Jeff, the radio gods must smile upon you, then... as we've had nothing but problems. ;-p
We CANNOT program a Monogram radio with the Maxon software, as said in the Wizard of Oz, "Not no way, not no how!" We can't even get the software to READ the radio correctly, much less program it. And we're using a mid-speed machine - probably an early P-II, if I remember correctly. I guess I/we just don't have "the touch"... Now if only we could figure out *WHY*, I/we'd be much happier. Mark - N9WYS -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Yahoo Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:18 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] GE Monogram radios - follow-up 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 -----Original Message----- 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
