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MCS2000 flashing - what cable is required?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:02 pm
by tvsjr
Anyone know if the programming cable documented on Batlabs (
http://www.batlabs.com/images/mcs2k25.gif) will work for flashing the radio?
Re: MCS2000 flashing - what cable is required?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:05 am
by spectragod
That looks right, the factory part # is RKN4063.
Re: MCS2000 flashing - what cable is required?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:16 am
by tvsjr
Cool... trying to be cheap and avoid paying $150 for a DB-25 to DB-25 cable (albeit with their special DB25 on one end...) Assuming there's nothing missing in that schematic, my redneck version will work nicely.
Re: MCS2000 flashing - what cable is required?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:57 pm
by motorola_otaku
If you wanted to make it look nice, you could order the factory DB-25 accessory plug for the radio end. It comes with the right-angle flush hood, connector, and some pins, and its part number is HLN6412A.
Re: MCS2000 flashing - what cable is required?
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:11 pm
by tvsjr
Eh, I don't do too many MCSs... never really got into that family of radios. My current cable consists of a DB-25 to DB-25 wired properly based on the Batlabs schematic, then a male-female DB25 ribbon cable with one end cut down to plug into the radio. It's a wee bit ghetto, but it is electrically sound...
