MaxTrac 300 - Error 5
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:20 pm
Dear All Great and Powerful Moto Experts:
I've been reading through many pages of history and I keep finding issues similar but yet very different from what I am experiencing. What I have is the following:
An authentic RIB RLM4008B
MaxTrac Cable from KaWaMall
Homemade computer to RIB cable (SERIAL)
This setup works great on a computer that is an old Dell latptop that belongs to a friend. The software has been tested by installing the version I have on his machine and it works fine. I successfully read and programmed seven MaxTrac 300 units with his computer and my cables and RIB.
With my old computer that I am attempting to use, I keep getting an error when doing an "F3 COMM TEST" this error in the upper right box says; "Serial Bus Error: #5 Power Failure" I can switch the same setup back to the other computer and it will work perfectly.
I've attempted running straight in DOS 6.22 and using DOSBox 0.74. I have configured the serial port in the options to say serial1=directserial realport:COM1 I have also played with various values for clock speed as well.
The radio will beep sometimes once otherwise two or three as many as five beeps. Always the same error pops up on screen in the end.
Would the great and powerful have any thoughts?
PC Specifications:
Custom built motherboard with 4 Ethernet and a single Serial, Micro form factor 12VDC type computer.
Intel Celeron 400 MHz with 504 MB of RAM.
I have attempted to disable BIOS cache but the computer refuses to boot when I do that.
I've been reading through many pages of history and I keep finding issues similar but yet very different from what I am experiencing. What I have is the following:
An authentic RIB RLM4008B
MaxTrac Cable from KaWaMall
Homemade computer to RIB cable (SERIAL)
This setup works great on a computer that is an old Dell latptop that belongs to a friend. The software has been tested by installing the version I have on his machine and it works fine. I successfully read and programmed seven MaxTrac 300 units with his computer and my cables and RIB.
With my old computer that I am attempting to use, I keep getting an error when doing an "F3 COMM TEST" this error in the upper right box says; "Serial Bus Error: #5 Power Failure" I can switch the same setup back to the other computer and it will work perfectly.
I've attempted running straight in DOS 6.22 and using DOSBox 0.74. I have configured the serial port in the options to say serial1=directserial realport:COM1 I have also played with various values for clock speed as well.
The radio will beep sometimes once otherwise two or three as many as five beeps. Always the same error pops up on screen in the end.
Would the great and powerful have any thoughts?
PC Specifications:
Custom built motherboard with 4 Ethernet and a single Serial, Micro form factor 12VDC type computer.
Intel Celeron 400 MHz with 504 MB of RAM.
I have attempted to disable BIOS cache but the computer refuses to boot when I do that.