CS800 read and write to the radio

CS800 read and write to the radio

Here How I read and write.
1) Use CSI's USB to serial cable.
2) Use CSI CPS_V3.03.20.
3) just pushed the power button only to turn on the radio
Do not pushed and held P1 with power button (It is only for firmware update only)
4) Use CPS V3.03.20 to readi and write the radio.

USB to MIC connector cable is not for read and write to the radio.
Please use the USB to Serial cable.

Question::
Having trouble reading my new CS800. Downloaded CPS version 3.03.25 and installed under Windows 8.1.

CS800 Availability

CS800 Availability

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:20 PM,

If you already put your order in for the CS800 mobile radio and we have not been able to contact you call Erin at 818 889 0503 and if you did not already pre-order it but would like to buy one please call same number and ask for Erin or Chris or me to take the order. The price of the radio is $280 and the pair of programming cables is $15. They are in stock at the current time and we expect another 400 over the next 20 days.

Jerry Wanger KK6LFS

Contact lists for uploading to CSI radios

Contact lists for uploading to CS750 or other CSI radios

DMR-Marc.net  updates the contact lists nightly, especially since they are the ones who generate the new users lists. 

Here is a source, supposedly updated daily, with all DMR contacts sorted by nation and state.

http://www.foxhollow.ca/DMR/Contacts/ALL-DMR-Contacts.ZIP

Does the CS750 radio support 65k+ users contacts?  The reason I am asking is that the CS750 CPS software crashes when I am trying to upload a large file. Has anyone tried to upload 8000+ contacts? 

Some time in the future after a few more FW upgrades, this will then be possible.

Here is a source, supposedly updated daily, with all DMR contacts sorted by nation and state.

http://www.foxhollow.ca/DMR/Contacts/

The foxhollow server downloads & processes the nightly full database from the DMR-MARC website.  If you know of someone that got a new ID today, the foxhollow download ZIP file will have that new ID by tomorrow morning.

I currently create the files in CS700/MD380 CSV format as well as CS750 XLSX format.  If another type of file is needed, send me a message and I'll add it to the daily dumps.

Posted by: mark-yahoo@foxhollow.ca

Connect Systems CS800 software upgrade flash firmware update

I was happy to find out a new firmware update was available (I find it annoying to be stuck on a channel while it is receiving any digital signals).

So, I go to the Connect Systems web site under CS800 and I get a "boot loader", a "firmware update" and a Read Me" file...

Now I have a text file and two .bin files - what do I use to load this stuff, certainly not the programming software...

So, I go to "software" on the website, and it seems sure that what I need is to download something that turns out to be "Silicon Laboratories Flash Utility", which is one of the most oblique programs I have ever run. It looks like it could cause far more damage than help in the wrong hands, and it doesn't seem to accept .bin files anyway!

To make a tediously long story shorter, I finally traced down the FlashBurn software on the CS750 (where else would you expert to find software required for your CS800???) and I successfully flashed my CS800.

Isn't DMR obscure enough? Do newbies really need these rites of initiation where there is no explanation of how to flash your firmware?

Is there documentation written in easy to understand colloquial English for those that have survived this rite of fire?