MEDIC135
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Just throwing this out there to see if anyone may be able to give me some insight on my issue.
So I just got a used Motorola Astro Spectra W5 VHF Mid Power radio. I also bought the ignition cable with speaker cable and DB25 to Rib connector. When connecting the radio to my computer which runs on XP OS, the radio goes into Program Mode with “1 CSQ” on the screen but my computer says “Computer failed to read radio”. I haven’t had this issue in the past with other Astro Spectras which leads me to believe this is possibly a cable issue. I’ve looked at the pins on the DB15 side to make sure all were there and they are. I’ve ordered a separate cable deticated to just programming of the radio. It’s NOT a usb/serial cable either. It still requires a rib-box.
If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!!
So I just got a used Motorola Astro Spectra W5 VHF Mid Power radio. I also bought the ignition cable with speaker cable and DB25 to Rib connector. When connecting the radio to my computer which runs on XP OS, the radio goes into Program Mode with “1 CSQ” on the screen but my computer says “Computer failed to read radio”. I haven’t had this issue in the past with other Astro Spectras which leads me to believe this is possibly a cable issue. I’ve looked at the pins on the DB15 side to make sure all were there and they are. I’ve ordered a separate cable deticated to just programming of the radio. It’s NOT a usb/serial cable either. It still requires a rib-box.
If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!!
Motorola Astro Spectra Manual
The high (100W) Spectra/Spectra 9000 and mid power Spectras have 2 DB25 jacks on the trunk mount versions. Htri xist tutorial. One is for the control head cable, the second can be used for a second control head, as well as programming. Remote mount versions of the lower-power Spectras can have one or two DB25F connectors on the front panel. Motorola ASTRO Spectra. The ASTRO Spectra is a digital version of the regular analog Spectra. Not all ASTRO spectras are 'flashed' for digital. To see what options are installed on a particular radio, visit the Flashcode Decoder. Radio is capable of 255 channels (or modes).