PSREdit300 with Wine

This tutorial explains how to get PSREdit to work with Wine on Ubuntu Linux 8.10.

Limitations

• Talkgroups view in PSREdit does not update when changing banks. If you click in the talkgroups window and "Select All" (CTRL+A) they will refresh.
• Copy/Paste is a tad iffy.
• Other misc. wacky behaviour typical of running Windows stuff via Wine.
• May or may not work on other Linux or Unix-like systems such as BSD or Mac OSX.

What you need

• Ubuntu Linux Intrepid Ibex (8.10)
• RadioShack Pro-163/164 or GRE-300/400 (tested with Pro-163)
• Newest version of Wine (tested with 1.1.17 from WineHQ .deb packages archive)
• PSREdit300 (Costs a mere $20 * Download PSREdit300 Trial)
• RadioShack 20-047 USB/Serial Scanner Programming Cable or Equivalent.

The steps to get it working are

1. Download the latest version of Wine. (in .deb format, make sure you grab the right one for your system!)
2. In a terminal, cd to the Desktop, and install the package with "sudo dpkg -i [packagename.deb]"
3. You might get an error about failed dependencies which you can fix by running "sudo apt-get -f install"
4. Connect your USB cable, and create a symlink for Wine:
   • in a terminal, type "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1"
     • it may be a good idea to run 'dmesg' to verify that your cable is on ttyUSB0)
5. If you haven't already, get PSREdit, and extract it to your Desktop.
6. Enter the folder, and launch the .EXE file with wine. (right-click and select "Wine Windows Program Loader")
7. Configure the serial port as Com1 / USB.

You should now be able to download the data from your scanner, and edit it with PSREdit.