FR4000 Programming

[jmazza7371]

Hi All. I have an FR4000-3 repeater and can't seem to read it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong but here's step by step. BTW, I just received a Bluemax49ers OPC-I592 cable for this project. To put repeater in program mode, Prog+Ani+Ch DN, wait for single beep, release the buttons then press program one time and I hear two beeps.
I have tried multiple computer, last being a Win XP 32 bit machine. The Icom software is ver 1.4. The FTDI driver is correctly set to Com1 and so is the software. The RJ45 end of the cable is connected to the Mic jack

I press the read clone and after a couple of seconds I hear some beeps and an error message appears to check the RS-232 and so on.
Can anyone help?.

 

[jeepsandradios]

I only use real serial cables for that. I dont believe they sold any USB stuff when this radio was sold.

 

[jmazza7371]

I only use real serial cables for that. I dont believe they sold any USB stuff when this radio was sold.

I just tried with a serial db9 cable I found in the shop marked ICOM. Not sure if it's pinned the correct way. On the RJ45 pins 2 & 7 are used, what about on the db9 side ?. Additionally, do you have to press any buttons to put the repeater in clone mode?. I
'm using software ver 1.4 and I'm beginning to suspect this is not the right version for this unit. Any help is appreciated.

 

[12dbsinad]

Do not press any buttons when using the CPS. Just plug in the cable and read it. What you're getting into is by pressing those combo of buttons is front panel user set mode. This may or may not be screwing things up when you try to read it in that mode.

 

[jmazza7371]

Do not press any buttons when using the CPS. Just plug in the cable and read it. What you're getting into is by pressing those combo of buttons is front panel user set mode. This may or may not be screwing things up when you try to read it in that mode.

Tried that, no success.