Whistler TRX-1 Password Locked and Wont Connect to PC

[scifidad007]

I am doing an estate sale and came across a TRX-1 amongst other Scanners and Rx type radios. No manual, Cables, or chargers have been located etc. It is of course password locked. I tried the Whistler Software approach as noted here on RR to remove the password using both a Win10 and 11 PCs, nada. The radio connects to a USB port, the PC sees the SD Micro card but the program does not see the radio. I have prepared a new SD card and I get Error 00000002. I did not see a master reset in the manual, that said I have not read it cover to cover. Anyone have a resolve for this or is this radio now a paperweight?

 

[RaleighGuy]

I have prepared a new SD card and I get Error 00000002.

What size/type SD Card are you using? Whistler is picky, it likes smaller older cards, so if you are using a larger fast U1/U2 card that could be causing the issue. Have you tried making sure the FW and DSD are up to date through EZ Scan?

Try reading through this thread for other info...

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Hi all - So my PRO-668 stopped working. My stock memory card appears to have failed as the scanner locks up after boot and gives me a code 3-03. The stock card does not read correctly on my computer, so I assume it probably failed. got a new memory card, a 16gb PNY class 10. I fired up the...

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[scifidad007]

What size/type SD Card are you using? Whistler is picky, it likes smaller older cards, so if you are using a larger fast U1/U2 card that could be causing the issue. Have you tried making sure the FW and DSD are up to date through EZ Scan?

Try reading through this thread for other info...

Pro-668: - New SD card - cannot seem to get scanner booted

Hi all - So my PRO-668 stopped working. My stock memory card appears to have failed as the scanner locks up after boot and gives me a code 3-03. The stock card does not read correctly on my computer, so I assume it probably failed. got a new memory card, a 16gb PNY class 10. I fired up the...

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Thank you for the reply. The PC wont talk to radio to do any upgrades. I will look at the card size, came to me with an 8G, mine are usually 32G.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Thank you for the reply. The PC wont talk to radio to do any upgrades. I will look at the card size, came to me with an 8G, mine are usually 32G.

Only other suggestion I have is download the driver off the Whistler download page and re-install it, make sure scanner is identified in Device Manager as a TRX.

 

[Ronaldski]

On problematic scanners not able to read into a pc what always works is pop out the sd card, put it in an sd card adapter, put it in the computer and run the ezscan software, it will show up as a new drive.
From their you can copy it into the software and remove the password. Or reformat it and and use the software to prepare SD card for use.
Also very good idea is to update the database for it and check for a firmware update.

Download TRX-1Install software, install it and run. TRX-1 Scanner Downloads

See also TRX-1 help

 

[TAbirdman]

Also make sure that the USB cable that you are using is a DATA cable and not a POWER cable.

 

[Wackyracer]

Try another known good cable and or USB port, but as mentioned above, get a card reader to copy configurations, it is more reliable and 10 times faster. The comport driver is not used for copying configurations. it is used for setting the clock via a pc and for CPU firmware upgrades.

 

[buddrousa]

Are you trying this with the SCANNER POWERED OFF?
Did you install the driver for the scanner just in case the software did not?

Easier to Read Whistler WS1080/1088 Handheld Scanner and Software Manual

 

[scifidad007]

Actually All good. Handed it off to a fellow Scanner/Ham geek, he got into it, updated it and bought it from the Estate.
Thank you for the reply though.

 

[Citywide173]

While the OP has fixed the issue, the SD card size issue was something I ran into with another type of device (what it was escapes me at the moment) but I was able to get around it by reformatting the SD card from exFAT to FAT