Introduction to Motorola GP Series and Programming

1. Discuss the hardware required to program a radio 2. Discuss the way in which data is read from the radio or file 3. Discuss some of the configuration of windows within the CPS 4. Discuss the encoder and decoder definitions 5. Explain the reason of common errors and how to remove ignore them

RSS and CPS

Until the mid 1990s all Motorola radios were programmed by means of RSS (Radio Service Software). With the advent of Microsoft windows, users needed RSS to run on this operation system Many users did not need the alignment functions present in RSS. As a result of user feedback, Motorola developed and released CPS CPS is an acronym for customer programming software As the name suggests, it is used to program the features and functions in Motorola radios.

CPS and Radios

Configuration data is a radio is called a codeplug. Codeplug can be saved on a hard drive of the computer and can applied to another radio. During the read or write process the CPS will communicate with the radio to ensure a)The radio which connected is a valid type b)The data is received with no errors c)The radio is in a condition to receive the data