C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
Just wondering before i buy a P110, dont want to be stuck with a walkie that cant fit the RIB i have unless it uses its own type of RIB for programming
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Does a RIB that works on a GP300 work with a P110?
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ILMRadioMan
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Are you talking a "RIBless" cable?
RIB boxes are pretty universal in the Motorola sense.
RIB boxes are pretty universal in the Motorola sense.
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
Oh sorry, i should of been more specific, sorry.
I have the ribless box
I have the ribless box
fineshot1
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Again - your terminology is in question.
There is no such thing as a "ribless box".
There are rib box's and ribless cables. Which do you have?
If you have a rib box - what is the make and model?
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
fineshot1
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ok excuse my 19 year old brain
I just have the ribless cable, thats what i meant
OK - now we need to know what kind of ribless cable you have.
Did you purchase one specifically for the P110?
I am assuming this is an aftermarket product(non-oem).
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
yeah im going to assume its an aftermarket Ribless cable.
I doubt it will work on a P110 since someone else already solved that question for me. now i know not to purchase a batch of those for my post, might as well stick with all the GP300's
In theory, if it works with the GP300, it should work with the P110, since it's the same radio. The RSS is different for each, though.
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
I just dont want to buy a P110 and end up with it not working but ill just take it with me to the shop tomorrow while i look, just need a UHF unit
The GP300, P110, GP350 and GM300 all use the same serial bus setup, so all of those can be programmed with the same interface, but not the same cable... a GP300 ribless programmer might fit on the back of a P110, but I havent tried it as I never used the P110s I own.
I think the P1225 uses the same interface as well, but I havent confirmed this yet.
I think the P1225 uses the same interface as well, but I havent confirmed this yet.
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
If you do confirm that the GP300 ribless cable or.. interface will fit and work for a P110 and a P1225, that would be great.
ok excuse my 19 year old brain
Suddenly, a whole lot of your posts make sense. I see things much more clearly now.
C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
Dont worry
im not brain dead yet.. the more i read from others, the more i pick up and throw in my knowledge from my own experience before i even found out about radio reference ...Dont worry
There's plenty of time for that. BTW, if it's motorola stuff that interests you, this isn't the place. Batlabs.com and the bat board are.
Oh, and lose the ribless cable, and get a real rib. Trust me on this.
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C138NC
Tactical Taco Consumer
thats all i could afford but ill look into getting the real deal then
thanks to the tip.. i want to buy it at the shop but apparently he cant sell it to me.. though he has about.. 2 or 3 he wont sell it to me and its on the shelf!!whats the difference anyways?
oh i visit batlabs periodically to see if i can get any deals on radios i like and want
thats all i could afford but ill look into getting the real deal then
There's a few folks on eBay selling clone RIBS that are quite good. Price is around $35.
Are they on the 'for sale' shelf? Maybe he wants to sell you the programming service instead. More money for him.
The ribless cables usually will work for ONE type of radio. The RIB will work for ALL the radios that need a rib, and many of them you can make your own cable for a couple of bucks. It's cheaper in the long run.
eBay is a better place for finding radios. batlabs is better for finding information.
countywacker
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I bought one of those after market GP300 ribless cables off ebay a few years back and never had a problem with it.
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