Maxtrac 300 programming software

I have finally found a way to program the gm300 and possibly other types. I have tested this cable with a 32 channel uhf maxtrac 300 radio. Step by step instructions to program a motorola maxtracradius mobile radio with modern computers and dosbox emulation software. Do you want to program frequencies outside of the normal bandsplit. Programming cable for motorola maxtrac gp88 gp300 gm300 ebay the programming software is fairly simple. Motorola gm 300 gm300 gm300 radio programming, 8 to 16 channel expansion. The maxtrac, radius and gm300 series are programmable radios as opposed to crystal based. Formerly a licensed fcc shop and motorola dealer we can program most motorola radios and equipment and supply anyall accessories just ask. The motorola gm300 can be reprogrammed quite easily to allow use on our amateur radio. Group is the following list showing what is the currently part numbers and version of software for many of motorolas most popular radios. I have the rss software which can program gm 300 \m120 \gr 300 repeater keep me posted. Cbk programming cable for motorola radius maxtrac gm300 m1225 cdm1250 cm200 cm300 desktrac gm140 gm160 gm300 gm328 gm338 gm1280 gm660 gm950950e950i radio. Throughout this article, reference to maxtrac radios implies radius radios as well.

After searching for the genuine motorola program i came across motorola radius gm300 radio doctor. There will be pictures and detailed information available in a few days. The maxtrac and others including radius have a 8 pin rj connector and require a different cable. 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. Rss for motorola gm300 radio, you can program 40 channels to gm300 with this.

It should also work with the gm300, gm350, gp300 and p110 series of radios. Mar 21, 2015 if you see this screen above, congratulate yourself. Attached is the software for programming and aligning the motorola gm300 radios. Like the maxtrac, the gm300 line has been discontinued by the manufacturer. This completes the programming of the pis software configuration. Programing motorola maxtrac with win7 64 bit quad core and. Motorola radius gr300 repeater programming hamfiles. I found the keys to the castle in kk6jyts online blog post. I had an issue with an old midland 7040b radio and the programming software does not run properly on fast pcs.

In typical motorola fashion, the maxtrac and radius line of mobiles are really the. List of motorola programming software part numbers from our friends at the radio programming yahoo. It has been pointed out to me that this software only works with the gm300 so i have adjusted the page. Ive found several windows versions for the gm300 but none of those could read the radio. I found a used maxtrac 300 radio on ebay that i wanted to repurpose into an aprs tracker and realized i needed to program the aprs frequency. Programming a motorola maxtrac using dosbox jontas. List of motorola programming software part numbers from our friends at the radioprogramming yahoo. Programming cable motorola radio gp350 gm300 maxtrac radius cdm1250 cp200 m1225. Programming with radio service software rss repeater builder. Motorola maxtrac 300 operating instructions pdf download. Motorola maxtrac programming with windows 7 and dosbox. Motorola gm 300 gm300 gm300 programming interfaces schematics programming software for motorola gm 300 gm300 gm motorola maxtrac lab service manual and motorola gm300 user manual scribd motorola gm300 user manual. This is the low band, high band, uhf, and 800 mhz maxtrac service manual that covers the mga, mja, mqa, mwa and aha models. Programming service software for the motorola radius gm300.

The m120 is just the limited version, not unlike the maxtrac 50 compared with the maxtrac 300. You have successfully configured dosbox to run motorolas radio service software. Windows computer im using windows 10 x64 motorola ftdi programming cable from valley enterprises. Jul 19, 2005 dear helpful folks of at, i need the 1990 software used to program motorola radius m100 radios. I also ordered from ebay a 3 in 1 programming cable which is an rpcm300 or a clone of that unit see. The radio is made in both a vhf and uhf versions, and makes an excellent 2mtr or 70cms portable radio. Naturally, you need different programming software rss, but if youve ever programmed a maxtrac, youll be right at home with the gm300. Motorola gm300 radio doctor download earlystrongwind.

