[TrunkCom] Rebanding has begun on Motorola trunked systems

[Jeff Kenyon]

Well, like I said it was a while ago when i heard they'd have a firmware
upgrade for this.  Also, throw in better CQPSK reception to that as well.





On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, David I. Emery wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:18:15PM -0400, David McCormick wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > No, there have not been any firmware updates for rebanding to date for
> > the PRO-96/2096 and only the DSP can be firmware flashed. If a CPU
> > firmware was required, a trip to the service center would need to be
> > made for a logic and display board replacement. That is, if Radio Shack
> > would support such an upgrade. This is the reason that the custom
> > frequency tables were added to the original firmware.
>
> 	I'd bet you a significant amount the actual main cpu CAN be
> flashed, but for FCC cell modification NPRM compliance the procedure to
> do this and any security codes required aren't public...  thus RS (if
> they still are alive as a business at that point) no doubt has in house
> software to do this if required in the future ... and maybe some kind of
> special cable or connector to gain the required access.
>
>
>
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