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County and vendors work to diagnose aging XTL‑5000 radios; code‑plug test planned
Summary
Daniels County staff and Redtail representatives described Motorola XTL‑5000 series radios failing to affiliate with repeaters; vendors plan to try a working code plug from a neighboring county to determine if the issue is configuration or hardware failure.
Officials described repeated failures of older Motorola subscriber and mobile radios (XTL‑5000 series) that previously worked but will not currently affiliate with the county site. Redtail recommended a stepwise troubleshooting plan: copy a working code plug from a neighboring county and load it into a local radio to see if it then affiliates with the site.
"They're x XTL 5 thousands," Jared said when asked about the model; Redtail staff added that some of those radios are decades old and may be at or beyond expected life. Vendors said they will attempt to use a working code plug from another county to restore affiliation and then rebuild settings if that succeeds; if not, hardware failure is likely and replacement may be necessary.
County staff were advised that the issue could be firmware incompatibility with new configurations or a hard-to-diagnose hardware fault. Redtail said the configuration work will be a lower priority than tasking the console/antenna installs but that it remains on the follow-up list.
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