BK radio cloning help

[danpforsich]

I apologize in advance for the idiot-level question this will probably end up being. I work at a rural fire department and had a box of BK radios dropped in my lap by my chief and know very little beyond daily usage. Trying to clone a GPH5102XCMD to another using a LAA0700 cloning cable. Successfully put the radio in programming mode, attached and turned on clone radio, pressed * key on master radio, then FCN key on master radio. Master radio lists "cloning" for only a second before saying "failure". Manual lists possible causes as "incorrect radio types", "improper connection", "failure to power up radio", and "clone set in programming mode". I think I have ruled each of these things out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[chief21]

Assuming that the BK software can do this, you might do better by reading your "master" radio and saving the file to PC, then use the same radio file as a template to write to a different radio, being sure to first make any necessary changes to the configuration (ID numbers, options, etc) before re-saving the file (under a different file name) and writing to the "clone" radio.

 

[danpforsich]

Thank you for the quick response. While I don't currently have the BK programming software or associated cable, I think I can get them. If I'm wrong though, any idea why these radios might not be sending or accepting a clone now? I saw something on another forum about the radios possible being program locked from a PC? Would that keep the radios from sending or accepting a clone?

 

[Onelick]

The most common reason this occurs is because the connections are backwards on the cloning cable. The Red button goes on the master radio, and the black button goes to the slave radio.
Hope this helps.
Onelick