Radio service software most, if not all, motorola 2way radios can be programmed by means of a dedicated purposewritten piece of software. Now comes the part that just about everyone has trouble with. These units are capable of both apco 25 p25 and analog operation, along with mdc. Motorola discontinued products are no longer available but information is available for your motorola radio. I found an old motorola maxtrac in a parts truck i bought. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Programming cable for motorola spectra astro vhfuhf mobile radiosconnects directly to pc serial port, no special programmeradapter required. Jun 19, 2016 this feature is not available right now. You may have to retune the vco solder across the lazer cuts a bit to cause the radio to lock on freqs below 440.
You may have to retune the vco to get the radio to lock on. The older versions of spectra software wouldnt allow a 450512 version to go below 449mhz. The real motorola rib and the exact clones have additional circuitry that takes care of this task, along with circuits that handle interfaces with the more complex radios, such as the syntor x9000, spectra, astro spectra, and mts series. This page deals with programming a standard saber i, ii or iii handheld radio. A look at the motorola customer programming software. Be aware that the only real way to be sure of which split you have is to read the radio using the rss software and see what it tells you. I need to program my motorola spectra vhf, but cant find the software anywhere. Id like to program some channels into it with a windows 7 computer and dosbox. The upper left box always displays motorola radio service software and the radios make and model, once a code plug has been read. The code plug contains the radios model and serial number, which the rss checks for, so motorola made it difficult to use any other code plug than the one that came with the radio. We do not sell, trade, barter, swap, slip, drop, borrow, lend or sneak software. If you see this screen above, congratulate yourself. My first issue, is im having trouble identifying the radio because the id tag is all worn off.
I use it as a base station with a diamond x50 antenna. An overview of the motorola radio service software rss, the radio interface box rib, their history, problems and some solutions. And despite how much one would like, one wont work on the. I dont know if the software will let you program more than 160 modes into the zone lists though, under the radio wide information the software still reports 160. Rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio. On motorola page look for rss for new gm series radios and rss for motorola trunking professional radio for latin america. Ht, ht50, ht600, mt, mtsx, p110, p200, quantar, r100ham, radm100, specham, spectra this method does. Be aware that this uses a supplied custom compiled dosbox which works with the ftdi controller to supply the required custom baudrates that the motorola radios require. If you tried to read that mcs2000 with, for example, the rss that is for the radius, gm300, spectra, gtx, maratrac, mtr, msf, gp300. The manuals with bold part numbers are the ones i have actually checked. The spectra rss has fields in the radiowide screen that tell you how many trunking systems, fleets, and conventional modes you may have. Unlike most other cables, no rib radio interface box, batteries or 25pin adapter is required, this connects directly to pc or laptop. You have successfully configured dosbox to run motorolas radio service software. Motorola astro spectra railroad vhf 142174mhz mobile.
Option w308casp is a flat audio option where tx audio and rx audio and ptt are put on the 15 pin connector. Each series of radios for example the spectra, the radius and the maxtrac have their own rss. Unlike most other cables, no rib radio interface box, batteries or 25pin adapter is required, this connects directly to pc or. Motorola micom2 radio service software rss for stx restricted to lab use. I have some more questions as i have a astro spectra, a non astro spectra and some mtx9000s. The specific radio service software rss packages that covers your radios. I am looking for any rss software that you may have that is compatible with the newer nextel handsets. I have a vhf mt2000 model h01kdh9aa7an what is the appropriate software, rss, or cps. Every so often we at repeaterbuilder get a copy in anonymous email.
Motorola changed the way they organize service manuals for the spectra radio models. Id like to see that red blue green csucker put one of those together, ducttapin it. To protect against illegal software copying andor radio upgrades, motorola is implementing toolproofing into the mts2000 radio at the florida factory beginning 22795. Discussion in ham equipment started by kd8hmo, jan 2, 2018. You can reach it by pressing the f10 key as many times as needed to get back to it. You may have to retune the vco to get the radio to lock on freqs below 440. Motorola hacking software howardforums is a discussion board dedicated to mobile phones with over 1,000,000 members and growing. Firmware rom images for radio and radio related products by manufacture. In this page you find schematic, users and instructions manuals, service manuals, technical supplement, leaf leads and other good stuff. Every type of radio, and sometime even every individual model, requires its own rss. This article assumes that you have read the other background articles listed on. What you have to do is get your hands on a copy of the mt2000 lab rss. Motorola requires a software license agreement for most motorola twoway radio software programs.
Programming with radio service software rss repeater builder. For your convenience howardforums is divided into 7 main sections. Motorola astro spectra service manual pdf download. A picture of what you have would be very helpful, and the model number off of the siren amp will also be very helpful as some siren amps dont work well with the newer motorola lines like the apx and xtl line. Radio dimensions the spectra and astro spectra radios have the following dimensions h x w x d. This manual contains all the information required to parameters controlled by the radios microprocessor. If you have a mcs2000 mobile it uses rss made for that radio. Rss for motorola saber system rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio, version 03. These products may no longer be manufactured or available for sale, but here youll find information on how to upgrade, replace or repair your product. List of motorola programming software part user guide 68041j52 motorola, the stylized m logo, astro, and commport are registered in. In some situations these fields can be changed by you, so you can reduce the trunking mode limits and raise the conventional mode limits. My converted motorola spectra worldwidedx radio forum. On tait page look for schematic for t2000 programmator.
