Can someone point me to a part number or source for the P7200 programming cable please? Google has been zero help.
TIA
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Looking for Harris P7200 programming cable
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Uhhhh, that is four times what I paid for the radio. Looking for a pre-owned cable that is excess to the owner.
I don't know anyone who has this cable or I would have contacted them. I just can't justify $125 to program a $30 radio either so I'll just slink away. Thanks for your ideal suggestion though.
You paid money for a proprietary public safety radio and now you're surprised that you have to pay a premium to get it to work. This is why you do research prior to just dumping money into a project. There are no aftermarket cables for Harris like there is Moto.
In addition to the lack of aftermarket cables, most people who have the OEM cables tend to hang onto them, thus very few pre-owned cables on the market.
$30, no great investment but was looking forward to the learning portion of this project. Guess I'll just move on to some other project. I've enjoyed playing and learning with out-of-service Moto hardware in the past. My bad for not researching Harris products thoroughly.
You can also get an LPE-200 cable and break off the side tabs and that will work just fine.
Thank you. Does this cable have a DB-25 connector and require a rib?
No RIB needed, but it does have DB-25.
So am I to assume the DB25 plugs direct into a computer? Geez, this must be ancient.
Older radios (pre-Harris) including the LPE200 did require the GE TQ3370 or TQ3310 programming interface. P7100/M7100 and later only needed the correct cable.
The TQ3310 was for programming personalities only (more like the Moto RIB) while the TQ3370 was for programming or flashing (more like the Moto SmartRIB).
So that cable probably won't work with the P7200. I wouldn't risk it.
Thanks Tom, I figured there had to be some sort of intermediate box with that D-sub 25 pin plug. It just didn't seem logical to me that the LPE-200 would accept RS-232 direct from a computer.
NOPE, those are like the MRK. very different.
I've been toying with making some cables for these.. I might take another look into it. I have the bits and pieces but it sure isn't pretty in it's current configuration lol
I've programmed several LPE-200s with just the cable and I've programmed even more P7100s and P7200s with the same cable. I have never had any issue. I'm even using a serial to USB adaptor.
That is incorrect. Even the MRK does not need anything but the cable. I've used the same cable on MRKs as I have to program the LPE-200s and P7100s and P7200s. Older GE Radios did require an additional "RIB", but not these ones.
