I picked up a Yaesu VR-500 handheld scanner and the Yaesu ADMS-3 programming software and not the RT systems ADMS-3 software. I didn't have a programming cable BUT I researched the internet and it seems the VR-500 programming cable is the same as the ICOM OPC-478 programming cable for the ICOM R2. R3, R5, R6, etc. Also RT systems list their USB-29A Cable the same for the ICOM R6 and Yaesu VR-500.
I installed the software on a Windows XP machine because the cable I have is a serial version of the OPC-478 and not a USB one. I picked the correct com port and selected to receive data from the radio. I put the radio in clone mode and selected #2 for TX data and I got a "check sum error".
I reset the radio to factory defaults and tried several times using the instructions in the manual for the software. I still received that error or a time out. The radio display also said error.
What am I doing wrong or do I have to buy the Yaesu cable. Is their an internal setting in the radio menu that must be change like an address?
Cable info here:
https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/VR-500-Programming-Software-and-USB-cable-p/adms-3-usb.htm
I installed the software on a Windows XP machine because the cable I have is a serial version of the OPC-478 and not a USB one. I picked the correct com port and selected to receive data from the radio. I put the radio in clone mode and selected #2 for TX data and I got a "check sum error".
I reset the radio to factory defaults and tried several times using the instructions in the manual for the software. I still received that error or a time out. The radio display also said error.
What am I doing wrong or do I have to buy the Yaesu cable. Is their an internal setting in the radio menu that must be change like an address?
Cable info here:
https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/VR-500-Programming-Software-and-USB-cable-p/adms-3-usb.htm