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Windows 2000 and 1225 software

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:33 pm
by perthcom
Hi
I've searched the archives to see if anyone has asked this before, but there wasn't anything found.

Our old desktop programming computer has died, so we have replaced it with a newer unit running Windows 2000 Professional.

All our windows based software runs fine except the 1225 series. The program runs, but when programming or reading a radio, it gives the error that it cannot communicate with the radio (Check and RIB is powered up, cables etc). If you disconnect the RIB, it says it cannot find the RIB, so obviously it sees the RIB, but not the radio.

Has any come accross this before? Motorola is no help.

Thanks
:-?

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:42 pm
by jackhackett
While 1225 software is a Windows program, I believe it is actually based on the old 16 bit Win 3.1 stuff, and probably will have the same sort of problems the DOS RSS has running on newer computers.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:58 pm
by Tony Soprano
1225 RSS is definitely a no-go on Win 2K or XP.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:42 pm
by kydeputy1463
I have it running on Win ME with no problems at all.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:59 pm
by KG6EAQ
kydeputy1463 wrote:I have it running on Win ME with no problems at all.
ME is 3.1/9x Based, not NT like XP and 2k.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:45 pm
by perthcom
I had thought I had saw some kind of work around somewhere...

guess I'll have to dredge up another old '98 machine!
:o

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:32 pm
by wavetar
Yeah, the 1225 RSS cannot capture the COM port in Win2k or XP. We had to set up our new DELL laptops with a Win98/Win2k dual boot config for that very reason.

Todd