Motorola maxtrac lab motorola fm 900 902 concersion. If you read this radio, it will have a name of maxtrac 300. Dont forget that radio requires a dos computer to program it. Aug 28, 2010 code plug is a misleading term, in newer radios starting with the maxtrac sieries it actually refers to the programming stored in eeproms in the logic board of the radio. Motorola and many of the other older radios require a computer running true dos not a dos prompt for the programming software to work. Motorola max232 programming interface, motorola transitor programming interface programming software for motorola maxtrac lab. Page 1 operating instructions for the motorola maxtrac 300 6frequency conventional fm radio monitor onoff mode transmit blanker disabled segmet on volume busy led lowband only insert. The following information was obtained from the motorola maxtrac detailed service manual, no longer available nla. And you will still need the i20r rss, which is hvn9085. Maxtrac had its beginning in 1996 as jeffrey lewis consulting to support state health departments managing breast and cervial cancer early detection program bccp data.

We are in the final stages of putting this guide together. Motorola maxtrac, radius and gm300 series introductory information up one level. Motorola gm300 radio doctor download loadzonesafety5dc. Dear helpful folks of at, i need the 1990 software used to program motorola radius m100 radios.

The issue with the programming software i need is that the clock is based on cpu ticks rather than measuring the elapsed time or something like that. Need motorola programming software anandtech forums. Look here for the pinout of the accessory connector for the 8 channel radio which use a masked logic board or 16 channel radio which use an expanded logic board. Motorola maxtrac, radius and gm300 series introductory. We offer the lowest price with return shipping on ebay. However this did not give me any information on what if any ctcss tone programming had been done on thoe frequencies. Download it, buy that cable and try it out i think youll be pleased. I have made a small video that shows the hex workshop screen during the modification. Syskey generator for motorola trunking system i need a comment for this file motorola unknown software i need a comment for this file need a password. Maxtrac users guide for licensed amateur radio operators good evening. Need programming software for cm200 and cm300 motorola app. Mar 30, 2020 programming interfaces schematics for motorola maxtrac lab. The second thing to do is to use a usb programming cable that has a true ftdi chip in it at least thats what i used. Since the commercial changeover to narrowband some years ago a great deal of the now unusable commercial equipment is available to the amateur community.

Some of the data may not agree with capabilities of the programming software. Dec 08, 2010 connector for the mic which is where the programming cable also connects. High quality usb programming cable for motorola radios. In 2000, ron nordin joined jeffrey lewis consulting and we incorporated as maxtrac data systems. Motorola gp 300 select 5 gp300 select 5 gp300 select 5 service manual and specs. Now comes the part that just about everyone has trouble with. The radio user can also program one unique userprogrammable scan list from. Page 1 this manual is designed for the use of licensed amateur operators who have bought and are now using the maxtrac 300 radio as an amateur radio transceiver. I was recently able to program some of my old motorola maxtrac radios from a fairly new and very fast windows 10 machine using dosbox.

The motorola gm300 can be reprogrammed quite easily to allow use on our amateur radio bands. I joined the radio doctor yahoo group and downloaded the radio doctor software from the files section of the yahoo group. When you have found a number that works well for the programming you can force dosbox to always use this value by adding the following to the config file cycles5000 if 5000 is what works well for you on your computer. Ive programmed many of them with the windows version.

Maepf26185o maxtrac 300 microphone mode monitor connector down to turn the radio on turn the onoff volume knob to the right until it clicks. Note that this information pertains only to the vhf, uhf, and 800 mhz maxtrac models. Motorola maxtrac lab dos rss programming software r05. If you have a tech bench, the alignment procedure is also included in the software. Do not attempt to run dosbox or any of the dos programs at the pi end. I have tested this cable with a 32 channel uhf maxtrac 300 radio, a single channel radius m10 uhf radio and a two channel radius radio. I will be trying other types of software such as maxtrac and spectra. Programming software for motorola gm300 download here. Their internal processor runs a program that is contained in either the cpu chip or in a programmable readonly memory prom chip referred to as firmware. Good informanion about motorola programming cables.

