PRO3100 BRAND NEW..STORAGE FOR A LONG TIME AND

ponsw33 · Post by **ponsw33** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:55 pm

I have 5 Motorola PRo3100, that have been storage for a long period of time , more or less 2 years. Last friday i try to program the radios and they wont turn on, neither i can read them. I have other with the same model that are working oK....Its this a comon problem with this radio? Can i copy the code plug from a working radio?

Thanks...

Waldo

fire_master_21 · Post by **fire_master_21** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:50 pm

when you say it won't turn on, are you sure the batteries are good? Did they have this problem before storing them? Are the battery contacts clean?

Rayjk110 · Post by **Rayjk110** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:15 pm

I don't think that batteries should be an issue, I believe that the Pro-3100 is the over-seas version of the CDM750. Try checking the fusing in the power cable. Although they don't really go bad over shelf-time at all, it's just another thing to check. Seems odd that they won't power up, however.

Also - You would not be able to Clone, Read, Write, or otherwise further edit any internal 'software based' configuration(s) of the radio without power to it, or the radio being unable to power up.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:57 pm

Igntion switch Option?

ponsw33 · Post by **ponsw33** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:22 pm

Yes ray youre correct, the Pro3100 is a mobile radio, not a portable radio.
All the radio have been storage in working condition, and as i mentioned the radios are brand new, the fuse is not and issue cause im using the test bench cable. This radio use and electronic swicht control , the power swicht on the front only send a comand to start the radio. The internal fuse is ok, and i believe this should be a problem with the eprom or something like that. I have check the inition swicht pin #10 and it wont start neither. I have replace the front panel with a working radio and it wont start. I really dont understand what can happen that only 2 of 7 radios ordered in the same time are working.

ponsw33 · Post by **ponsw33** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:17 am

I receive a cominication from my distributor in floridad that tell me is the eprom problem and they should be sent back to /\/\.
Is there any way around IT... They gonnna charhe me 75$ each plus the shipping from my country to USA and finally I will spend more thant the radios resell value.... Any help to reflash eprom....Any special software that i can buy or request to Motorola. CAn i clone the radio with another working radio. And for the Motorola guys HOW CAN THESE HAPPEN.

ponsw33 · Post by **ponsw33** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:42 am

I receive a cominication from my distributor in floridad that tell me is the eprom problem and they should be sent back to /\/\.
Is there any way around IT... They gonnna charhe me 75$ each plus the shipping from my country to USA and finally I will spend more thant the radios resell value.... Any help to reflash eprom....Any special software that i can buy or request to Motorola. CAn i clone the radio with another working radio. And for the Motorola guys HOW CAN THESE HAPPEN.

Hightower · Post by **Hightower** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:08 am

Open the radio, and make sure there is not a small Lithium battery that has gone dead. The HT1250 and other waris radios have batteries that do go bad. Just an idea......

RADIONET · Post by **RADIONET** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:28 am

This EEPROM problem caused a lots of problem here in Brazil, especially in the first 3 years of the production of the PRO series.
you will have to send it to Motorola. Here in Brazil they chenge the EEPROM and the flash memory for 100.

Crimestopper · Post by **Crimestopper** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:52 pm

Where are you located... If you are in a Latin Country I can give you a couple dealers to call up.

Crimestopper

ponsw33 · Post by **ponsw33** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:14 am

Im locoted in the Dominican Republic