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franko

A while back, I wanted to change some B5 800 Maxtracs to do one trunk sys. and one conventional. While researching this, eacradio provided me with the following info: "The five pin logic board will only do a conventional channel as a B4 model. That unit had a T/A in place of Sub B. You have to ...

franko

Bat Wing,

I want to thank you and all involved with this for not only all the time and hard work that you put into this great idea,but also for making it available here.

I am looking forward to getting it working with my setup.

Much thanks and best regards,

Franko

franko

Thanks EKS, I too have been hoping that Bat Wing or anyone else involved with this might see this and respond also. Hopefully that may still happen. Reading the Trunker documentation, it does look like it puts out RS232 to control the RX freq,but I have no clear Idea as to how to implement this to t...

franko

EKS, thanks for your reply.

If it is possible to program a PIC to have Trunker control a maxtrac 800, can you give me some guidance on how to do this?

This seems like something many here might find useful, especially me.

Thanks much,
FC

franko

I appologize, I did not mean for the entire thread to be posted.Just the part with the quote and my question.

I screwed up

FC

franko

[quote="Bat Wing"] With 800MHz Maxtracs so cheap these days, and the lack of cheap, quality, computer controlled scanners, I need someone to develop a PIC to interface a computer to the PLL in a Maxtrac (receive only). Hi all, I would like to know if anyone ever got this working. I've just...

franko

These are the ones I've used for just that, tiny green axial lead:

Mouser part # 5761-51002 2 amp

Mouser part # 5761-51001 1 amp

Good luck,
Franko

franko

I don't know about the 820, but if you decide to use an mtx800 as Will suggested, the disc. can be found on pin 5 of J2 on the controller board.

This is according to the mtx800 service manual.

Franko

franko

Great!
I'll upload it to the database again but this time I'll use the serial number as name.

The maxtracs were the only other cp's I tried.

Thanks alot!

Franko

franko

I renamed it to indicate it is a portable (H), even though I know it's in the GTX portable category. Also I saw where the 800 maxtrac CP's were named MAXTRK80.B7 etc. which is not a serial number. I not only tried the one I sent but also the maxtrac CP's with no luck with them either. I have noticed...

franko

Has anyone else been able to download and succefully use a CP from this database ?

I've tried everything I can think of !

Thanks for any help

franko

I changed it in the RSS (F2 radio wide).

I only changed the last four digits to 0000.

Thanks

franko

Thanks Todd, I think I did exactly as you said but i'll try again. I also tried entering the ser. # and the add archive with no luck. A while back someone was nice enough to send me a maxtrac B4 CP, and I did the "add archive" routine from a floppy on drive a:\ where I had downloaded the B...

franko

Hi all, I want to thank those who made this database available and those who have contributed CP's to it. I have uploaded a CP for a GTX portable 800 to the site and have some others I want to contribute. But before I send anymore I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly. To check, I downloade...

franko

Hi,
can someone tell me the difference of MTX900 and MTX900(s)?

thanks

franko

Hi Monty,
I guess I was editing the link out at the same time you were moderating it.

I sincerely appologize for the mistake.

best regards

franko

hey code3,
thanks, I was so amazed someone would be offering this, I forgot about the links rules.

I think this forum is great and would NEVER intentionally do anything to cause harm here!

Thanks very much.

Best regards to the board,
Franko

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franko

hi,
in my rss this is F9 - F3 and set the system auth files to the directory where your system key is.

franko

or try this site: http://www.genesisworld.com/StolenRadios/default.htm
I've never used it but it looks like that's what it's for.

franko

franko

i think the feeling is mutual all across the batboard; that i think FREE info is great! im glad i can try to help people out in here and i can be helped myself! i think it is great that this is what this site is all about!

RIGHT ON !

franko

Throwing it away would be too easy,that's a big part of why I like all this so much...it's not always easy and that 's the challenge. Sometimes i get it right and sometimes i don't,but i learn from every radio i "mess with" and hopefully some of the things I ask about might help others who...

franko

Hi group, As per my previous posts concerning the MTX900s,this is where i'm at: I took the radio to a guy who had MTX810 LABTOOL and used his computer and was able to read the mtx "which is amazing to me considering that this is a MTX900s". I made some changes to the cp (sys ID,added 1 con...

franko

Hi Bill,

I checked my cable that goes between the comp and the RIB and pins 8 and 9 are not connected to each other at the DB9. Should these be connected when using the Polaris PA1 ?

Also my prog cable does have the 3 wires you mention.

Thanks for the help

franko

Hi, Well in line with Monty's reply I plan to get another RIB. But I also tried to turn off EMM386 and the comp said EMM386 driver not loaded so I turned HIMEM to low in config.sys,restarted and it still didn't work. So I think that maybe it's the rib and/or possibly 25mhz is too fast for this sw. U...

franko

I thought that with LAB the age didn't matter,guess I was wrong.
Yeah,I did check the COM setting and even tried COM 2 just to be sure. If you think of anything else please let me know.

