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Has anybody purchased a P7300 program cable from the rfguys and if so did it work...? I purchased 1 and it wont initialize the radio but will go into program on the radio.Sent it back go a new 1 same thing...any ideas ?Using RPM and a dell 610 laptop. cable has the db9 connector and using the serial port com 1
 
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Same problem on my 7100. But it's not the cable. If I let the computer boot up and log in then let everything load up in the background, then plug the cable into the computer. The radio will init fine most of the time.
 
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DO NOT ASK ME FOR HELP PROGRAMMING YOUR RADIO. NO.
There are places where you should engage in cost savings, and those where you should buy the genuine article and not somebody else's knockoff copy of it.

A genuine Harris programming cable is really not that expensive.

Get it from New London Technologies and be done with it.

It'll work. If your radio is good, that is.

The 7100s are notorious for having issues with their programming/accessory connector. Look for a case crack at the speaker-mic locking lug. If there's a crack there, the connection between the main board and the programming connector is probably poor or not working at all. That crack indicates (1) a broken front cover, and (2) a loss of holding pressure on the zebra strip connector between the front cover internal contacts and the display PC board front contacts.
 
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You are right genuine is the best way to go ..I have a borrowed cable for the p7300 radio..its genuine and it works wonderful...I was trying to figure out why the rfguys cable wouldn't work .Or if anybody else had the same issue I was haveing
 
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Yeah my cable was from rfguys as well. It tookk several weeks before I got it. I did not find out about new London till after the fact.
 
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