The result is many existing upgrade tools pcon plus, depot rss, lab rss, etc. List of motorola programming software part numbers. This demo uses an xt420 radio connected to a pc using the official usb programming cable. Motorola astro spectra uhf 40 watts 128 ch 450482 mhz w5 ham remote mount 5 out of 5 stars 1 product rating 1 product ratings motorola astro spectra uhf 40 watts 128 ch 450482 mhz w5 ham remote mount. Does anyone have the ability to id this radio by sight. An overview of the motorola radio service software rss. On the philips page look for rss for pf752, pf762, fm710, fm715. I need to program my motorola spectra vhf, but can. Desktrac series base station control station repeater ver.
Luckily, motorola has written an extensive and clear manual for the saber rss. The older versions of spectra software wouldnt allow a 450512 mhz radio to go below 449mhz. This is the 110w trunk mount with the system 9000 control head. I believe i have found that you need to buy a new usbserial adapter with drivers for win 10. The xts 5000 portable radio is no longer manufactured, however accessories and replacement parts may be available.
Batlabs is the best motorola site and their spectra page is the best source of information on this that i know of. If you have a radius mobile it uses radius mobile rss. Service aids for astro digital spectra plus boardlevel troubleshooting motorola description application part number 3085001d01 programming flash cable used with tuner software, cps, and flashport rvn4185 customer programming programming and radio alignment software on cd software and tuner software table 47. It describes the use of the software in a clear way and gives detailed information and examples of the many options that can be programmed with the rss. These are 50 watt, 99 ch with a band split of 142174. An overview of the motorola radio service software rss, the. I have one maxtrac converted and while getting to work took quite some time the final mod is not that bad. Radio service software most, if not all, motorola 2way radios can be programmed by means of a dedicated purposewritten piece of software, called radio service software or rss for short. New listing motorola spectra astro vhf uhf 800 mhz head units microphone antennas cables lot. Rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio, version 03. The detailed service manual has the component level schematics for the vhf, uhf, 800 mhz and 900 mhz radios. One thing we dont want is people asking for rss and other software.
The latest rss of spectra allows programming to 440. Motorola maxtrac programming with windows 7 and dosbox. May 25, 2008 the motorola spectra model is now at end of life and i believe that support is ending shortly. Schaumburg gx300 rus rss for rpm, mrm, and info tac devices desktrac series base station control station repeater ver. The end of the vrs model number aasp02, awsp02, basp02 and bwsp02 will determine which manuals are needed.
Okay, your talking to a ham who up until a year ago would tell you kenwood or yaesu stuff is just as good plus i dont need to dig out the computer and programming software every time i want to change something i love my vfo knob. On relm page look for software for relm 101, 300, 301, 302, repeater. For product availability please contact your local motorola dealer. Motorola maxtrac lab motorola fm 900 902 concersion.
Moto maintains an rss versus radio list on their dealer web site. The spectra series mobile twoway radio is no longer manufactured, however accessories and replacement parts may be available. This is the reason many units of this model are appearing in surplus ebay, public safetymunicipal sales, etc. 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 msf5000, ht600, radius, maxtrac, spectra, maratrac, gm300, gtx. Introduction to rss and radio programming by robert w. Motorola requires a software license agreement for most motorola twoway. A beginners guide to radio programming and motorola radio service software rss up one level rss page up two. Other clones have difficulty in knowing when to send and when to listen. One of the sticking points of using these radios has been the programming which required access to the software and more importantly a computer and hardware that was able to do it. These are preloaded with the aar 99 railroad frequencies. Download32 is source for motorola spectra shareware, freeware download synccell for motorola, nidesoft dvd to motorola converter, nidesoft motorola video converter, boston red sox theme for motorola q, boston college theme for motorola q, etc. I will not distribute copies of software to anyone who asks for it you really dont want to see motorolas software licensing agreement, its many pages long and very scary. Mar 21, 2015 click the start menu and in the search programs and files area, type and select dosbox options. Rss for motorola gm300 radio, you can program 40 channels to gm300 with this rss.
Batlabs is the best motorola site and their spectra page is. The model numbers are identical and will not indicate which split the radio is talking the spectra here, the astro spectra may indicate. The other manual numbers come from spectra manuals or the accesspoint web site. Mar 04, 2015 during the almost 10years that i owned the motorola reconditioning center for the southcentral united states, i personally stamped the model number, transmitter id, and a special serial number indicating that the unit was reconditioned on literally thousands of motorola commercial twoway equipment. All timings and configurations have been preset and so far have worked with all tested radios. The motorola programming packages run under this msdos environment. This is my mid 90s motorola spectra converted to 2m.
But a little more information is needed to provide you with the answers youre looking for. The cps is now capable of programming and flashing the xtl5000. In all honesty, having motorola make programming cables dedicated to usb is probably the best option out there. If you have some stuff that not is listed here you can donate this by contact mods. Note that there is a limit to the number of files you can download. Motorola cps software walkthrough and tutorial youtube. Quality allinone professionalgrade replacement for motorola rib box and programming cable. They can be modified for 30w if you want to spend the money for the pa and take the time for that 3db. To obtain motorola software see the sticky in the motorola forum.
The spectra rss has fields in the radiowide screen that tell you how. This is a motorola astro spectra railroad vhf 50 watts 142174 mhz clean cab p25 mobile radio, model number r04kkh9pw4an. You use this to put in the frequencies lab will not let you program out of band. I did have the above mentioned issue with the win10 machine not recognizing the comm port i had the usbserial adapter plugged into. They are split into a large detailed service manual and and smaller basic service manuals. It was built to allow extended 900mhz channel ranges. Get the best deals on motorola astro spectra when you shop the largest online selection at.