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Xts5000 programming cable
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Cheap on Ebay, about $15 for serial type and in the $30s for a USB. I and many people have had trouble with USB cables on newer computers and the serial cable is much more reliable.
Ok have you had any issues with them not working. I've read threw some old forums where they bricked the radios. I got the radio given to me im not totally sure on the on the older cps software im gonna be using it for only analog frequency but still don't wanna ruin the radio
I've never heard of one permanently bricking a radio. On my Windoz 10 machine it seems the USB transfer rate might be too high and the radio can freeze in the middle of a download and it appears bricked but you just start the download again and it usually clears up. The radio will become stupid if the transfer is interrupted but they recover just fine on a later download. I think most people go through this on newer computers.
I use Win10 Pro and a serial cable with my XTS5000 radios. Astro will throw errors as well as 'Not Responding'. I wait and let it finish if it is no longer responding, even though the program is frozen it's still working and I eventually see write success and Astro works like normal again. Sometimes Astro will throw an error and I click 'OK' and it then starts working and writes to the radio.
Sometimes Astro displays an error and the radio display shows Fail 01/82 or something like that. I just keep pushing whether read or write and it eventually works. My com port speed is 9600 bits per second. I'll adjust the buffer TX/RX down which might eliminate errors and freezing next time around. I think my XTL5k does the same, so I jiggle it as well. Remember, read first and jiggle it.
I have not tried the USB cable and I have model 3 w/FPP, so I just add/adjust in the field.
Sometimes Astro displays an error and the radio display shows Fail 01/82 or something like that. I just keep pushing whether read or write and it eventually works. My com port speed is 9600 bits per second. I'll adjust the buffer TX/RX down which might eliminate errors and freezing next time around. I think my XTL5k does the same, so I jiggle it as well. Remember, read first and jiggle it.
I have not tried the USB cable and I have model 3 w/FPP, so I just add/adjust in the field.
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