CPS and Ribless Cable HELP

[jmatteau]

I have a ribless usb cable for programming my HT1250, it works fine with my old vista 32 bit laptop, but it will not work with my new vista 64 bit laptop. I finally found a driver that works, says it is installed correctly and I can assign com ports etc. However, when I try to read the radio, CPS does not see the radio.

Has anybody figured this out? Also, instead of buying a serial cable, could I cut the end of the Moto cable off which is usb and wire a serial cable to it? That way there I could hook it to my usb to serial adapter that I know works with this laptop, or am I just crazy for thinking that?

 

[KB9LIQ]

I don't think any software Motorola puts out works with Vista.

 

[jmatteau]

I don't think any software Motorola puts out works with Vista.

It works perfectly with my vista 32 bit computer and the software itself works with this vista 64 bit. I think it is a driver problem with the usb cable.

 

[chrismol1]

Some Motorola software does work with Vista

A serial to USB cable might be an option if nothing else works, and I found out that you need a certain driver that makes a serial to USB work

 

[jmatteau]

Some Motorola software does work with Vista

A serial to USB cable might be an option if nothing else works, and I found out that you need a certain driver that makes a serial to USB work

Yeah, I have a converter cable, but I will need to purchase the Moto Serial cable to try it. The one I have now is serial out from radio, usb into cpu.

 

[wv8mat]

i talked to a friend of mine and he said because you have you vista on 64bit and not 32 but he was supprised to find out that vista even programmed it.

 

[KB9LIQ]

Every radio shop I know of is staying away from Vista and mainly because Motorola doesn't support it. So no help if you get your CPS thru Motorola

 

[HarryWilly]

Microsoft's 64bit software has special protection for hardware that doesn't have signed drivers, which is funny, because there are many companies that do not have signed drivers for their own stuff.

Because of that and other issues, don't expect to program stuff on a 64 bit system. You can install 32bit windows on a 64bit laptop if you want (I do), works fine, but also, depending on CPS version, it will not work from the start