Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
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Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Hi y’all,
I apologize upfront for this question.
Having been absent from the radio community for a decade, I thought about reprogramming my UBC3500XLT.
Then I remembered: there was something special to it…
I have the USB-to-scanner cable, but none of the software (that was lost when my desktop PC crashed many moons ago). How to progress, which steps to take?
I apologize upfront for this question.
Having been absent from the radio community for a decade, I thought about reprogramming my UBC3500XLT.
Then I remembered: there was something special to it…
I have the USB-to-scanner cable, but none of the software (that was lost when my desktop PC crashed many moons ago). How to progress, which steps to take?
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
You can get the software here; https://bctool.software.informer.com/2.0/
The only fiddly bit is finding out what settings you need under options -> scanner ports and units. Some trial and error should solve that part.
The only fiddly bit is finding out what settings you need under options -> scanner ports and units. Some trial and error should solve that part.
Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Thanks! No ‘port simulators’ needed anymore?
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
OK, then I'll start fiddling as well...
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Hm. Nothing.
So, situation description:
1 - scanner
2 - USB to scanner cable (with a ‘fat part’
)
3 - laptop with only USB ports
I have:
* COM3
* 57600 baudrate (same as the scanner)
* 25 Poll rate (or any poll rate)
And then nothing happens…
All USB ports are functional (says the device manager), the software sees which ort I am using (as the port changes when I switch USB port).
I honestly don’t know what to do now. Aside from programming manually…
So, situation description:
1 - scanner
2 - USB to scanner cable (with a ‘fat part’
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3 - laptop with only USB ports
I have:
* COM3
* 57600 baudrate (same as the scanner)
* 25 Poll rate (or any poll rate)
And then nothing happens…
All USB ports are functional (says the device manager), the software sees which ort I am using (as the port changes when I switch USB port).
I honestly don’t know what to do now. Aside from programming manually…
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Ah. This might be it: the device (cable) is shown as “PL2303HXA PHASED OUT SINCE 2012. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SUPPLIER”.
It’s gonna be manual, then, clearly.
It’s gonna be manual, then, clearly.
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Have you tried different Baudrates on both the scanner and in the software?
Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Yes, from 4800 and up…
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Same problem as I had, USB cable with old chip.
Ordered a new cable and problem solved.
Ordered a new cable and problem solved.
Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Yup, got a new cable, and solved. Now trying to find the uptodate list of Dutch Mil / Schiphol Mil freqs...
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Re: Help - trying to connect UBC3500XLT to laptop
Little late.... Your old cable most likely had a PL2303 clone chip, which were made useless with a driver update some years ago. Roll back to driver 3.3.2.105 should do the trick. See https://embeddedarea.com/the-famous-old ... l2303-usb/ for a download.
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