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The cable still worked just fine, I just had to use a velcro strap to hold it in place on the programming connector on the side of the radio. Only one cable had a problem and that was my fault, I physically broke the attachment clip on an XTS5000 cable. I personally have purchased over 20 of his cables for myself, for friends and for the shop I work part time for (I'm 70 years old, and semi-retired). He reponds to email and returns phone calls.
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I am VERY happy with his cables! The USB cables DO NOT need any funny drivers, they use the stock Windows drivers and just plain work! He has always had what I needed in stock and was able to ship promptly. I still use DE-9 cables for DOS RSS but I tend to use USB cables on Windows CPS. USB only), a few have fake COM ports that is owned by a special Windows driver and is not recognized by the older radio software.įor a number of years I've been buying all of my programming cables (both USB and DE-9 ones) from Mark Dunkle KJ6ZWL. Most newer computers have no COM ports (i.e.
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All 3 ToughBooks have a real hardware COM1 port on the back. Personally, I use Panasonic CF-series Toughbooks as my radio programming computers, a CF-27 for my older radios that use MS-DOS/Win98SE, a CF-29 for the newer radios that can use Win XP, and a CF-30 for Win10 (32 bit).
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Hardware serial ("COM") ports on the programming PC's are becoming rare. Other companies came along that made better cables and had pride in their product. Many of the companies that made the troublesome USB cables went away because people that bought their cables spread the word about the problems they were having. Radio programming software is becoming much better.
#PROGRAMMING CABLE MOTOROLA ASTRO SABER UPDATE#
UPDATE mid 2021: The article you are reading was written by me, WA6ILQ in 2003-2004, over 15 years ago (and infrequently updated). Read the first four articles below thoroughly and understand them. If you misuse any CPS, or run RSS in a DOS Window, or on a too-fast computer that makes it crash or corrupt a code plug, it has the potential for turning expensive radios into bricks.
#PROGRAMMING CABLE MOTOROLA ASTRO SABER 64 BIT#
Some, like the CPS for the MTR2000 flatly won't run under 64 bit Windows.Īs said on the front page of this web site, Repeater-Builder is NOT responsible for anything YOU do. Most of it was updated for 32 bit Windows. While the articles are Motorola-specific, many of the workaround techniques are applicable to other brands.Īlways run your RSS in pure MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 6.x on a slow computer that has a real COM port and this does NOT mean a DOS window in ANY version of Windows !! If there are icons on the screen, or a START button is the corner then IT IS NOT PURE DOS !!! I REPEAT: Run the comuter on the operating system of it's day and on a computer made in the same era!ĬPS (basically RSS for Windows) is more forgiving, but don't forget that early CPS was written for 16-bit Windows (95, 98, ME). Motorola Radio Service Software have, where the problems came from and how they happened, and what the options are for workingĪround them. These articles attempt to cover some of the problems that the users of DOS based (i.e. You can pack a lot of plain text on a 1.44 MB floppy. Other information was contributed, some anonymously on a floppy disk (but the envelope had a Schamburg postmark !). Much of the information presented below was compiled from information provided by a half-dozen folks via emails and phone calls, and condensed into article form for distribution here to help the radio enthusiasts understand just why the Motorola RSS is such a pain to use and why the perfomance is so problematic. It's much better to waste a few kilobytes of cheap hard drive space on a backup you may never need than to need a backup you don't have and can't get.
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Just save the code plug on your hard drive and use the radio serial number as the file name. If you screw up you can backstep the radio back to where you started and try again. Johnson, or any other, remember to download and save the original code plug (with the commercial frequencies) and archive it. (RSS and CPS), the Radio Interface Box (RIB), their history, problemsĬompiled / written in 2003 by Mike Morris WA6ILQĭon't forget ‑ Whenever you acquire a synthesized commercial radio, be it Motorola, GE, Icom, Yaesu, (RIB), their history, problems and some solutionsĪn overview of the Motorola Radio Service Software / Customer Programming Software An overview of the Motorola Radio Service Software (RSS), the Radio Interface Box