Orion Issue

[Muxlow]

Trying to read and program a UHF Front mount orion with my cable iv used many many times and works on my other radio

Getting an error iv never came across.. yet

When reading or trying to load a pers file into the radio i get this


Error. 12 volt present, protocall error or radio application error
(Click OK)
Could not initialize radio. Make sure radio is in programming mode, and the programming box or cable is connected to the correct port

Radio power on to PC PROG as it should then i get these errors.
With the cable off and the radio boots to this


DSP Error
Error 0856

ANy idea what causes this? Or the fix

 

[timkilbride]

Doesn't look good:

Error Code: 0856
Short Description: RI_DSPDOWN_BIOSERR
Type of error: DSP ERR
Long Discription: Hardware failure

 

[Muxlow]

So i n short.. this radio is F-ed

 

[timkilbride]

I would guess so. I had a UHF Orion kind of do the same thing this past summer. I brought it into the house from the car to do a simple re-write of the personality. I could read the radio all day long, but couldn't write to it. It never produced a error code for me, but I came to the conclusion the EEPROM went bad. I just grabbed a spare I had and threw that in.

eBay is flooded with UHF Orions right now. 100W units for $35. I would just grab one off eBay and call it good. eBay seller akazulak1 has some available right now. I bought some VHF M7100's from his that past summer and was pleased with the service from him.

Tim

 

[Muxlow]

What features did them 7100's have?
Was going to grab one but wasnt sure what was all in it

 

[Radioman96p71]

Basic features, 1,9,10,23. Max Conventional Channels tho.