Maxon cables are serial and GE Monogram cables are parallel. Never had a
problem programming a Monogram radio with a Maxon cable. Have never tried a
computer faster than a PIII 1ghz machine.

Jeff 

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From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:06 AM
To: g...@yahoogroups.com; Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com;
ge-...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] GE Monogram radios - follow-up

Gentle people,

This is in follow-up to the message I posted earlier (below as well).  We
have obtained copies of the requisite software - THANK YOU!

Here is a recap of our difficulties.  We started by trying to use Maxon
software to reprogram the radios - bad juju, I guess.  The problem is that
we couldn't seem to select the proper band for programming the radio.  The
radios are UHF, but the software continued to report they are VHF - with
very strange frequency entries as well.  There was no option to select the
proper band - only the radio type.  These are 10-channel radios, so that
limited out selections to only two choices.  Neither worked properly...  

When using the Maxon software, in order to exit from the "READ RADIO" menu,
the software says to simply turn off the radio.  For us, this doesn't work -
we need to physically disconnect the radio as well, re-power the radio and
THEN plug the cable back in.  And this is when we got the erroneous
frequency/band displays.  Now that we have the proper GE software, it
requires the cable to be on the parallel port for proper operation, so now
we have a new problem... 

I am posting copies of photos of the cable we are using.  Does this look
like the proper cable?  *IF* it is configured for the serial port (as I have
been told the Maxon cable is), can a "gender bender" be used to connect it
to the parallel port and have it work properly with the GE software?  (In
order for this to work, the cable pinouts must be the same for parallel as
they are for serial - something I do not know offhand for certain.)  Will we
be forced to buy the GE programming cable?  Or can we re-wire the 25-pin end
connector for what we need??? (If someone has the proper pinouts available)

Thanks for your assistance so far!
Mark - N9WYS


-----Original Message-----
From: g...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:g...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark

To the learned group(s).

I am trying to "rejuvenate" some GE Monogram portables that were donated to
my county EMA.  They are described in the attached message below.  We were
told that some Maxon programming software would work to reprogram them, but
this is not working as desired (i.e., not at all).   

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.  BTW -
this is ALL I know about these radios.  If I am violating some list
provision by requesting GE programming software - please forgive me. I know
that asking for Motorola RSS is punishable by death (or worse), but I don't
remember reading something similar about GE software.

Thanks in advance!
Mark - N9WYS

From: Jim_w9att 

Hi Mark,

Thanks again for helping to diagnose the UHF Radios.  The programming
software we need is for the following UHF Radios:

Make:  Ericsson GE
Model Number:  344A4209P13
Serial Number (of this particular radio in front of me):  9250445 FCC ID #
F3JSP2850 DOC/MDC # 287 194 149P

That's all the markings that it had.  Thanks again for your help in trying
to locate the software to program these!

Jim



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