Software Encryption on VSELP Radios

[der_festmacher]

Can anybody tell me what additional options need to be installed to run H07 or H29 SW Encryption on an old VSELP Astro Saber ?

For my purpose the combination of an aged digital standard and some modest encryption would be charming enough to keep P25 scannerguys out of my network.
It's like saving your data on a 5,25 floppy instead of an USB stick ...

Thx for any suggestions / comments !

[motorola_otaku]

You do realize that VSELP alone is sufficient to keep the scannerheads out, right?

IIRC legacy software encryption wouldn't work unless the radios had the same HOST/DSP revisions or close to the same.

[der_festmacher]

Yeah, I know, still some additional protection would be fine...
I have by now 4 radios with the same HOST/DSP level, would be so fantastic if I could make Option H29 or H07 work on those radios.

Anyone here who has done this before, there are some claims on other boards that legacy SW encryption never really worked ...

You do realize that VSELP alone is sufficient to keep the scannerheads out, right?
IIRC legacy software encryption wouldn't work unless the radios had the same HOST/DSP revisions or close to the same.

[Pj]

I never got it to work... As Josh says, running VSELP in general will keep 99.9999% of people in the dark. Not very many VSELP radios around either since IMBE became the chosen one. Doubt you'd have one near you to begin with, and even less in the land of beer (compared to the USA)

[der_festmacher]

Doubt you'd have one near you to begin with, and even less in the land of beer (compared to the USA)

AFAIK, British Home Office has decommissioned & pushed out some hundred of them into the market, so they might become a bit more common over here in Europe...

Well, my radios have Host FW R03.31.00.00 and DSP I05.00.25, the flashcode is : 410001-400000-2, so far everything fine. Yet, no way to make SwEnc run ...
it's a bit frustrating as it would be a nice easy way to go, without KVL & UCM's

[motorola_otaku]

Well, the nice thing about VSELP radios is that old DOS Astro Lab will work on them, so you could take the LAPD s-record, modify it for the band your radios use, and push it in and see if it works. Just remember to save a backup s-record first, and write down your tuning values.