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Saber Bricked During Programming?
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They don't like fast computers. AT ALL.
I've had success using Rufus DOS on a thumb drive with all of my programs on it. Plug it in so the computer boots to the thumb drive; I haven't had any problems so far using a Toughbook.
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Thanks to everyone who chimed in to this thread. Sorry for the long delay in following up.
I was able to read the radio using DosBox (slowed down to 77 ‘ticks’) on my regular (fast) computer, so I don’t think it’s dead. RSS said the code plug was corrupted, which I expected. I haven’t tried to write to the radio again.
Are the tuning values stored in the code plug? If so, I lucked out as the very first thing I did was download and save the code plug, prior to messing with it.
I’ve been properly chastised at this point and will either send it off to someone to program, if I can find someone, or continue searching for a 386 or 486 that I can run DOS on. Unfortunately, working PCs from that era cost “retro” money. If anyone has a lead on someone with the right gear to program, and the know how and willingness to do the work to program a 146-174 model with ham frequencies (144-148), please drop me a PM (if such things are allowed - if not, I’ll edit this post).
I was able to read the radio using DosBox (slowed down to 77 ‘ticks’) on my regular (fast) computer, so I don’t think it’s dead. RSS said the code plug was corrupted, which I expected. I haven’t tried to write to the radio again.
Are the tuning values stored in the code plug? If so, I lucked out as the very first thing I did was download and save the code plug, prior to messing with it.
I’ve been properly chastised at this point and will either send it off to someone to program, if I can find someone, or continue searching for a 386 or 486 that I can run DOS on. Unfortunately, working PCs from that era cost “retro” money. If anyone has a lead on someone with the right gear to program, and the know how and willingness to do the work to program a 146-174 model with ham frequencies (144-148), please drop me a PM (if such things are allowed - if not, I’ll edit this post).
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When you read and store the codeplug the tuning values are contained in the CP. However, you can only see them by reading the radio in the service screen. I would highly suggest writing the values down on paper so that you can verify them later. The deviation and modulation comp values are pretty important as tuning them later is a big hassle.
When writing a codeplug to a radio you will get the choice of writing the RSS tuning values into the radio or retaining the radio tuning values. Your default should be to retain the radios native tuning values. The exception would be if you have just read that specific radio and wish to change a value in the RSS service menu. Then indeed your only option is to write the new tuning values into the radio.
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