication - data transmission error. Anyone have any suggestions for this? Also, would it be possible to use a RIB as a UPI? Not sure if that can be done or not, never really taken a good look at a RIB sche...

ayaresr

If it truly was the same tone after the warble tone its possible that it was just a noob to the console also. I used to be guilty for double toning companies. The send page and the ptt were both red and close together on the centracom II I dispatched from, so if you weren't paying enough attention a...

ayaresr

I am only interested in the conventional limits. I do not need to adjust, nor have a need to use, the trunking stuff. I am in the trunking RSS, hoping to be able to edit this without having to change out the firmware and all.
Thanks, I'll take a look for these limits when I get home.
Ryan

ayaresr

Does anyone have the frequency limits that originally are in a 900MHz Maxtrac? I'm attempting to hex edit the mdf file of the trunking software, and I can't find the spots to edit. I found the 941 in a few places, but I am guessing that the repeater and talkaround have different limits. The range I ...

ayaresr

I have seen a few posts now that mention jumpering the filters instead of replacing them. How would this be done and will it work ok without replacing the filters altogether?
Thanks, Ryan

ayaresr

I have fried two RIB's using cables that were supposed to be for a radio and were for another radio. I would suggest checking the pinout of the cable against this site.

ayaresr

Not to sound crazy...but has anyone thought of asking Motorola what they plan on doing? Honestly I'm not sure who one would talk to, but I would think it would be acceptable to ask someone from there. The one thing I would do is to ask for something faxed or mailed from them stating they are ok with...

ayaresr

I am watching this auction on ebay now. From what is posted, can anyone tell me a little about this? Having the RS232 boards, would that indicate that this is able to be computer programmed without the prom burner? Also, there are a few board numbers listed here that I can't seem to find in my manua...

ayaresr

I wouldn't be against putting all of the information here, in the past I have just noticed that it seemed like because of the large amount of info regarding these systems, that some people seemed to have what I interpreted to be more of a read the manuals or a good luck with that kind of attitude. T...

ayaresr

Question for KE9GK and WB4BLI, would you guys along with anyone else have any interest in a website with how-to's and misc notes from your personal experiences relating to the Centracom system? I am interested in setting up a Centracom system myself, and have had the thought a few times now about po...

ayaresr

I have removed the battery and reinstalled it several times, it does appear latched. I will try another pager and battery tomorrow. I didn't have another one available when I looked at this the first time.

ayaresr

I have here a Minitor V with the amplified charger base. When you put the pager in the charger, with no battery in the piggyback slot, the pager light on the charger comes on but dim, and the "battery" light on the base starts to blink constantly. If you take the pager out and put the batt...

ayaresr

Ok, I have a basic understanding of system watch and sip, didn't really know they would use them separately from the console to watch for the emergency signal. I do remember the computer would beep when something was received. So basically then the modem was acting as a slicer would on a scanner?

ayaresr

I have seen a setup that listens for the emergency signal from the MTS/MCS2000 series radios. This was on a Smartnet type II system. It was a Spectra with a box underneath of it. The display on the Spectra read RF Modem as the channel name, and the whole thing was interfaced to a computer running so...

ayaresr

The flex assembly, would that basically be the whole new display and everything? Also, I thought I remembered reading where the screwdriver was a bad idea and that it damages the seal.

ayaresr

Anyone have the part number to order the A/B/C switch? I have one here that went bad on me, won't work in C. Also, if I remember looking before there was a tool to open the radio. Can't seem to find the demo that showed doing that and the tool, any help there and with that part number also? Thanks, ...

ayaresr

I was able to get a copy by calling Motorola. They emailed it to me at no charge. The link was still on their site but was a dead link.

ayaresr

Back to the top again. Anyone here able to get a copy of this for me? From what I understand it is NLA from Motorola. Any help appreciated, I would like to play with this.

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