Programming the motorola radius was not easy to learn. A good source of information about motorola maxtrac radius gm300 radios is at the. This is dos software and you need a real serial port. If you change this byte, the model name displayed will change. Apr 06, 2016 i have finally found a way to program the gm300 and possibly other types of motorola dos only radios on windows 7. This article describes the process that you have to do so you can easily program your maxtrac on amateur 900 mhz frequencies. The motorola maxtrac, radius, gm300, desktrac, grseries index page. The part number of the service manual is 6880102w84 for the maxtrac and it. It seems like there is only one version of the gm300 programming software that will work, its a bit like looking for a needle in a cosmic haystack. List of motorola programming software part numbers blogger.

All the possible model names are stored at the beginning of the. Channel scantm feature maxtrac 300 1632channel radios only. Several amateur operators in the kansas city area are working on a users guide for the maxtrac 300, 16 and 24 channel transceiver. I dont have the exact model, but i do know it has 32 channels and 164165 mhz bands programmed. Step by step instructions to program a motorola maxtrac radius mobile radio with modern computers and dosbox emulation.

It actually refers to the programming stored in eeproms in the logic board of the radio. The motorola gp300 can be reprogrammed quite easily to allow use on our amateur radio bands. The first key is to set the cycles in dosbox to 191. Ribless programming cable for motorola gp88, gp88s, gp300, gm300, gm900, gm950, gm950e, gm950i, gp2000 and most other gp. What do each pin in the back connector does and how to wire it. Motorola maxtrac, radius and gm300 series introductory information. Create a shortcut to the motorola maxtrac rss software like c. Best i can tell, the software is rvn4019 which is completely different from the hvn9025 for the cdmhts. Oct 12, 2017 programming software for motorola gm300. Is the motorola gr 300 programming software you need let me know so i can help you. List of motorola programming software part numbers. The gm300 radio doctor piece of software did a good job at being able to program this ancient. Mdf and can be found in the main directory of the motorola software. This service is for programming a motorola maxtrax, gm300 or radius vhf or uhf mobile radio up to 32 channels some.

Maxtrac and others motorola radius maxtrac gm300 m1225 cdm1250 cm200 cm300 similar cable from amazon cables for other radios are available. In summary, to program many of the older radios that are popular for amateur use maxtrac, gtx, radius, spectra, gm300, msf5000, ht600. Maxtrac 300, radius m214216 is displayed in the rss when you read the radio codeplug. Motorola maxtrac 300 vhf radio 40w d43mja7da5ck for sale. Motorola maxtrac radius gm300 radio programming service. The only connector you need for the gm 300 is the rj45, which goes into the mic slot. The only connector you need for the gm300 is the rj45, which goes into the mic slot. Usb programming program cable for motorola mobile radio. Maxtrac 300, radius m214216 is displayed in the rss when you read the radio. Ribivg radio programming interface see below for updated programming interface. Usb programming program cable for motorola mobile radio all. Does anyone have an operator manual for this radio. Our win98 machine we use to program old fm radios died last night, and the floppy made back in 1991 no longer installs the software correctly. Unfollow motorola maxtrac gm300 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.

Motorola gp 300 gp300 gp300 service manual and specs motorola. Describe your experience with the motorola maxtrac conventional and tell us why you give it the rating. Programming a motorola maxtrac using dosbox posted on 20 april 7 by jontas one way to program a motorola maxtrac is to use a older slower computer with a serialport on it. Programming software for motorola gm300 download here discussion in ham equipment started by moleculo, mar 14. This service is for programming a motorola maxtrax, gm300 or radius vhf or uhf mobile radio up to 32 channels. Programming a radio with a computer and the proper software is burning code plug data into an eeprom chip. No matter if you have a maxtrac, radius or gm300 family radio, or which band radio you have, the. Programming interfaces schematics for motorola maxtrac lab. I used to work for a motorola dealer and we never had a windows based programming software for them. Need programming software for cm200 and cm300 motorola. It took me about a week to figure out how to accomplish this dreadful task.