How To Program Motorola Radius Cm300 - Download Free Apps
More How To Program Motorola Radius Cm300 - Download Free Apps videos. Motorola Radius programming instructions using Windows. Learn how to program your Motorola Radius GM300/GR300/M10/M120/M130 with DosBox and RSS.
Cables Required to Program the Motorola Radius The cables and connectors required to program your Motorola Radius will vary from computer to computer. If you have a newer model computer, chances are that you do not have a serial port. If you have an older model computer, you are probably in luck. To see if you have a serial port on your computer, look at the connections for a port labeled 'Serial'.
It will have nine pins and look like the picture below. If you do have a serial port, you do not need to purchase the USB Serial Port Adapter.
If you don't have a serial port on your computer, don't panic! It just means one more cable and a little more time spent in adjusting the settings.
Either way you will need to get a for the Motorola Radius. One end will be a DB9/RS232 female. The other end will be a RJ45 male. Computers without serial ports will also need a.
- Some cheap USB serial port adapters do not work to program your Motorola Radius. I had to trash two different USB serial port adapters before I found one that worked for me. I do not know if the one that works on my computer will work on your computer. With that being said, the USB serial port adapter I use is a.
Hema Tek Slide Stainer Manual here. Software Required to Program the Motorola Radius There are two different software programs (that I know of) you can use to change the settings in your Motorola Radius. RadioDoctor (can be downloaded by joining the ), and the.
I will cover RadioDoctor in a future article. The Motorola Radio Service Software needs to be run on DOS. If you already have access to DOS, great! If not, you need to download and install a DOS-emulator. Is compatible with many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X and more. Getting Setup to Program the Motorola Radius The first thing you need to do is get your hardware setup.
Plug in your USB Serial Port Adapter to your computer. Attach the Motorola programming cable to the Radius and the USB Serial Port Adapter. Note: If you have an existing serial port on your computer, just plug your Motorola programming cable into your Radius and the computer's serial port. We now need to make sure that the USB Serial Port Adapter has been assigned port COM1 or COM2. This can be accomplished by checking the Device Manager. The Device Manager can be accessed by bringing up the Start Menu and typing 'Device Manager' in the Search Programs and Files area. Configuring DOSBox to Run Motorola RSS • Download and install DOSBox if you have not done so yet.
• Click the 'Start Menu' and in the 'Search Programs and Files' area, type and select 'DOSBox Options'. • Your default text editor will open with the DOSBox conf file. Change the the conf files 'serial' settings to: [serial] serial1=directserial realport:COM1 serial2=disabled serial3=disabled serial4=disabled Note: Make sure if you are using COM2 that you change the above to: [serial] serial1=directserial realport:COM2 serial2=disabled serial3=disabled serial4=disabled • Change the the conf files 'autoexec' settings to: [autoexec] mount d c: gm300v.5 d: GM300.EXE • Save the DOSBox conf file and exit your text editor. Starting Motorola's Radio Service Software Now it's time to see if we did so far is correct. Let's start DOSBox and see what happens. You should see a welcome screen that tells you to push any button, and then the following screen below. If you see this screen above, congratulate yourself!
You have successfully configured DOSBox to run Motorola's Radio Service Software. Now comes the part that just about everyone has trouble with... Getting your Motorola Radius to communicate with your computer.
Cheap programming cables, and too fast of a CPU speed (on your computer/DOSBox) are the main cause of this problem. We already discussed what cables worked for me. Now let's go over how to slow down the CPU speed. Slowing Down the CPU Speed in DOSBox While DOSBox is running, hold down the 'Ctrl' key and press 'F11' until the CPU Speed (displayed in the title bar) reaches somewhere around 191 cycles. If you went too far, hold down the 'Ctrl' key and press 'F12' to raise the speed back up.