Restore RT3S - Factory Flash and Firmware

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G4EML
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Re: Restore RT3S - Factory Flash and Firmware

Post by G4EML » Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:11 pm

Restoring the flash is not always necessary. I have reverted to the factory firmware several times during testing without ever restoring the flash.

You may however find the radio behaves strangely at first, asking for a password.
This can be overcome by forcing the factory CPS to ignore the password. This is done by changing a line in the CPS settings.ini file from 'password=0' to 'password=password'

The CPS will then allow you to reload a codeplug, either your own or a blank one. This should fix the password issue and the radio should then behave normally.

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Re: Restore RT3S - Factory Flash and Firmware

Post by SA0BUX » Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:54 pm

Maybe it's possible to use a flash file from some other RT3S ?

The main goal seems to restore the data structure in the original flash so that factory firmware will be happy ?

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