VXR-5000 and RI-300 on ham band?

[stevelton]

Our ham club had donated to us a Vertex VXR-5000 VHF repeater, and it had installed in it a Pacific Research RI-300 controller.
The ham club just north of us bought a new repeater, and donated this one to us. It was in working condition, but it is still on the same frequency as their new repeater, so we have to re-program it.

The nice thing is, they gave us a programming cable and the RI-300 software.
They said the RI-300 controller controls the RX and TX boards in the repeater, so by programming the controller, it would tell the transmitter and receiver what frequency to operate on.

I am having trouble reprogramming this set-up. I have installed the software on several different computers, all running XP. The cable is a serial programming cable with the modular type of plug on the end. I have tried to program it on desktop computers using the real com port.

I tested the cable by programming my VX-3200 mobile, and it works fine doing that, but using the same computer and cable, it will not work on this repeater.

I was told by the club that the ri-300 software is how they programmed the tx/rx frequencies.
Is there something Im doing wrong, or would I need to buy the real vertex software for the vxr-5000 to reprogram the frequencies?
Of course, I did double check the com port settings, and triple checked them.

Is there a way to remove the ri-300 and put the repeater back the way it came from vertex?

Steven

 

[lbfd09]

Are you using a "DOS" based program or a windows based? If it is DOS based then you need to use a Windoz98 or older OS. This is, from what I have been told, is because of a URAT speed and compatibility. I you are using a Windows based (no DOS or CMD window popping open) the pardon my intrusion....