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I have a UHF r100, and when I try to write to the TX side, it comes up with a validation error. I'm able to read it with no problem, and look at the info, but not write. I can read and write to the RX side with no problem. Any thoughts????

Dirk

In most cases, that problem is cause by a bad/corrupted EEPROM. The rss is detecting a wrong checksum when trying to write it, and errors out.

One way to fix the problem is to get an EEPROM reader/writer that works with that specific EEPROM in the R100. Once you read the EEPROM, you correct the CRC & Checksum. Once this is corrected, write it back to a new EEPROM. Stick the new and corrected EEPROM into the R100. Now you'll be able to write the repeater with the RSS.

I forget what EEPROM is in the R100 (actually 2, one for RX other for TX), but memory tells me that the EEPROM reader/writer needed costs under $500 and the software needed is free from Gordon Valaski. You'll also need a hex editor, and you can find it for free too!

Something else, the RX EEPROM and TX EEPROM are "married", so you can not take a good TX EEPROM from another R100 and put in in the defective R100. You have to swap BOTH EEPROMS.

Good luck

ht

BAD EEPROM..
Replace the EEPROM, which is no longer available from Motorola.

Is this a VHF or UHF R100? I may have a replacement.