[TrunkCom] Rebanding has begun on Motorola trunked systems

[Jeff Kenyon]

Well, in late 2005 myh 96 was in the shop for another problem, and I think
there was an upgrade to firmware as well, but it didn't seem to help much
with CQPSK as is what is used in Detroit and Macomb County.





On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, David McCormick wrote:

> In early 2006 the PRO-96 was CPU firmware updated for a 3600 baud trunk
> tracking problem for a range of talkgroups. I had to return the radio to
> the local Radio Shack, who sent it to a service center for a replacement
> logic and display board. The logic and display board has the CPU on board.
>
> 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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