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I pulled out my laptop to program a Minitor 5 and it won't read it. I have tried 5 or 6 different pagers from the stock I have with the same results. (yes we have a pile of 5's we're still using) I have checked COM ports. Everything. Last pager I tried was one I have programmed before. Same result. I am at a loss. We got the programming cradle included with some used pagers the county bought a few years ago. I downloaded the software and used YouTube to learn the process. (P & W is the bomb! Ordered our 6 cradle from them!) Things have been fine until now. Any suggestions are appreciated.
 
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The problem could be with the computer, as opposed to the pager itself.

I had that problem (and sometimes still do) and, like most computer problems, I don't really remember how I fixed it. But I think the last time it happened, I had to find and reload the driver. Sometimes changes to the computer (a simple, unrelated, download, etc) affects or corrupts the drivers for all this radio stuff.

Sorry I can't help you more. I know it's very frustrating.
 
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-Is it an OEM Motorola cradle?
-What kind of cable are you using between the cradle and PC?
-The power supply going into the cradle is confirmed working?
 
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K2NEC said:
-Is it an OEM Motorola cradle?
-What kind of cable are you using between the cradle and PC?
-The power supply going into the cradle is confirmed working?
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Yes.
USB A to Serial adapter to the original serial cable to the cradle
Yes.

I have ordered an aftermarket USB A cable to plug directly into the cradle. Eliminate the serial driver that I believe is causing the issue. My laptop updated recently and I suspect it overwrote the driver I had been using. New cable will will be here tomorrow.
 
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I never had luck with serial adapters. I had to get a laptop running older OS with a serial comm port in order to get it to work right. If you have a serial port, try that, the pinout for the cable is around somewhere
 
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We only use FTDI USB to RS232, no issues with with them.
 
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K2NEC said:
I never had luck with serial adapters. I had to get a laptop running older OS with a serial comm port in order to get it to work right. If you have a serial port, try that, the pinout for the cable is around somewhere
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I called and talked with P & W this morning. I am going to pull out an old windows XP laptop and try that. It is definitely a driver issue.
 
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