[arm-allstar] Dosbox

[Patrick Perdue]

Speaking of FTDI:

I just recently tried programming a Motorola HT1000 from hamvoip-dosbox 
with what is supposed to be an FTDI USB cable.

It shows up as such with lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices 
International, Ltd FT232 Serial (UART) IC

Using a DB9 to HT1000 cable, I got serial console errors as soon as I 
turned on the radio, and the HT1000 RSS couldn't communicate with the radio.
So, do I have a bad HT1000 cable, or a bad/fake FTDI converter?
I've tried this combination with three radios.
I have successfully used dosbox to program a Motorola Radius SM50 using 
a USB to RJ45 with an FTDI cable I found on Ebay. I didn't even need to 
use the hamvoip specific dosbox build for that. It ran fine with stock 
dosbox on my Windows computer.
As I am blind, I can't use x11 terminals, but on Windows, I can use an 
old dos screen reader and com0com with some software to provide speech 
over a virtual serial port using eSpeak. I could probably do this using 
a second FTDI cable if I had one (tried a PL2303A and it didn't go so 
well) and a hardware speech box, so long as I can get a x11 window to 
launch in the first place. The recommended Windows software is almost 
entirely screen reader inaccessible, unsurprisingly. I had a friend 
remote into my machine when attempting to program my radios the other day.

On 12/18/2019 1:17 AM, "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> 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
>> 70 W. Roadrunner
>> Salt Flat, Texas 79847
>> C:(915) 504-1510
>> Website: ws5b.com <http://ws5b.com>
>> chrisviningre at gmail.com
>> chris at ws5b.com
>> Ham Radio Call Sign: WS5B
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