Saber III error 081

[Panos]

How do you go about reloading a new code plug?Or shall I donate it to the landfill?Thank you.

[mike m]

ERR 081 is easy to recover from.

first you need the following

1. original saber programming cable, this is the cable with the 12 pin cylindrical connector.
2. Motorola RIB box, using anything else and you could find yourself in an endless loop of crashing and recovering the radio.
NOTE: If you don't have the original programming cable then you can do this with a toggle switch connected to whatever UDC connector you have.
3. fresh battery for RIB.


Procedure:

First make up a simple codeplug for the exact model radio that you have.
Don't try this with a fully channelized codeplug, use a minimal 1 or 2 channel freshly made codeplug using the RSS. Just a simple codeplug with everything else disabled otherwise you could crash the radio once it's revived.

Basically with this procedure You will place a short across the radios OPT SELECT pin while holding the radios PTT and turning on the radio while holding in PTT. Then continue holding the PTT in and remove the short from the OPT SELECT pin then release PTT. Finally program in a simple codeplug.

STEPS REQUIRED
1.A if you have the original saber prog cable with the cylindrical connector place a toggle switch across pins 3 and 5 of the cylindrical connector.

1.B If you don't have the original saber prog cable then follow this step: place a short , using a toggle switch, from the radios UDC (Universal device connectors) PIN 7 to ground.

You can get ground from the ring on the external antenna connector on the radios UDC

2.0 Once you have PIN 7 of the UDC shorted using either step 1.A or 1.B hold in the radios PTT and turn the radio on while still holding in the radios PTT.

3.0 Continue to hold in the radios PTT and open the toggle switch to remove the short on the OPT SELECT pin.

4.0 Release the PTT.

5.0 Program in the freshly made minimal codeplug mentioned at the beginning of this recovery procedure.

Once the radio is alive then you can go back and add some more channels and turn on some options such as scan etc.

But I recommend going slowly, add some zones and channels. but don't fill the radio up with all possible channels that it is capable of at once.

Just Program in a few zones and 1 or 2 scan lists, if you use scan, and program the radio.

If all goes fine then add some more zones and channels in small steps. This has worked for me every time I crashed a radio.


Mike

[Panos]

Thanks Mike, I shall try it.

[FireCpt809]

I've recovered err081 with just building a new codeplug. If you know the model # and bandsplit. In the RSS go to create new codeplug. Choose secure or clear. Then choose your model # for a saber III and frequency range, power and revision. Then a bandsplit. Program it with the F2 option to use the RPF you created.

I have a copy of the RSS 7.01.00 programming software user guide on PDF if you need it.

[mike m]

Mine was the procedure from the original service manual for stubborn radios of which everyone I had required this method.

Either way both methods may be something which could be placed in a sticky at the top of this group or even some of the other groups that apply.

Mike