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Hey all, got something I would love some advice/direction on:

Recently my RIB stopped working....or maybe it was my laptop. I am not sure which is to blame.

I have a chinabay RIB ~AND~ an RLN4008D OEM RIB and a smattering of older handhelds (HT600, MT1000, Saber II, HT1000, and some MTS2000s). I have an older Pentium II laptop tat I have successfully use to program with over the last 4-5 years. Lately, If I connect either the knockoff or OEM RIBs, I get varying failure messages from the RSS(es) and am unable to read/write/whatever.
* Yes, the laptop has a legit serial port and not some USB---->serial cable crap.
*Checked all the cable connections and switched to a known good cable. NO change.
*Ensured the RIB(s) had good/new 9v batteries. Still no change
*Tried another laptop (also old PII machine). Even more lack of change.

!!!But!!!

If I take the RIBs and connect my MTS2Ks to a newer laptop running win 7 and fire up CPS, they recognize and read/write the MTS's FINE.

I am inclined to believe that there may be some problem with the older laptop and its COM port or with components in the RIBs (I believe there is a resistor that likes to go out over time and creates problems in operating with/on certain older gear?). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Disable the cache and try it again!

Andreas

Andreas wrote:Disable the cache and try it again!

Andreas

This model (Dell Latitude CPi) is set so that the cache may NOT be disabled.

Two RIBs and one COM port in common, sound like a COM Port issue. Especially since the RIB(s) work with a different machine. Can you go into Device Manager, uninstall the COM Port and reboot?

You can us this to disable the cache:
http://www.agh-technik.orgfree.com/archiv/cache.zip
Always boot the PC with real DOS!

Andreas

First off, thank you for all the suggestions posted!

I tried messing with this a bit more, and after a bit of tinkering per suggestions...

* I uninstalled and reinstalled the COM port in device manager. I Rebooted and now the computer starts to read the radio and then throws a "COM PORT EVENT" error. Probable causes are listed as No RIB, No RIB power, Malfunctioning RIB, and serial card or RIB--PC connection problem...

* I ran the RSS after running the Slow program to turn caches OFF. The result was the same.

Through a little more tinkering, I have found out that NO DOS based programming will work........but anything windows (IE MTS2000 CPS or Kenwood TK380 CPS) will work just fine...

I have tried all of the aforementioned steps, including the cache disable software and removing/reinstalling the COM port.

Suggestions?

Are you running the dos based software in dos, or in a dos window within windows? From what I understand, you should run the dos software in dos by booting to dos or using a dos boot disk. It had something to do with windows not giving exclusive control of the com port to the software if I remember correctly. I have heard it works fine for some people, and not for others to add to the confusion.