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Copy the Maxtrac software to the thumb drive; Boot the drive from the programming PC; Run the Maxtrac RSS; Check the configuration, make sure the correct serial port is selected; Attempt to read the radio; With my setup I did not need Mo'Slo or any other CPU speed-reducing program. The laptop in question was a Dell Latitude D, with a Core 2. One way to program a Motorola MAXTRAC is to use a older slower computer with a serialport on it. Another way is to use DOSBox to emulate a computer running DOS, it is also possible to emmulate a slow computer.. I did this from a PIII Laptop @ 1Ghz running Windows XP, but other operating systems are also possible to use, but in some cases these instructions needs to be modified. · We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request. To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum. The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software.
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This article assumes that you have read the other background articles listed on the index page. Most Motorola radios built since the mid to late s base stations, repeaters, mobiles, portables, and even pagers are synthesized and programmable. This means they don't use individual crystals to determine the transmit and receive frequencies.
Also, these and other parameters can be altered without complex and difficult internal component changes. The Personal Computer PC has become the instrument of choice for programming radio parameters. This article will not initially cover the CPS product because I have never owned or tried to program a radio that used it. Other manufacturers have their own proprietary software and programming interfaces. This article is limited to Motorola products. These systems, frequencies, and motorola maxtrac programming software free download parameters are often private or business-related and motorola maxtrac programming software free download not currently used in the amateur radio bands.
RSS limits access to many trunking-related fields to authorized personnel service shops and system administrators by using coded System Key files. Just what kinds of things can be programmed into these radios? Certainly many items are common to all radios: transmit and receive frequencies there could be several depending on the radiocoded squelch PL or DPL for the receiver as well as a similar scheme for the transmitter, transmit time-out limits, squelch settings, minimum volume level, motorola maxtrac programming software free download, trunking parameters, signaling methods MDC, DTMFetc.
Some of these parameters are often grouped together and shared among several different operator-selectable channels; Motorola calls these "modes" and on some radios, one mode can be shared among several channels. For the most part, modes and channels are synonymous and the names are often used interchangeably. On occasion, a few of these parameters can also be selected separately via the radio's control panel: Multiple PL MPLscanning, zones groups of modes or channelsetc.
Some parameters are limited to servicing the radio: output power, deviation, frequency, current limiting, etc, motorola maxtrac programming software free download. Motorola refers to all of this information, that's unique to each radio, as a "code plug". This term comes from an earlier period when certain parameters were actually selected by inserting a factory-coded plug into a socket in the radio. The name stuck, even though a lot more information is now included in the code plug.
By the way, some literature will spell this as one word: "codeplug". In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission FCC is given the task of regulating radio signals there's motorola maxtrac programming software free download something similar in your country.
One of their rules and regulations states that the transmitting frequency of a commercial land-mobile radio may not be changeable motorola maxtrac programming software free download the user through a front panel control.
This means a two-way radio must be limited in such a way that the operator can only select pre-determined frequencies, such as crystal-controlled channels or some means of external programming.
Most amateur two-way radios ARE frequency-agile and have knobs and controls that let the operator choose any transmit and receive frequency the radio is capable of, rather than the more restrictive method in use by commercial radios. So what's actually needed to program one of these radios? Obviously you need a radio. You also need a computer IBM-compatible desktop with keyboard and monitor, or a laptop. You need programming software installed or loaded on that computer.
Last but not least, you need to connect the radio and computer together. One or more signals are used by the radio for programming purposes. The information is transferred with one or more serial data lines. This connection is often implemented through specific pins in a microphone or accessory jack on the radio. There's no standard connection; it varies by series.
Motorola radios don't all use the same programming signals. To deal with this, Motorola designed a Radio Interface Box RIB with the ability to convert the variety of radio programming signals into serial port signals that PCs could use. This is a 9V battery-powered device that converts various radio signal levels into RS serial port levels.
An external, V motorola maxtrac programming software free download supply may also be used to power the RIB. Unique programming cables have a connector on one end that fits the radio, and a DB25F connector at the other end that plugs into the RIB. The programming signals and some jumpers are wired to specific pins at the RIB end. They could be either 9-pin newer or pin older male connectors on the back of your computer.
Motorola sold two RIB-to-computer cables to deal with this situation. The RIB and its cables, or a functionally equivalent, purpose-built, circuit is a necessary component of the Motorola radio programming environment.
Some kind of interface between the radio and the PC is necessary. These are built to provide the same functionality as the RIB and its two cables, but they do it all in one purpose-built cable that plugs into both the radio and the PC.
The electronic parts are usually contained in the DE-9 connector shell. The designs vary, and some cables don't work with all computers. These are initially less expensive than a real RIB and one set of cables.
