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Astro25 Mobiles Steps To Upgrade Your Radio
Astro25 Mobiles Steps To Upgrade Your Radio
Introduction
This document provides step-by-step instructions for upgrading the radio. Please perform
ALL of the steps in this document. There are currently three (3) steps:
This first section describes the process for upgrading your CPS. The second section
describes flashing the radio. The second section provides details for upgrading the
radio’s tuning partition.
1. With the current installation of the CPS (if any), disable the CPS Password if you
have enabled this feature, and close the CPS Launcher if it is running in the
system tray.
2. Uninstall any previous version of the “XTS 2500 & XTS 5000 CPS” and “ASTRO
Spectra Plus CPS” and reboot your machine. When you insert the CPS
installation CD into the CD-ROM drive, the installation will start automatically if
you have auto start enabled for your PC. Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the software.
Table 1. Upgrade Requirements for Tuning Partition Based on Radio and Host
2.1 Determine the Version of Tuning Partition You Have
1. Read your radio with the latest version of the CPS.
2. In the tree view, double-click the “Radio Information” node. This will cause a
window containing three tabs to appear (“General”, “Tracking”, and
“Versioning”).
3. Click the “Versioning” tab. Compare the version of the tuning partition to in
order to determine if an upgrade is necessary.
4. Verify after step 3 that your radio has the expected tuning partition version.
1. Copy ALL the files on the CD-ROM containing the FLASHport software to a
folder on your PC. This disk should be labeled “FLASHport™ Software” with
R20.00.01 Host, and R19.50.00 for the DSP. Remember the location of these
files for later.
2. Connect the radio to your PC as shown in Figure 2.
9. Press the OK button. The FLASHing Radio… screen will appear. The new
software will begin loading into the radio, as indicated by a progress bar at the
bottom of the screen. When the software has completed loading a message
indicating success will be shown on your screen.
10. After completing the upgrade, disconnect the radio.