Fast and easy radio programming over Wi-Fi

Motorola Solutions’ RM2 programming software now enables MOTOTRBO radios to be programmed via Wi-Fi and its speed and convenience has made Mike Weaver, of Mike Weaver Communications (MWC), a recent convert as he explains.

“We do a lot of bespoke programming on our hires, we don’t just send out radios on short-term hire...” MWC has to reprogram its radios every time they are sent out to a client or are returned. Previously this involved attached a programming cable, hitting ‘program’ and then removing the cable afterwards. “There’s quite a time overhead on that – at least a minute per radio.”

“With the DP3661e, you create a master programming file, assign it to the radios in RM2 then it’s just a case of turning the radios on, they find the Wi-Fi network and program themselves, then you just have to turn them off and put them in the box.”

Weaver says that over-the-air-programming (OTAP) can take minutes per radio if it involves a lot of changes to the code-plugs, but Wi-Fi programming is faster than both OTAP and a USB connection, “and you get quite a lot of bandwidth over a Wi-Fi connection that you don’t get with OTAP – you can see the difference it makes when reprogramming a large code-plug.”