Astro programming issues

Astro Communications · Mon May 19, 2003 4:14 pm

went to the M shop in town, and tried to get my codeplug read off my radio and saved to a disk.

we hooked everything up and first off got a checksum error, then a failure to communicate.

It would also start to read and error out, i saw a applic/naked error also

I tried to hook it up to my other Astro radio and got the same error

they were running rss 9.03 and also tried to read my radio with my comp that uses 9.05

could it be that the programming cable is bad? I dont think both my radios would be unable to work.

and also when i turn the radio back on it works fine

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Mon May 19, 2003 4:20 pm

Are you getting a fail code on the radio when the cable is connected to the radio?

What kind of radio? Dashmount or remote mount or portable? W3, W4/W5/W7 or W9? or Model 1,2,3

Rib off of battery power or wall adapter?

Can you read or write any other similar radios?

it's a start....

tpg

Astro Communications · Mon May 19, 2003 5:10 pm

well its a AS3 portable and they were programmin mtsx software before.

i tried it with a uhf and vhf AS3 both didnt work

rib is wall adapter and used 2 dift types of ribs. only thing couldnt tell was if it was the programing cable or not as they only had 1 as3 cable

and no fails on the radio

Astro Communications · Mon May 19, 2003 9:09 pm

they use only motorola products and a standard saber cable will just put the radio into self test

Post by Pj » Tue May 20, 2003 10:04 am

well its a AS3 portable and they were programmin mtsx software before

That can have something to do with it. Have you tried to reprogram it with Astro Software since that? Does everything in the radio work correctly at this time?

nitornemo · Post by **nitornemo** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:29 am

Astro Communications wrote:well its a AS3 portable and they were programmin mtsx software before.

and no fails on the radio

Try a reboot on the computer,
and run DOS not fake DOS (windows emulator(sp?)
also see if they have the CPS.

Still could be the cable tho.....
.

Astro Communications · Tue May 20, 2003 3:10 pm

the comp was rebooted

and both radios work fine

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Tue May 20, 2003 4:45 pm

Be sure you use Astro software,

verify communications with the portable where you would choose the com port.

Once you have "Successful Communicaitons" with the radio,
then try reading it.

My guess is, you are using the wrong cable as the Standard Saber and Astro Saber cables are different,

tpg

Astro Communications · Tue May 20, 2003 4:59 pm

cables correct i think it may be going bad though