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Offtopic: HT1000 Programing Cable

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ExecutiveNet

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there is a schematic for a programing cable on batlabs, and i am wondering if this is for a ribless cable for the HT1000, i can build it, but i want to know if i need the Rib box for the schematic,

http://www.batlabs.com/images/mt2kpin.gif

also,

do i just connect the open wire to the radio, and plug the 25 pin into my computer?

any help on how to build it would be great
 

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Yes you need a RIB, the only Portable that does not use the RIB is the XTS 5000 and 2500 series radios.. You can get a HT-1000 Programing cable on ebay...
 

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Not that I have seen. The "Pro" series radios have "ribless cables too. HT-750-1250-1550.
 

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Yes, there are "ribless" cables for the HT1000 and other jedi protables but all they are is a cable with a built in rib. The cable still needs it own power source to operate. None of thse cables are from the factory.

In my opinion, such cables are a huge waste. You are still paying for a rib but you cannot use it with any other radios and it must be powered by a 9v battery instead of a wallwart and a battery is never to be trusted when programming your $1000 radio.

Mike
 

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You should use a laptop with a good battery and plugged in to the wall outlet and a rib pluged in with a good battery inplace. If you ever had the power go out in the middle of an upload you would understand why.
 

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Not necessarily. A friend of mine bought a ribless cable for a Jedi (HT1000) series that requires no external power. It uses very low current devices and is able to use the 5 volts present on one of the serial port pins.

Failing that, you could very easily modify the power to take 5 volts off of a USB port or a PS2 keyboard/mouse port...they all provide a very stable 5 volts with more than enough current.

-M

FuelForFire said:
Yes, there are "ribless" cables for the HT1000 and other jedi protables but all they are is a cable with a built in rib. The cable still needs it own power source to operate. None of thse cables are from the factory.

In my opinion, such cables are a huge waste. You are still paying for a rib but you cannot use it with any other radios and it must be powered by a 9v battery instead of a wallwart and a battery is never to be trusted when programming your $1000 radio.

Mike
 

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Thornhill20 said:
Not necessarily. A friend of mine bought a ribless cable for a Jedi (HT1000) series that requires no external power. It uses very low current devices and is able to use the 5 volts present on one of the serial port pins.

Failing that, you could very easily modify the power to take 5 volts off of a USB port or a PS2 keyboard/mouse port...they all provide a very stable 5 volts with more than enough current.

-M
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The standard RIB uses 9 volts to program. If you can get by with 5 v, hey, thats fine, but there has to be a reason for using 9volts. Maybe its just so you can more easily use a battery. I dont know.

But the bottom line is: unless you want to run with risk of creating an expensive door stop I would spend the money and get a facyory rib and a factory cable and use a reliable power source (such as the wall...).

Whats out there as far as aftermarket programming equipment is simply not as reliable.

Mike
 
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