![]() It should be easy to remove the Sipex chip, and bridge the FTDI directly to the DB9 connector, thus creating a direct USB to TTL serial port adapter. These converters all share some common traits – they sport an FTDI USB to serial converter, and a Sipex SP213 or similar TTL to RS232 level voltage converter. was an expensive proposition) was to tweak a readily-available USB to serial port converter into a pseudo-RIB, and then making patch cables with the electrical and data bus configuration each radio model required. But, the gremlins had managed to lose my RIB box and cable kits, leaving me unable to do anything useful with the radios I was given.Ī tinkerer as I am, the first thing that came to mind after thinking about the various options I faced (purchase a new set of RIB boxes, cables, etc. I have worked with Motorola equipment plenty of times, and have over the years purchased RIB and cable kits, and RSS and CPS software to match. ![]() Recently, I was given a couple of Motorola Radius GM300 mobile radios, a GM350 and a set of three GP320 one-channel handhelds. ![]() Part of my duties at my local Fire Department where I am a volunteer is to take care of the radio communications, be it maintaining the repeaters and base stations, to installing new gear and training probies in the art of radio.
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