ASTRO programming question

wazzzzzzzzup · Post by **wazzzzzzzzup** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:28 pm

how do you get past a "checksum error" when trying to program a radio that reads fine. even reading fine, and trying to program back wahat was read fine, will say checksum error.

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:29 pm

What's the error on the radio? Fail 01/92?

tpg

wazzzzzzzzup · Post by **wazzzzzzzzup** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:32 pm

no error on the radio the radio opperates fine.

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:35 pm

Hmmmm. I once had a fail 01/92 and that was the RSS symptom. Have you tried rebooting everything, computer, rib, radio?

Do you have an old archive laying around?

tpg

wazzzzzzzzup · Post by **wazzzzzzzzup** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:38 pm

a second or 2 after the f8 pgm button is pressed it says checksum error, but will still communicate fine to read and fine to radio check and fine to service. i have tried other archives, they load into RSS fine but wont go into radio still says checksum error. HMMMM

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:42 pm

Sounds like the first or second checksum bytes got corrupted somehow.

The "proper" answer would be to "depot" it so they can use their software to re-initialize the codeplug or push an S-record into it.

Maybe someone else knows a work around...

tpg

Post by Pj » Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:20 pm

Have you tried to load in a good saved codeplug? I would try to load one in and see what happens, and double check all connections from the computer to the radio, and put a fresh battery in the RIB to be safe.

wazzzzzzzzup · Post by **wazzzzzzzzup** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 10:13 pm

problem not solved but i am now able to continue. if retry is pressed over and over, eventually it will go ahead and program.

mfr301 · Post by **mfr301** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:04 am

Bro,

From what I've learned, the Checksum error occurrs when you dont' have enough ram to program a radio with a crapload of channels....

For example, if you have 32 megs of ram, you might only get 30 or 40 channels in....

In my case, I had tried to program XTS3000's... once I hit like the 40 or 50 channel area, the computer would give me more checksums... Once I tried a computer with 128 meg or more of ram, went right in....

WHat computer set up are you using?

Mike