It would just be nice if Motorola would just update software and cables. Quite frankly I can't stand Motorola other than their quantars. Being on a govt contract tho we can't exactly pick what we we want. We have slowly been transitioning to kenwood for our overseas projects with much greater ...

that chip seems to have some great reviews, thanks for the info! im gonna order one up

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It would just be nice if Motorola would just update software and cables. Quite frankly I can't stand Motorola other than their quantars. Being on a govt contract tho we can't exactly pick what we we want. We have slowly been transitioning to kenwood for our overseas projects with much greater ...

well we tend not to get antiquated laptops anymore at our work. We have some toughbooks that still have a serial port but no one likes using them as we travel a lot and they are quite cumbersome to travel with.

i will add that on my work computer with XP it works fine with everything. Obviously its a win 7 problem, but just seems like it SHOULD be a simple fix if it would just see the rib.

So i am trying to set up all my software on my personal laptop with Windows 7.

I am using the IOGear serial to USB adapter. Any radio that requires the rib i cannot program as the adapter doesnt seem to see it. When connected, and i try to read a radio, i instantly get "communication with radio ...