Todd,Thanks for your reply and help,
Franko

franko

Hi all,
OK,one more important question for now...
I have access to MTX900S LABTOOL which is what i've been trying to read the radios without success,(POWER FAULT).

The question is, when using LABTOOL,is a "dongle" like that shown on Bat required ?

Thanks to the board,
franko

franko

Yeah,but basically what I was asking is if the "M" cable has additional wire(s) that might be needed to prog an MTX900s HT that is not needed for the MTX800 HT's ?

Thanks

franko

even though it works on all these other radios ?
Thanks

franko

Hi,
In reference to my previous post (Programming Problem),according to Bat,many HT's such as HT600,MTX800,MTX900 etc. all use the same cable. "RTK4205C"

Does someone have the pinouts for this cable so it can be compared to my homemade cable ?

Thanks again,F.C.

franko

Hi all, I keep trying to read several MTX900S units with the proper SW and keep getting "POWER FAILURE" message. I'm using the following platform: COMPAQ 486 25MHZ DOS 6.22 ONLY POLARIS PA-1 RIB HOMEMADE CABLE I made this cable a couple of years ago per Batlab info for MTX800,s and have us...

franko

Well, I tried mtx810 rss ver.2.02 and instantly got the following: "validation error" "invalid radio software version number" so i tried mtx820s rss ver.1.02 and each time it would read the radio up to about 40% and then this message would display: "nack error" one more...

franko

Hi ,
can someone identify this (mtx800?) model and also what version of sw is required ?

H25HFA51C3BN

Thanks and "Happy Thanksgiving"

Franko

franko

here is the only site i know of : http://www.genesisworld.com/MotorolaMod ... ecoder.htm

not as much info here as i would like,but works as a general guide.

franko

ok,Thanks for your help

franko

Hi,
does anyone know if the maxtrac 100/300 service manual also
covers the maxtrac 800 trunking models ?

Thanks and best regards

franko

I buy my cameras and multiplexers etc. from http://www.cctvoutlet.com. But wherever you buy from,I highly recomend that you broadcast your surveilance images to all tv's in your home using an modulator. If you have cable service, or coax to your tv outlets, you can inject the output of the modulator...

franko

Well that explains why I coudn't find pin 1 in my VCO.I kept thinking I just wasn't seeing it and so I got my jewlers loup (10X) and looked some more. Oh well,I've had a good laugh about it now. Thanks for your last post clearing this up Nand, and I just got your e-mail this morning. Best regards to...

franko

Nand,
Thanks for your help and please check your private messages.

franko

Maybe someone can point it out from here:
http://www.batlabs.com/max900a.html

franko

Hi, In another thread "maxtrac EEPROM question" Nand told how to make a HLF4095B RF board do talkaround. I don't have a maxtrac service manual yet so would someone inform me as to the location of VCO module (U201)on a maxtrac model D35MQA5GB5BK.I thought it might have been printed on the P...

franko

Nand,
This is the maxtrac mod I've been looking for.I'll give this a try and post results back as I think others will find your idea useful as well.

Thanks and best regards

franko

Nand,is that the only difference?
I thought that some other RF components may be wrong for the higher TX range.If that is the only difference,I'll add the proper transistor and be set!

franko

Hi, I just recently converted a B5 with a B4 codeplug by blanking the logic board and re-initializing as a B4. Everyting went perfect, with the help of some great members of this forum.However,it did not TX because of not having the correct RF board. That is, no TX in the range I needed to do talkar...

franko

This is a maxtrac 800mhz model #D35MWA5GC3AK
Just wondering how it differs from the other maxtracs.
Thanks for any info,
franko

franko

today when I blanked the board in my maxtrac I got similar tones.
it stopped after initializing the board.

maybe that's what your's needs.

franko

franko

If I remember correctly,I think pins 15 and 16 must be connected together.

franko

Hi,

The RF board "is" HLF4095B.
Can this board be modified to enable T/A?

franko

O.K.,thanks to Danny being nice enough to send me a B4 cp. this is where I'm at... I got the B4 cp loaded into the rss as an archive,made changes to trunking and conv. modes to match the other units. Blanked and initialized the D35MQA5GB5BK unit as a B4. Now the trunking mode will tx and rx fine... ...

franko

Hi, The model # for motorola trunking I,II and IIi capable GTX is M11UGD6CB1AN. For LTR GTX it is M11UGD6CU1AN. These are for 800mhz. You can check on this at batlabs.com/gtx.html I personally don't know if they can be converted or not but I'm sure a LTR unit won't work on Type I,II or IIi systems. ...

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