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| For complete reliability use real serial ports with DOSBox as it is a bit hit and miss with RS232-USB adaptors. I have tried 3 different versions of the adaptor and only 1 worked with FPP. All 3 worked with the Tait and Motorola programmers I have however. | For complete reliability use real serial ports with DOSBox as it is a bit hit and miss with RS232-USB adaptors. I have tried 3 different versions of the adaptor and only 1 worked with FPP. All 3 worked with the Tait and Motorola programmers I have however. | ||
| - | #Goto DOSBox and download it. | + | - Goto DOSBox and download it. |
| - | #Install the program after downloading it | + | |
| - | #Go to the DOSBox menu in the start menu and choose DOSBox Configuration. This will load the configuration file into notepad. | + | |
| - | #Scroll down the configuration file and look for the section [Serial]. | + | |
| - | #In this section you will find the following: | + | |
| - | #:<pre> | + | serial1=dummy |
| - | #::serial1=dummy | + | serial2=dummy |
| - | #::serial2=dummy | + | serial3=disabled |
| - | #::serial3=disabled | + | serial4=disabled |
| - | #::serial4=disabled | + | |
| - | #:: | + | |
| - | #::For your real serial ports on your computer, you will have to change it to: | + | |
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| - | #:: | + | |
| - | #:: | + | |
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| - | #:You could set either serial1 or 2 to your usb adaptor, but this may or may not work. See the [[CP2012]] page for an update on this. | + | |
| - | #Know the location of your FPP folder. (Most likely C:\FPP). If this is the case, scroll down to the end of the configuration file and there is a section called [autoexec]. In this section, add the following line: | + | |
| - | #:< | + | |
| - | #This will mount your Windows C drive to the DOSBox emulators C drive. This will allow you to go to c:\FPP and run your version of the PRM80 software. | + | |
| - | #Save the configuration file. | + | |
| - | #Goto the start menu and run the DOSBox program. | + | |
| - | #Program any old radio as you would have with an old DOS Computer!!! | + | |
| - | [[File:Dosbox.jpg]] | + | For your real serial ports on your computer, you will have to change it to: |
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| + | serial1=directserial realport: | ||
| + | serial2=directserial realport: | ||
| + | serial3=disabled | ||
| + | serial4=disabled</ | ||
| + | - You could set either serial1 or 2 to your usb adaptor, but this may or may not work. See the [[CP2012]] page for an update on this. | ||
| + | - Know the location of your FPP folder. (Most likely C:\FPP). If this is the case, scroll down to the end of the configuration file and there is a section called [autoexec]. In this section, add the following line:< | ||
| + | - This will mount your Windows C drive to the DOSBox emulators C drive. This will allow you to go to c:\FPP and run your version of the PRM80 software. | ||
| + | - Save the configuration file. | ||
| + | - Goto the start menu and run the DOSBox program. | ||
| + | - Program any old radio as you would have with an old DOS Computer!!! | ||
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| + | {{ :dosbox.jpg |}} | ||
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