Minitor III Programming Cable

[Kevin_CCR]

Hi all,

Recently my fire department surplused some old Motorola and Kenwood radio/pager equipment. Most notably in there was a ton of old Minitor II/III pagers, chargers, a programmer and a Motorola Alert Monitor. Unfortunately the programmer didn't come with a cable, just the dock. Is there a way to convert it to USB or do I need to find the original cable to get the programmer to work?

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[a417]

is that the cradle that needs the 3.5 mm stereo plug?

 

[Kevin_CCR]

is that the cradle that needs the 3.5 mm stereo plug?

This one’s got what looks to be an rj45 plug.

 

[n3obl]

So the M3/m4 cradle its a small 6 pin RJ connector. I don't think its rj45.

That goes to a PIB (Pager interface box). think of it as a rib box for pager.

There is an aftermarket cable on eBay but they want like 50 bucks which connects directly to the cradle.

The original mintior 5 cradles also used the pager interface box. Then at some point motorola redesigned the cradle to put the electronics in the base and use a RJ-45 to 9 pin cable for that model.

 

[a417]

So the M3/m4 cradle its a small 6 pin RJ connector. I don't think its rj45.

RJ-11

 

[wa8pyr]

So the M3/m4 cradle its a small 6 pin RJ connector. I don't think its rj45.

That goes to a PIB (Pager interface box). think of it as a rib box for pager.

There is an aftermarket cable on eBay but they want like 50 bucks which connects directly to the cradle.

The original mintior 5 cradles also used the pager interface box. Then at some point motorola redesigned the cradle to put the electronics in the base and use a RJ-45 to 9 pin cable for that model.

I got around this issue by taking a Minitor 3/4 programming cradle, adding a 1/8" stereo jack to it and wiring appropriately. Plug the programming cable for my Pro106/PSR500 scanner into it and the computer, and it works like a champ.

I got the idea from another thread here on RR, but I absolutely cannot remember which thread.

 

[ffexpCP]

This is exactly what I do. I've just added the stereo jack to my chargers. Much easier to do with amplified chargers. You have to get creative with standard chargers as it doesn't have all the pins.