[arm-allstar] Dosbox

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

   I have no idea if anyone has ever successfully tested the Spectra dosbox
SW. I have a Spectra but had a friend with real Motorola HW program it. I
did not have the cable to do it and figured for one radio it would not be
worth my time to build or buy it. So before you pull your hair out see if
anyone else was successful programming the Spectra using the dosbox SW on
the Pi.

Most all all Spectra cables out there use real serial ports DB9 or DB25. I
don't know whether it will work with a USB to serial cable but in any case
it must be FTDI.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 7:24 PM "Chris Viningre via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I hope someone might be able to help me with programming a Motorola Spectra
> using dosbox within hamvoip. I use it often to programs my Maxtracs but for
> some reason I cant get it to program a Spectra. The differences are that I
> have to use a rib box because I cant find a rib-less cable for the Spectra.
> The cable I use is one I built using the information at
> http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/spectra/spectra-prgm-cable.html .
> I have tested and used the rib box on another radio that was a Windows base
> program but without using a serial to usb adapter. My setup will connect to
> the radio and go tn to programming mode, but kicks back an error. ( serial
> bus failure: protocol error) I'm lost on were to go from hear.
>
> Chris Viningre
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