I have 7 XTS5000 800mhz radios from surplus that I program with the OEM programming cable (RKN4105A) over usb. It worked just fine for all radios. then i have recently bought a VHF XTS5000 that would not detect the radio even tho everything is the same, host version and DSP and CPS. but my friend is able to program it just fine with some $15 cheap Chinese cable. so why cant the OEM cable work but some random COM one can and how do i get it to work. Any thoughts????
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XTS5000 programming cables
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Either the housing pins are dirty or connection isn't occurring on your cable due to that. Try cleaning the vhf port and see how it does. If all fails next step would be to swap one of the 800 housings with that one to see if it resolved error which you'd need new housing with the clean non worn contacts.
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