EF JOHNSON 5100 ES UHF QUESTION..?

[KC0CCB]

hello all,

i just received a 5100es UHF from a friend of mine and i brought it home and was going to try to read it in the CPS and it wont even read..

i am using a aftermarket cable that works well for the XTS-3000 i have but not this Johnson radio..

 

[KG4INW]

The cables look similar but the one for the XTS won't work with the 5100, unfortunately. You'll need to get one specifically for the EFJ. Aftermarket should be fine.

 

[SirJ]

Firmware has to match cps too.

 

[ergbert]

Ebay seller "bluemax49ers" sells excellent and reasonably priced programming cables. I have his FTDI USB-Serial cable for programming my EFJ's. Works flawlessly, not only on Windows but on MacOS with PCConfigure running in a VM.

 

[KC0CCB]

is there any easy way to change or add more talkgroups to this radio..?? mine only has 65535 as the only TGID

 

[cmjonesinc]

With the software and a system key you can easily do it.

 

[KC0CCB]

i cant even see if there's a system in there..it's just a conventional / p25

 

[cmjonesinc]

When you said talkgroups I assumed you meant a trunking system. If it's conventional just add a system and have at it.

 

[KC0CCB]

i'm using 2.6.11 of PCConfigure

 

[cmjonesinc]

I was going off of your first post with 2.18.6. But either way, it's the same. Are you reading the radio first? If you're not reading the radio and just trying to make a codeplug from scratch you'll need to 'file' ---> 'new' and select your bandplan. Also will need to 'radio' ---> 'series' and select your model. Can't remember how well that works once you read the radio and it updates the feature set. I would suggest reading the radio first (AND SAVE THE ORIGINAL) just to save some future headache.

 

[KC0CCB]

yep reading the radio first.. could i send you my code plug possibly ??

 

[cmjonesinc]

Absolutely. I'll pm you my email.

 

[KC0CCB]

10-4

 

[DeoVindice]

Ebay seller "bluemax49ers" sells excellent and reasonably priced programming cables. I have his FTDI USB-Serial cable for programming my EFJ's. Works flawlessly, not only on Windows but on MacOS with PCConfigure running in a VM.

While the 5100 shares mics, batteries, and some other accessories with XTSs, programming cables are not the same. I'll second the recommendation of a BlueMax cable. I have a USB/serial EFJ cable with the FTDI converter; it works perfectly on 64-bit Windows 10.

I strongly suggest you download and read the latest PCConfigure manual you can find. PCConfigure is somewhat complex and not as intuitive as, say, various Kenwood KPG versions.

I'm about to call it a night and am not in front of my computer, but if I'm remembering correctly talkgroups are created via a dropdown menu tab in the "System Lists" bar of the "Per System" tab.

 

[cmjonesinc]

'Not intuitive' is a good explanation. I've been programming them for a decade and still have to scratch my head for a minute every once in a while. Had to blow the dust off my old hard drive just to make those screenshots.