[arm-allstar] Dosbox

[Chris Viningre]

It was the same serial to USB cable that I use on all my maxtrc. I'll
double check and see if it is FTDI.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 11:18 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> 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
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