Oct 02, 20 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Programming with radio service software rss repeater builder. Motorola and many of the other older radios require a computer running true dos not a dos prompt for the programming software to work. Been thinking about a standalone aprs system in my truck that doesnt use a handheld. If rss, the rib or dos is a new topic to you i suggest that you see the motorola rss and rib page at this web site. Dec 26, 2015 step by step instructions to program a motorola maxtrac radius mobile radio with modern computers and dosbox emulation software. Rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio, version 03. Motorola maxtrac programming with windows 7 and dosbox. Trac and radius lra series, have similar specifications and. Does anyone have the ability to id this radio by sight. Motorola cps rss, other software, firmware, upgrades, hacks, patches, licenses, etc. Radios are programmed with either radio service software rss or. The only downside is that they are older radios, and finding a laptop running dos to program them with is tough. Portland, or metro area motorola maxtrac programming.
He wasnt sure what his father used it for, but it was sitting around in his basement for quite some time. Their internal processor runs a program that is contained in either the. Later got my gm300 programmed with it through rss running in freedos on a modern computer and converted to 40 ch. The primary method of talking to the radios is with motorolas dosbased radio service software rss programs. Motorola radio programming i have tested this cable with a 32 channel uhf maxtrac 300 radio, a computer running motorola rss software for the radio. Motorola maxtrac, radius and gm300 series introductory.
They work well, have good receive sensitivity and are easy to program if you have the rss. I will be trying other types of software such as maxtrac and spectra soon. Programing motorola maxtrac with win7 64 bit quad core and. Got my gm300 programmed using the gui program available through the radio doctor yahoo group. For a easy overview of all the programmable pin configurations on the accessory connector, check out this excel spreadsheet or this image. The maxtrac, radius and gm300 series are programmable radios as opposed to crystal based. One way to program a motorola maxtrac is to use a older slower computer. Mar 21, 2015 click the start menu and in the search programs and files area, type and select dosbox options. Check the configuration, make sure the correct serial port is selected. My first issue, is im having trouble identifying the radio because the id tag is all worn off. Contact your motorola representative or contact your local motorola service center for additional information. The part number of the service manual is 6880102w84 for the maxtrac and it contains info on all models of the radio low, vhf, uhf, and 800 mhz.
Desktrac rss overwrites some parameters that are written by the maxtrac rss. Rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series. I was wondering if i have the right rss for motorola maxtrac 300. This project is a computer to radio interface cable that is used to program several models of mototola vhf and uhf two way radios. And now we are done and can use the software to program the radio. Motorola maxtrac 300 uhf mobile radio amateur radio technical forums. Yes this radio should work in the 440 mhz band, but you will need the lab version of the radio service software to actually enter amateur frequencies. Also works for the icom f300400 series radios f320 f320s f420 f420s which i discovered completely by accident. Under that, you would have directories that are named for the particular radio series.
I found a guy on ebay that programs the radios for a fee however he does not set up repeaters. The motorola radioservice software rss that supports these radio models is maxtrac must be purchased online directly from motorola on line mol to comply with their software licensing regulations and will only communicate with these radios using native dos, or dos started from windows 3. An overview of the motorola radio service software rss. Many times you will have to tweak the power and deviation when you move these radios out of band. You have successfully configured dosbox to run motorolas radio service software. Radius handhelds even have different rss than the radius mobiles. So far i am considering a mobilinkd bluetoothed to the tabletphone used for navigation with gaia, and an old vhf motorola maxtrac. The motorola gm300 can be reprogrammed quite easily to allow use on our amateur radio bands. Motorola gm300 radio doctor download earlystrongwind. If you want to inject audio into your maxtracradius while tuning it up with the rss, you will want to have a look at this schematic. Aug 28, 2010 hi i would like to k now if anyone could help get the code plugs to a motorola maxtrac 300 old d433mja77a3ck masterkeymaster at yahoo dot com.
To deal with this, motorola designed a radio interface box rib with the ability. This is dos software and you need a real serial port. Describe your experience with the motorola maxtrac conventional and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. Motorola maxtrac 100 operating instructions manual pdf download. You will want use the eeprom access feature of this rss aka bit banger which is available by selecting options f2f9 from the main menu. It is used in conjunction with rss radio service software that is purchased from motorola.
