Here are the details of this radio:

Host: AP_ R03.10.06
DSP: M 04.03.10
Model: H04UCF9PW7AN

Printed on the back is the FLASHport number: 0000080020008.

So what hardware would I need and would if need to be flashed, anyone done this before? Also it has the limited keypad, any use going to the ...

Hi All,

I created a new codeplug for my astro R. When I created the system I set the affilation to disabled and programed in the Control Channels (CC) for one tower in the type II system. I then created my TG lists and then my scan lists (2). The unit scans ok and get all the TG I programed in for ...

Hi,

I am trying to program an Astro/R using AstroP RSS R08.50.00. I need to create a totally new codeplug as it such a cumbersome operation to edit the current code plug.

I just want to start from scratch, is this possible or do you have to edit a current codeplug? If so are there short cuts to ...

Just a guess but could it be that the paper is set to A10 or A4 or whatever the Europian version of paper is? Just a guess. But the dot matrix thing sounds viable.

Joe

joe

the analog saber rss = rvn4002k ver # R07.01.00 09/01/93(last ver as of 02/06/04)
is this what you used

Yes this is what I was trying to use.

the opening screen reads radio service software for saber series radio
this rss will not work with an astro saber

the astro saber portable rss ...

andreas & bruce1807 failed the test!!!

OK great so I need some spical RSS. Is there a version number? I thing the matrix says I have the right RSS, I will recheck at the main site. KD5ual do you know the M part number for the RSS I need?

Joe

an astro saber r radio needs astro portable rss
not ...

[quote="Bruce1807"]I will assume you are running pure dos 6.x or similar[/quote

Yes I am using DOS 6.21, and yes I checked the COM port. Like it said in my post I was able to communicate with the radio using MTSX so I think the cable is ok also.

Joe

Hi All,

I am getting a “serial bus I/O error” when trying to read the code plug from an Astro Saber R radio using RSS Ver. R07.01.00. I am using a 486DX running at either 33MHz or 16 MHz and have tried turning internal and external extended memory OFF.

I also have MTSX Ver R06.00.00 installed and ...

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Well I guess I will answer my own question. When I first checked the radio I missed that the fuse was in fact blown, once I replaced that (on RF board at bottom) a 33uF 20VDV SMT cap fried (on logic board) so I removed it. I will replace it as soon as I get a chance to hit Active Component. I ...

Josh,

I checked the flash code and you are right it's anlog only type II trunking. What are you using to decode the DSP numbers, could you point me to a link or thread on this site? Right now I think I will run it as anlog only and in the future upgrade it to digital.

161 I will look in the for ...

Here are the details of this radio:

Host: AP_ R03.10.06
DSP: M 04.03.10
Model: H04UCF9PW7AN

Printed on the back is the FLASHport number: 0000080020008.

I know the radio is Analog only from the FP number.

From searching BL I can see I should be able to use this radio as a type II 800MHz analog ...

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I have have had good success repairing SMT in the past so humor me with the detail (anyone).

Joe
Yup, pretty much, with everything so small it would be damned near impossible to replace surface mounted components, but it happens to the best of us, just resist the urge and wait for a battery ...

13.8 VDC is WAY too high for the Saber line (including the Astro Saber). The battery supplies 7.5 VDC.

OK,

So I confess I blew it up, I got it in the mail without a battery charger. I was coming home for a lunch hour break and could not resist powering it up after getting it in the mail (come ...

What is the maxium voltage you can power an Astro Saber with? Like can I power it with 13.8 VDC at the battery terminals, radio side? I have a dead battery and want to bench check to see if radio will power up.

Thanks, Joe

Do you mean hardware or firmware? If you do in fact mean firmware can it not be changed also? Like does moto make the GTX as same hardware and just flash it's firmware in the factory or is the hardware different? I see your a mod so I think you are saying firmware is not upgradable?

Thanks, Joe ...

Is it possible to change a Motorola GTX code plug from an 800 MHz LTR (H11UDC6CU1AN) to an 800 MHz Moto type II (H11UCD6CB1AN), or is the hardware different in some way?

Also if it is do-able, is the standard RSS used to do it and does it require a special interface other non-RIB type? Any ...