Most of it was updated for 32‑bit Windows. While the articles are Motorola-specific, many of the workaround techniques are applicable to other brands.Īlways run your RSS in pure MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 6.x on a slow computer that has a real COM port and this does NOT mean a DOS window in ANY version of Windows !! If there are icons on the screen, or a START button is the corner then IT IS NOT PURE DOS !!! I REPEAT: Run the comuter on the operating system of it's day and on a computer made in the same era!ĬPS (basically RSS for Windows) is more forgiving, but don't forget that early CPS was written for 16‑bit Windows (95, 98, ME). Motorola Radio Service Software have, where the problems came from and how they happened, and what the options are for workingĪround them. These articles attempt to cover some of the problems that the users of DOS based (i.e. You can pack a lot of plain text on a 1.44 MB floppy. Other information was contributed, some anonymously on a floppy disk (the envelope had no return address but had a Schamburg postmark !). Much of the information presented below was compiled from information provided by a half-dozen folks via emails and phone calls, and condensed into article form for distribution here to help the radio enthusiasts understand just why the Motorola RSS is such a pain to use and why the perfomance is so problematic. It's much better to waste a few kilobytes of hard drive space on a backup you may never need than to need a backup you don't have and can't get. Just save the code plug on your hard drive and use the radio serial number as the file name. If you screw up you can backstep the radio back to where you started and try again. And it wouldn't hurt to save your tuning data as well. Johnson, or any other, remember to download and save the original code plug (with the commercial frequencies) and archive it. (RSS and CPS), the Radio Interface Box (RIB), their history, problemsĬompiled / Written and HTML'd by Mike Morris WA6ILQĭon't forget ‑ Whenever you acquire a synthesized commercial radio, be it Motorola, GE, Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, E. (RIB), their history, problems and some solutionsĪn overview of the Motorola Radio Service Software / Customer Programming Software An overview of the Motorola Radio Service Software (RSS), the Radio Interface Box
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