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MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
Clean contacts, check front cover flex to confirm it's seated properly.
thanks, i did try this already with no success i even used a different housing
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
OEM cable or aftermarket? If OEM, is it serial or USB?
not oem, I use both the serial port and sometimes usb to serial port converter the cable works fine with my other 5000r
MTS2000des
5B2_BEE00 Czar
If you can find someone with an OEM serial programming cable, I'd try that- maybe ancient firmware? Otherwise sounds like something is hosed with the vocon board if you've ruled out swapping front covers.
wgbecks
Active Member
Three are a couple of possible recovery actions short of actual hardware replacement.
Paramount to these you must first determine if you can communicate with the VOCON
board or not. You can perform a basic communications test per the following setup.
To begin, verify the COM port assignment in your PC by checking the Device Manager.
Attach your serial programming cable and power on the radio. Now using an application
such as Putty, open a serial terminal session on the verified COM port number using an
initial baud rate of 9600. (USB cables require 115200).
Turn CAPs lock on and type the following: “AT&V” without the quotes. Note there will
not be any terminal echo from the radio while typing. If you have communications with
the radio, it should respond with text similar to that shown below.
CARRIER:9600
PROTOCOL:ALT
COMPRESSION:NONE
FLOW:K3
WV304:192.168.128.1
RADIO:XTS 5000
MODEL:H18KEH9PW7AN
SERIAL:REDACTED
PORT:SIDE CONNECTOR AS USB
SECURE:R050715
CPS:HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL
OK
Do this test and report back with your findings.
Paramount to these you must first determine if you can communicate with the VOCON
board or not. You can perform a basic communications test per the following setup.
To begin, verify the COM port assignment in your PC by checking the Device Manager.
Attach your serial programming cable and power on the radio. Now using an application
such as Putty, open a serial terminal session on the verified COM port number using an
initial baud rate of 9600. (USB cables require 115200).
Turn CAPs lock on and type the following: “AT&V” without the quotes. Note there will
not be any terminal echo from the radio while typing. If you have communications with
the radio, it should respond with text similar to that shown below.
CARRIER:9600
PROTOCOL:ALT
COMPRESSION:NONE
FLOW:K3
WV304:192.168.128.1
RADIO:XTS 5000
MODEL:H18KEH9PW7AN
SERIAL:REDACTED
PORT:SIDE CONNECTOR AS USB
SECURE:R050715
CPS:HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL
OK
Do this test and report back with your findings.
Having issues running putty, i can open a session but cant type on the terminal screen
wgbecks
Active Member
That is a normal response when you're typing in the blind on terminal sessions that do not echo characters back as they are being typed.
Try it again, the radio will respond per my original post if communications with the VOCON is still functional.
You may have to retry once or twice being there is no terminal echo. Just lock the CAP's on and type slowly. Don't forget to try the higher
baud rate of 115200 if you don't get any response at 9600 baud.
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