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Can’t connect to Quantar
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hitechRadio
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SOOOOO I am confused are you simply trying to program the quantar or SWDL the station????
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Have you tried restarting your machine? Sometimes the com port can be open in another window by another program and it will not connect.
I would focus first on just reading the radio rather than adding SLIP connections for SWDL. I would actually delete the connections you have made before you proceed.
As others have said, all it takes to read the radio is a cable and you hit read. I would google null modem pinout and verify your cable. I have made my own cables before as well as used a straight through serial with a null modem adapter.
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As was asked before, are you using a serial adapter or does your pc have a built in serial port. This is important because if you use the read command without connecting first it defaults to COM1. If you are using an adapter it will not be COM1 and you will have to go to the connections screen and choose the correct com port and it will be a 9600 connection. The error you are seeing is a connection error. If you were using a straight through serial cable it would tell you that it doesnt know what type of device it is connected to.
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I would focus first on just reading the radio rather than adding SLIP connections for SWDL. I would actually delete the connections you have made before you proceed.
As others have said, all it takes to read the radio is a cable and you hit read. I would google null modem pinout and verify your cable. I have made my own cables before as well as used a straight through serial with a null modem adapter.
EDIT:
As was asked before, are you using a serial adapter or does your pc have a built in serial port. This is important because if you use the read command without connecting first it defaults to COM1. If you are using an adapter it will not be COM1 and you will have to go to the connections screen and choose the correct com port and it will be a 9600 connection. The error you are seeing is a connection error. If you were using a straight through serial cable it would tell you that it doesnt know what type of device it is connected to.
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hkmeehan
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So after reading all of the advice, I ordered from amazon a new NULL modem, connected and hit read. And it finally worked, now my quantar is up and running. Thank you very much to everyone!!
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