Not a lawyer, but a software engineer who deals with issues of software IP on an almost daily basis.Looking for reliable and efficient radio programming software? Look no further than Motorola's range of software solutions. Like all things involved in software Intellectual Property law these days, it's an interesting question. It's not at all clear to me whether the law (in the US) would allow you to reverse engineer the format in which the code plug is sent. The code plug probably isn't sent over the wire in plain text - rather, it's probably "encrypted" (that's in quotes, notice) in some way that the radio understands. However, I also suspect that wouldn't be sufficient to allow you to actually program a radio. So, I suspect that if somebody wanted to take the time to reverse engineer the protocol between a Moto radio and CPS (using a serial port monitor or a USB bus analyzer), that would be allowable. The protocol used by CPS is exactly this sort of external interface. One of the "safe harbor" cases for reverse engineering (in the US) is that you're allows to reverse engineer something for the purpose of deducing its external interfaces and behavior, so that you can interface with it. It's a very interesting question, in fact: Could somebody legally write a freeware version of CPS that allows you to program Moto radios? Commercial, Professional Radio and Personal Radio.We cannot jeopardize the ability to provide the RadioReference services by allowing this activity to occur. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola). The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate just purchase it.įor M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:
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