The following diagram is for the maxtrac, but radius and gtx radios. The parameters that are written by the maxtrac rss can cause improper desktrac operation. Software cps per radio motorola area dmr file vari area old motorola cps area dmr. Motorola gtxmax638 radio service software rss rvn4150d. Programming cable db9 to radio choose for your radio maxtrac and others motorola radius maxtrac gm300 m1225 cdm1250 cm200 cm300 similar cable from amazon cables for other radios. Programming software for motorola gm300 download here. Rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio, version. Scan the channels in this list are set using the motorola service software.
If you use the fix checksum option f6 the software will correct the. Ive used them and gm300s for link radios and for mobile use before. Programming a motorola maxtrac using dosbox jontas. Hello, i got a couple of motorola maxtrac s and want to program them for gmrs use potentially building a repeater.
The example screenshots shown are for the maxtrac version r06. If you see this screen above, congratulate yourself. The default install location for all packages seems to be in a directory called c. And the version number of the rss is embedded in the programming motorola, maxtrac, maxtrac 100, the radio service software rss documents similar to motorola maxtrac 100300 user manual. The maxtrac and radius rss dont do any checksum checks of the file so you dont have to worry about correcting the checksum later. I looked forward to the project until spending the last 3 days trying to find the maxtrac rss. The software will access the radio and read a chunk out of the codeplug. In typical motorola fashion, the maxtrac and radius line of mobiles are really the same radio. Programming software for motorola gm300 download here discussion in ham equipment started by. I have literally gone through hundreds of maxtracs in the last year alone. I found an old motorola maxtrac in a parts truck i bought. Each rss software package, like each manual, has a part number, generally starting with rvn or hvn.
Desktrac series base station control station repeater ver. I turned to our local motorola dealertech who said he knows he had the software but cant find it. If your display is changing between the scan display and the channel number, the radio is off hook and not currently scanning. The last programming software that programs the desktrac repeater, base or control station should always be desktrac rss. Create a shortcut to the motorola maxtrac rss software like. Id like to program some channels into it with a windows 7 computer and dosbox. There is no other way to change the frequencies in this list. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on. With my setup i did not need moslo or any other cpu speedreducing program. Motorola recommends that you run rss from a hard drive, rather than a floppy disk. Mdf in your hex editor, hex workshop is an excellent program for this.
Motorola rss to program gm300 and maxtrac radiobanter. I used to work for a motorola dealer and we never had a windows based programming software for them. As with most motorola model numbers, you can not tell the band split 29. Rss for motorola gm300 radio, you can program 40 channels to gm300 with this rss. Now its time to configure dosbox to run the motorola rss program. Attached is the software for programming and aligning the motorola gm300 radios. I have one maxtrac converted and while getting to work took quite some time the final mod is not that bad. Motorola radius programming in windows with rss and dosbox. Its highway robbery what motorola charges for this software, and yes its unfortunate that the dealers are stuck paying for it. An overview of the motorola desktrac repeater builder. Dont forget that radio requires a dos computer to program it.
Programming cable motorola radio gp350 gm300 maxtrac radius cdm1250. Motorola maxtrac lab dos rss programming software r05. Rss for motorola saber system rss for motorola gm300 professional series, gp300 professional series radio, version 03. On signallingequipped models, the radio service software rss can be used to enable and disable different features. You have successfully configured dosbox to run motorola s radio service software. I tried read with this software a motorola p200 and a. It has been pointed out to me that this software only works with the gm300 so i have adjusted the page.
After searching for the genuine motorola program i came across motorola radius gm300 radio doctor. Motorola max232 programming interface, motorola transitor programming interface programming software for motorola maxtrac lab. Looking for the motorola rss software to change the frequencies on my gm300 and maxtrac vhf radios. The maxtrac and radius rss dont do any checksum checks of the file so. Apr 15, 2020 programming interfaces schematics for motorola maxtrac lab. There are more details including some old computer notes there. Radius m100, m208, m216, maxtrac 50, maxtrac 100, and more. Saber handhelds use a different rss than astro saber handhelds. Programming service software for the motorola radius gm300. Motorola gm 300 gm300 gm300 radio programming, 8 to 16 channel expansion. Motorola maxtrac lab motorola fm 900 902 concersion. Create a shortcut to the motorola maxtrac rss software like c. I suspect that the mga9 series is supposed to be mja9. Step by step instructions to program a motorola maxtracradius mobile radio with modern computers and dosbox emulation software.