How to get actual XTS5K CPS?
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:10 am
Hi!
No, it is not as it seems :) No violation of board rules, I want the "official thing".
I want to buy the actual CPS for the XTS5000 radios. The problem is, I live in Germany. When I ask Motorola, they tell me "ask your dealer". When I ask the dealer, they call Motorola, and Motorola says, "Product is not sold and not supported in Germany". Period. :-(
Now the issue is, a good friend runs a small company in the security business, very "special" jobs. He has a bunch of XTS5K in use, together with some 05.xx CPS version. Now he has got some additional radios from a company that closed, and another radio came back from repair, and they all have in common, that the CPS is too old for them. The whole thing is not urgent, but until summer the radios must get reprogrammed.
Now, what can we do? Can I order the CPS from a US dealer, must it be ordered directly from Mot in the US? Would it be better to let our US dependancy order the stuff to their address? Must they go through Mot, or can they buy at the next authorised Mot dealer? What is the part number of the latest CPS? Maybe with the P/N even ordering it here in Germany could work...
Assuming with some help from this forum things sort out and we are able to legally buy the CPS, there is a second level in this adventure :)
It would be at least useful for those radios that often get reprogrammed for international projects that they are on the same firmware level, to allow cloning codeplugs. What do I need to buy to make firmware upgrades myself. As far as I understand I buy the flash licenses, get them on an iButton, so I need an iButton adapter. What else? Is the normal programming cable enough?
Very helpful would be som hint about the part numbers for CPS and maybe the flashgrade stuff (licenses for about five radios), and some service manual.
Btw., sending the radios somewhere to service is not an option; all radios under no circumstances can not be sent away, and one by one would be a hassle, especially when they go to the US or somewhere else far away.
Any serious help is very welcome!
No, it is not as it seems :) No violation of board rules, I want the "official thing".
I want to buy the actual CPS for the XTS5000 radios. The problem is, I live in Germany. When I ask Motorola, they tell me "ask your dealer". When I ask the dealer, they call Motorola, and Motorola says, "Product is not sold and not supported in Germany". Period. :-(
Now the issue is, a good friend runs a small company in the security business, very "special" jobs. He has a bunch of XTS5K in use, together with some 05.xx CPS version. Now he has got some additional radios from a company that closed, and another radio came back from repair, and they all have in common, that the CPS is too old for them. The whole thing is not urgent, but until summer the radios must get reprogrammed.
Now, what can we do? Can I order the CPS from a US dealer, must it be ordered directly from Mot in the US? Would it be better to let our US dependancy order the stuff to their address? Must they go through Mot, or can they buy at the next authorised Mot dealer? What is the part number of the latest CPS? Maybe with the P/N even ordering it here in Germany could work...
Assuming with some help from this forum things sort out and we are able to legally buy the CPS, there is a second level in this adventure :)
It would be at least useful for those radios that often get reprogrammed for international projects that they are on the same firmware level, to allow cloning codeplugs. What do I need to buy to make firmware upgrades myself. As far as I understand I buy the flash licenses, get them on an iButton, so I need an iButton adapter. What else? Is the normal programming cable enough?
Very helpful would be som hint about the part numbers for CPS and maybe the flashgrade stuff (licenses for about five radios), and some service manual.
Btw., sending the radios somewhere to service is not an option; all radios under no circumstances can not be sent away, and one by one would be a hassle, especially when they go to the US or somewhere else far away.
Any serious help is very welcome!