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Astro programming issues
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 4:14 pm
by Astro Communications
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
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 4:20 pm
by The Pager Geek
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
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 5:10 pm
by Astro Communications
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
Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 9:09 pm
by Astro Communications
they use only motorola products and a standard saber cable will just put the radio into self test
Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 10:04 am
by Pj
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?
Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 10:29 am
by nitornemo
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.....
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 3:10 pm
by Astro Communications
the comp was rebooted
and both radios work fine
Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:45 pm
by The Pager Geek
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
Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 4:59 pm
by Astro Communications
cables correct i think it may be going bad though