MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE UPGRADE
MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SOFTWARE
MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE PC
MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL
MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SERIES

Instead of removing the plug, you can turn the RIB off (then it is really necessary to move the switch to off position), otherwise the radio will not start until you do it!

MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE UPGRADE

Radio Upgrade Kit вЂ“ WaitвЂ¦ This windows will stay for 30 seconds or so Radio Upgrade Kit вЂ“ it is flashing now! Do not screw it up! It will take roughly 5вЂ¦7 minutes Radio Upgrade Kit вЂ“ you did it!!!ДЄs shown above it is important to unplug the back accessories plug and (just to avoid risk in the future) move the switch in flashing box to off position. Now you can press the OK button on the window above. Display will not start displaying anything. Now another confusion вЂ“ Motorola does not say anything about it at the picture above! You must switch the radio ON by pressing shortly the volume ON/OFF knob switch. Unplug the power *cable* (I switch off the power supply) and wait 5 seconds, however because I found that it is easier for me just to turn off the power supply, sometimes because of the big capacitors in power supply I have to wait 1 minute to switch the power back!!! Then switch the power supply back on. There is a bit of confusion, as RKN4081C is a ribless cable, however if used for flashing radios, needs to be connected to the RIB. Option вЂњBвЂќ is to be used only with cable RKN4081C вЂ“ when you flash the radio through the front microphone RJ45 socket. Do not use вЂњBвЂќ option if you have it in your adaptor. Radio Upgrade Kit вЂ“ Motorola has made a big confusion here! Do not press the volume ON/OFF knob switch as the radio is already switched on!!! Set the flashing adaptor switch to the вЂњAвЂќ position. You can find them on eBay searching for DuPont 2.54mm Connector Sets With FEMALE Crimps (Single and Double Row). To make the accessories cable I had to buy a DuPont plug(s) with separated pins and soldered them together with thin wires. Picture below shows how the cable looks like: Homemade RKN4083 simplified cable In the top left corner you can see the motorola accessories socket viewed from the back of the radio. When you are flashing the radio, the cable is going to the flashing box HLN9742! You can ignore handwritten colours вЂ“ I left them on the diagram just for myself when I was soldering pins. Also description saying вЂњJ1 to RIBвЂќ is confusing. It also shows the pinout for the back motorola socket, looking from the back of the radio: Simplified RKN4083 diagramД«asically you need to ignore any wires going to P1 plug. Please see the picture below showing modified diagram. There is absolutely not point to recreate it if you are not going to use a testing station. However, the cable is also for a testing station so it is a bit complicated. So you can buy one or you can make one yourself. The programming / test RKN4083 cable diagram

MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE PC

It needs to be connected to the RS232 port in PC or to the special USB to RS232 cable: First ribless cable is the RS232 to port RJ45 (front microphone socket). Ribless means you do not need any special box and the cable is connected straight to the computer.

MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SOFTWARE

But as I am a bit pedantic person and I really wanted to make files systematic.Д«efore I decided to flash Motorola GM360 & GM340 radios, I used to program the radios in CPS software using ribless cables as shown on the pictures below. Theoretically it is nothing wrong, as each CPS (cpg) file is assigned to a specific radio. After buying the radios I found very quickly each of them use different firmware, so each codeplug needs to be in a different version. Other two are for testing and playing as well. I used 2 of them to run a GB7FT DMR repeater in Portsmouth and 2 other ones are in a test repeater now. Few months ago on eBay I bought 4 x GM360 and 2 x GM340.

MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE PROFESSIONAL

If you decide to follow my procedure, you do it on your own risk, as it is possible to corrupt (brick) the radio firmware so in many cases it wonвЂ™t be usable anymore without professional help.Д«efore I start I would like to say thank you to Derrick Mulvana M1AKH who helped me with some confusions on that project.ДЄbout being professional: I am not a professional radio engineer however I always try to improve my knowledge and just always try to have a fun with my radios.

MOTOROLA GM340 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SERIES

This article is about flashing Motorola GM3xx series with a new firmware, so it wonвЂ™t be about CPS programming.

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