need help with HT1250

[fireman305]

ok i have an Ht1250 that i need to program. i am using the ribless com cable. i have used this cable and software (obtained legally) to program my Ht750's and has always worked fine. i plugged my 1250 up to program and had a bit of problems geting connection at first , then i got it to read. when i got it to read i didnt really have time to do all the programming i needed so i just closed it out. now when i go to read it all it says is "couldn't open port" and says to check all connections and see if unit is powered on. it is powered on , all connections are good. i even plugged a 750 up to make sure it was not the cable. worked like a charm.

does anyone have any advise or any idea why it wont read it? and if so how may i go about fixing it without having to put more money into motorola's already overly obese pockets?
thank you

 

[Mike-KC8OWL]

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[joecola33]

im still stuck getting unsupported model error message any ideas?

 

[SCPD]

Newer software

im still stuck getting unsupported model error message any ideas?

I'm pretty sure this means that your radio is newer than the software. I can't swear to it, 'cuz it's been a couple of years now, but I believe that's the error I got when I had the upgrade. I'll venture to guess the 750 that's working great isn't as new as the 1250.

 

[joecola33]

yes thats what i am just figuring out, the radio is about 3-6 months old from what i was told by the seller. I tried using R06.06.00. What is the latest version out there?

 

[yellowsubmarine]

Try going file.read a popup should open offering choises for a com port. select the one you use, then hit read.

 

[radioman2001]

I have on occasion had my computer lock up the port, required a hard reboot to make it work. Also don't run multiple copies of the software at the same time, I've had that cause problems too. If the radio was previously programmed with that version of software, I doubt that the codeplug too new error ( unsupported model ) is applicable. The latest version is 06.11.10, but I don't use it. I have tried to keep my version at 06.10.04. I suspect that 06.11 will make all the lab versions out there unusable.

 

[SD70MAC]

Lab

I have on occasion had my computer lock up the port, required a hard reboot to make it work. Also don't run multiple copies of the software at the same time, I've had that cause problems too. If the radio was previously programmed with that version of software, I doubt that the codeplug too new error ( unsupported model ) is applicable. The latest version is 06.11.10, but I don't use it. I have tried to keep my version at 06.10.04. I suspect that 06.11 will make all the lab versions out there unusable.

The CPS 6.11.05 has no effect on Labtool ,whether it can be used or not. The 6.11.xx tries to recover the eeprom errors but,does not always work. Just my 2 cents.