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As a favor to a neighbor, I'm trying to program his BC245XLT. The problem is that I can't seem to get the scanner to communicate over the COM port.

I've tried WinScan and ScanControl and neither will find the scanner. Both come up with error messages that the scanner cannot be found or is not communicating.

I know that the com port is operating correctly as Win95 will operate properly with my Pro95 over the same com port.

I've set up the scanner as instructed in the BC users manual (Turning it on while holding the data key down). I've checked the baud rate settings on the radio and it is set to 9600 baud.

Anyone out there have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Ray
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