Programming leads for interconnecting a PC to a serially programmed two-way radio come in a wide variety of model-specific types, most of which contain active components (inverters, level translators etc).  There are also a variety of radio connectors in use on the leads.  Although in some cases a passive lead can be substituted effectively, the result of this diversity is the accumulation of a large number of active leads and the corresponding increasing investment in essentially duplicated gear.

Consideration of these leads has confirmed that the larger part of the componentry - and cost – is (or can easily be made to be) common to all these leads and all the model-dependent attributes (polarity, connector style, source voltage etc) can be accommodated in a simple model-specific passive lead from the common interface.

The Skyline Engineering Services Adaptable Programming Interface provides that common interface.  It features:

operation from 5V or 8-14V power supplied at the radio connector.

support for full handshake operation.

‘idiot-proof’ automatic selection of signal polarity, handshake polarity and source voltage with each model-specific passive lead.

easy user fabrication of additional passive radio leads as required.

Passive cables have been documented and tested for the following radio types:

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