Soundy
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So I have a box of these donated TM-610Vs. I initially programmed a couple using one of those "8-in-1 universal cables" on the Kenwood RJ45 plug and a copy of HM600E I picked up from a dealer (out of town location so I can't just drop by). The 8-in-1 failed somewhere along the way (UART was gone) but I figured I could use my KPG-46X.
The software sees the radio, the radio goes into PROGRAM mode, and in SOME instances will start to read, but eventually the radio shows RETRY and the CPS fails with a "check all connections" message (sometimes it just sits at 0% for several seconds and then bails).
I've tried both 3.01 and 5.02 of the software. I've tried the latest drivers from Kenwood, the same drivers direct from Silicon Labs (11.something), as well as older drivers from Silicon Labs (6.2.something). I've dialed the COM port all the way back to 2400 and 1200 baud, cranked it up to 19,200, tried with both hardware and XON/XOFF flow control (as well as none), and even tried disabling the UART buffers. So far 3.01 with XON/XOFF at 2400 baud seems to work the best... but it still fails by the time it hits 10% reading from the radio.
I have a laptop right now that's dedicated to this and is specifically running Windows 10; I MAY have been using a different Win7 laptop when I programmed it successfully before, but I can't be sure. The drivers say they're compatible up to Win10. I HAVE programmed Kenwood radios from this laptop as well, so I know the cable is good and compatible with Win10.
One thing I haven't tried yet is running the software in compatibility mode for older Windows. Anyone have any other tricks I could try? I've run through this process with two different radios now (including one I successfully programmed before) with identical results both times.
The software sees the radio, the radio goes into PROGRAM mode, and in SOME instances will start to read, but eventually the radio shows RETRY and the CPS fails with a "check all connections" message (sometimes it just sits at 0% for several seconds and then bails).
I've tried both 3.01 and 5.02 of the software. I've tried the latest drivers from Kenwood, the same drivers direct from Silicon Labs (11.something), as well as older drivers from Silicon Labs (6.2.something). I've dialed the COM port all the way back to 2400 and 1200 baud, cranked it up to 19,200, tried with both hardware and XON/XOFF flow control (as well as none), and even tried disabling the UART buffers. So far 3.01 with XON/XOFF at 2400 baud seems to work the best... but it still fails by the time it hits 10% reading from the radio.
I have a laptop right now that's dedicated to this and is specifically running Windows 10; I MAY have been using a different Win7 laptop when I programmed it successfully before, but I can't be sure. The drivers say they're compatible up to Win10. I HAVE programmed Kenwood radios from this laptop as well, so I know the cable is good and compatible with Win10.
One thing I haven't tried yet is running the software in compatibility mode for older Windows. Anyone have any other tricks I could try? I've run through this process with two different radios now (including one I successfully programmed before) with identical results both times.
