Kenwood TK-8360 programming trouble

[javi366]

Hi folks, newbie round this forum.

I just bought a TK-8360 for a personal project I am starting with but it comes to a problem when trying to program it. I am using KPG-135D v2.21, KPG-46 cable and radio powered with 13.8V but when I try to read from radio it restarts itself. It behaves like this: I connect the cable, select COM port, click on the "read from radio button", radio shows "program" for about a second in its display but then it restarts again.

I tried without success making a hard reset. At this moment radio is unavaiable to be read from nor written to.

Thank you in advance for your help.

*English is not my first language so please forgive any mistakes in spelling or explanation

 

[kd4efm]

Can you do a transceiver info on it? Report back or screenshot your result if it shows up.

 

[javi366]

Sure, there you go. By the time I made that, radio restared itself again.

 

[hill]

More then likely a European radio and you would need different software.

 

[mmckenna]

TK-8360E is the European market model.
You would need KPG-135D activated with the correct European market code serial number.

Although the power cycling can be from low current. Just to be sure, what's the specs on the power supply you are using? Voltage and amperage, please?

 

[javi366]

Hi again,

That is what I thought while searching on the internet, but I don't know where to find this key as this program is discontinued and just found it with a North American key. Is there any other solution to use this radio?

PD: using a 13.8V 30A switching power supply I use for this lab tests.

Thank you again

 

[javi366]

I could finally manage to solve it. It was a matter of software and the european key.

Thank you again for your time.