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XTS5000 programmer selfmade
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:28 pm
by radio-link
Hi out there!
I just wanted to confirm that it _is_ possible to program the XTS5000 with a selfmade level converter. It took me a MAX232, a 78L05, five capacitors, the connectors, and there it was - the selfmade programming interface! Just different pinout, compared to Jedi radios, and 4 data lines (TXD, RXD, CTS, RTS) instead of the common TXD/RXD interfaces.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:39 am
by CTAMontrose
feel like sharing the details? im sure there are more than a few of us chompin at the bits for this
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:00 am
by willbartlett
Not trying to toot my own horn, but I posted this back in December of last year. Look towards the bottom. I forwarded it to Bat, but I haven't seen it there yet....
http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=39149
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:41 am
by radio-link
[quote="willbartlett"]Not trying to toot my own horn, but I posted this back in December of last year. Look towards the bottom. I forwarded it to Bat, but I haven't seen it there yet....
Yes, thats the way I hooked the radio to the PC. Seems you had been the first one here :) So all the talk about some secret smart chip in the cables seems to be a load of BS *g*
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:51 pm
by kb3jkp
I like the fact that the "super secret" programming cable went from 200$ to 85$ practically overnight on fleabay:-p..information is power......
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:54 pm
by willbartlett
Yeah, I got an email from panter, offering it up for $115 in early Jan. Oh well, happy the info got out there.
As for the chip, it's a method of enumerating the usb cable and identifying it to the host, no rocket science, but I don't grok programming yet, so I figured I would stick with what I could build for $5. Pity the GE programmer is so convoluted, you could almost use one if it weren't for the flash voltage cuircutry, all the same lines are there.
Will