Sooner or later, you may obtain or need to program a radio that requires a different RIB-to-radio cable, and your RIBless cable will be useless. Of course, hindsight is ; if you think you'll ever have more than one type of radio to program, invest in a RIB right from the beginning and make or buy radio-specific cables as needed.
Some newer desktop computers and most laptops have eliminated their serial and parallel ports. This is because new manufacturers don't write device drivers - small pieces of software that interface the unique hardware to the operating system - that support MS-DOS any more.
So if you have an older computer with a real serial port, motorola maxtrac programming software free download, hold on to it. The older radios are programmed with products called RSS. There are different software packages for each model series of radio.
It is rare for one package to program unrelated models. Most of these older programs will NOT work on a system that has been booted to any version of Windows or Linux operating system.
Many RSS packages will seem to run but give you strange errors, and in some cases they can even corrupt the code plug in the radio. After you turn one radio into a brick - an expensive and useless hunk of plastic and cast metal - you'll soon realize the error of your ways.
Some computer systems may have a mouse driver that works in DOS. BAT files. If a lot of computer time is spent servicing mouse movements when RSS is running, you have an increased risk of turning the radio into a brick while writing a code motorola maxtrac programming software free download. The newer radios are programmed with a product called CPS.
These are all designed to run under some version of a Windows operating system. Some won't run under Vista. See the RSS articles in this section for more information about that process. Make sure the computer you will be using for radio programming has the appropriate disk drive in it.
Save that old or computer that you were getting ready to throw away, especially if it has a real serial port built into it. So you need a radio, a way to power it up bench power supply, battery, AC power, etc.
The following diagrams show how this is accomplished with various systems. Many mobile radios get programmed via the front panel MIC jack. Note that this diagram shows a wall-wart power supply for the RIB and also a power supply to operate the radio. Portable radios usually have a programming port on the side or back of the radio.
The following diagram is for a GTX portable. An adapter, which is part of the RIB-to-radio cable, fits onto the back of the radio. Other radios may use an external microphone connector. You may notice that all of these diagrams have motorola maxtrac programming software free download things in common. Some show the RIB power supply, motorola maxtrac programming software free download, which is optional but often handy to motorola maxtrac programming software free download during any programming session.
The main areas of difference are the radio, its power supply if neededand the RIB-to-radio cable. Motorola recommends that you power the RIB from the wall-wart power supply that they provide with their RIB, and only rely on the battery for use out in the field, such as inside a vehicle. I don't have a wall-wart supply and have been using just the internal battery for years with no problems, motorola maxtrac programming software free download.
You might be thinking: "Hey, I've already got a power supply running the radio; can't I just attach two wires from that supply and operate the RIB from it as well? It'll probably work fine until RSS commands the radio to transmit, then amps of current will attempt to find its way through your programming equipment. All of a sudden the radio stops working. You fix the problem and continue the task, but when you finish, you discover the radio won't transmit when you press the microphone's PTT button.
I had a MaxTrac radio on my bench that would not program and would not transmit. Also the volume control had no effect and the volume was always at the maximum level. I trace this to an open ground foil on a circuit board in the control head.
This provides ground for the MIC jack and the volume control, and when it burnt out, the programming wouldn't work my RIB runs on batteryPTT wouldn't work PTT line needs to be grounded to transmitand the volume control was ineffective the bottom end of the control goes to ground.
I added one short insulated wire to repair the ground on the circuit board, motorola maxtrac programming software free download. See the photo below. The radio probably could have been programmed if my RIB and the radio shared the same intact ground signal, but by operating the RIB from battery and using a laptop computer, there is no shared ground.
Thanks go to Scott KBØNLY for relating his experiences with exactly this problem and coming up with the scenario that seems to cause it.
OK, so you've got a radio, something to power it up, a RIB, appropriate cables, and a computer. Now what? First, turn the computer and monitor if necessary on. Most software is configured to use COM1 by default, but will support either port.
It just makes things go a lot easier if you standardize on COM1. Most laptop computers only have one serial port and it would be configured for COM1. Be aware that many IBM laptops can disable the serial ports via their setup routines, or reassign them to modems or infrared communications.
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· Information in this article was obtained from Motorola RSS manuals, RSS program Help screens, and radio service manuals, as well as personal experience programming various radio series (MSF, HT, Radius, MaxTrac, Spectra, MaraTrac, GM, GTX). Some of this documentation exists as PDF files. Copy the Maxtrac software to the thumb drive; Boot the drive from the programming PC; Run the Maxtrac RSS; Check the configuration, make sure the correct serial port is selected; Attempt to read the radio; With my setup I did not need Mo'Slo or any other CPU speed-reducing program. The laptop in question was a Dell Latitude D, with a Core 2. · Motorola Software Update on bit and bit PCs. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (bit and bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from mobile phone tools without restrictions. Motorola Software Update is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
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