GE Phoenix SX (VHF 16 Ch Scan) X2212 Eprom Programmer

GE Phoenix SX X2212 Programmer

Project Description
This project is a hardware and software package for programming the X22C12 EEPROM in the GE Phoenix SX radios (specifically the VHF 16 channel scanning version). The X2212 is removed from the radio, placed in the parallel port adaper socket and can be read/written/verified or archived. The prom contents can be saved in a hex file format or exported as a text file for printing. Changing frequencies and channel guard settings is as easy as filling in the blanks. The software package is distributed as a linux tar file complete with all source code. You will need gnome2/gtk2 libraries installed to build the program. It should build on most recent distibutions (tested on RedHat 8.0). If you have ever programmed one of these radios with the old suitcase programmer by computing 256 hex bytes and entering them one at a time, you will really appreciate this software. I'm not sure if it will work for the UHF version of this radio. If anyone has a radio to donate the the cause, I would be glad to add whatever is required to make it work. ge-x2212-2 Data Entry Window
The X2212 Programming Hardware

System Requirements
A linux computer (Redhat 8 or later suggested) that contains the gnome2 and gtk2 development software. Glade-2 is required if you wish to edit the screen formats or add more entry boxes.

to build the software...

tar -xzvf ge-x2212-2-27sept-2004.tgz cd ge-x2212-2 ./autogen.sh make sudo make install
If you have problems building with autotools, the glade project notes may help.
Electrical Drawing(s)

X2212 programmer schematic Parallel port X2212 / X22C12 eeprom 2 (D0) ------------+---------------------------------------- 6 (A0) 3 (D1) ----------+-|---------------------------------------- 5 (A1) 4 (D2) --------+-|-|---------------------------------------- 4 (A2) 5 (D3) ------+-|-|-|---------------------------------------- 3 (A3) 6 (D4) ------|-|-|-|---------------------------------------- 2 (A4) 7 (D5) ------|-|-|-|---------------------------------------- 16 (A5) 8 (D6) ------|-|-|-|---------------------------------------- 17 (A6) 9 (D7) ------|-|-|-|---------------------------------------- 1 (A7) | | | | +------------+ | | | +--|3 d0 q0 2|-------+---------------- 12 (D0) | | +----|4 d1 q1 5|-------|-+-------------- 13 (D1) | +------|7 d2 q2 6|-------|-|-+------------ 14 (D2) +--------|8 d3 q3 9|-------|-|-|-+---------- 15 (D3) +--|1 /OE LE 11|--+ | | | | | +------------+ | | | | | | 74xx373 or 374 | | | | | 1 (/C0) -----------+------------------+----|-|-|-|---------- 11 (/WE) | | | | 15 (S3) -----------------------------------+ | | | 13 (S4) -------------------------------------+ | | 12 (S5) ---------------------------------------+ | 10 (S6) -----------------------------------------+ 14 (/C1) --------------------------------------------------> 7 (/CS) 16 (C2) --------------------------------------------------> 9 (/STORE) 17 (/C3) --------------------------------------------------> 10 (/RECALL) Also connect grounds: pins 18-25 on LPTx -> pin 10 on '373 -> pin 8 on 2212 Connect 5V to pin 20 on '373, and pin 18 on 2212. If you dont trust your 5v supply, put a 5.1v zener across the X2212 power pins and use a 10ohm quarter watt resistor in series with the plus supply lead. This may save the logic chips if you hook it up to 12 volts by mistake (it will certainly let you know by letting the smoke out of the resistor!).

Source Code
Complete project file (old,RH8) - ge-x2212-2-27sept-2004.tgz(124k)
Complete project file (newer, Ubuntu 10.04) - ge-x2212-2-15sept2010.tar.gz(219.8k)

Diff to use program with BSD unix and support UHF models
(thanks to Stephen K6BSD)
Notes: I've updated the code for UHF as well as FreeBSD. Also, the code will now calculate the "best" spacing to use. All three spacings are tripled for the UHF rigs and the program will pick the best one... when calculating error, priority is given to the TX frequency... the TX frequency error is doubled then added to the RX frequency error... lowest total is chosen. Another new "feature" is that if channels are left blank, channels AFTER the blanks will be renumbered. I left a blank space in a definition and lost some channels, but ended up with unusable ones enabled. This fixes that issue. 73 de K6BSD - FreeBSD.diff(11.2k)

Resources

Phoenix Microphone Connector (P911) The 8 circuit terminal housing: 0.156 for J911 is Digi-Key P/N WM-2106-ND Pins for housings are Digi-Key P/N WM2300-ND P911 Description 1 GROUND (A-) 2 PTT - TX (Active LOW) 3 MIC SHIELD GROUND 4 MICROPHONE INPUT HI 5 MICROPHONE INPUT HI 6 RESET (Active LOW) 7 CHANNEL SELECT 8 (I converted this pin to +12V for mic power) Phoenix Power Connector (P910) The 11 circuit terminal housing: 0.156 for J910 is Digi-Key P/N WM-2109-ND Pins for housings are Digi-Key P/N WM2300-ND P910 Description 1 TO IGNITION SWITCH + (2A Fused) 2 RX MUTE (Active LOW) 3 EXTERNAL SPEAKER HI 4 FILTERED VOL/SQ HI 5 SPARE (Channel A/B Select) 6 GROUND 7 EXTERNAL SPEAKER LOW 8 GROUND 9 CG DISABLE (Active LOW) 10 INTERNAL SPEAKER HI 11 +13.5 VDC POWER INPUT (15A Fused)

X22C12 EEprom Data Sheet(56k)
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