XTS 3000 s meter

tom IL · Post by **tom IL** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:16 pm

The display screen on the xts 3000 appears to have an s meter like the ht 1250 does, how do I get it to work??? I have astro CPS (purchased from Motorola), so I can get in and program it, I just can’t figure out what to do to make it work. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Tom

MRFLASHPORT · Post by **MRFLASHPORT** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 5:41 am

Tom,

There is no such devil on the XTS3000, what you are looking at is the battery indicator.

Yosh · Post by **Yosh** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 8:59 am

It's there and I've wondered the same thing. Look at the top right of the display while turning the radio on. I know the radio is capable of monitoring the RSSI for conventional voted scan and trunking site selection, so it seems possible that it could function. Maybe a furture firmware update?

-Yosh

fireradio · Post by **fireradio** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 11:51 am

From what I saw in the CPS a while ago, I was under the impression that the RSSI is only used on a wide area, multi-site (OmniLink?) trunked system. I'm not sure about this, but I think it is used so you can see the signal strength of the site you're using (helping you make your decision on choosing the best site). As far as I could tell you can't use it on a conv. system or a smartnet system. Anyone confirm/deny this? I may have dreamed it up or something...dunno.

Caffiene · Post by **Caffiene** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 3:35 pm

I don't have CPS installed on this computer or else I'd look. But, I thought I remembered a screen in the ASTRO personality where you could define alerts for Low or Marginal RSSI.
Perhaps this is what you're refering to.

RKG · Post by **RKG** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 6:56 pm

The RSSI function is used by the radio to decide that it is out of range of the current control channel on trunked systems with automatic multiple site selection (including SmartZone). It was not intended to be a user-accessible function.