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EF Johnson 51SL ES "Parms Fail"

TimberDogs

TimberDogs

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Hello y'all. I'm having an issue with programming my EFJ 5100ES. The radio I received had password protection on it, so I tried to remove it with PCTune. When I did so, PCTune wrote the parameters to the radio, and to my surprise, the radio delivered a message on the screen saying, "Parms Fail." I attempted to write a different version of firmware to the radio and it rejected it every time saying, "Code download timed out or canceled by user." I've tried to reset the radio in PCTune, but the radio won't relent. Any help to get this wonderous radio back up and running would be fantastic!

Radio Model: EF Johnson 51SL ES, Full Keypad.
 
TimberDogs

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Well, I just fixed that problem by clicking reset passwords in PCTune again... But, another problem has come up. Now the radio is displaying a "Corupt Prm" message on its display. I'm just trying to make the radio operable again :( Any help at all with this would be very much appreciated.

Firmware version: 6.16.10
 
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