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The smart RIB (Part Number RLN1015) is the newest Radio Interface Box made by motorola in the mid 90's. It's called smart as it contains a buffer memory for flashing the ASTRO series of radios. In this case the firmware is flashed to the RIB and then the RIB MCU copies it to the radio. I'm not sure why this step was needed, other than perhaps the first computers in the mid 90's were unable to keep up the timing needed to flash a radio, it could also be a commercial reason for motorola.

You don't need a Smart RIB unless you want to do firmware updates to the ASTRO radios. Any old RIB will work. Even the Sandy Ganz RIB.

= READ THIS =

'''IF you don't read anything else here read this'''

The power supply for the rib is 9v Negative on the center pin. This is 100% opposite from every other supply for every other rib. This is fucking stupid and designed to fuck Motorola's partners by frying a serviceable SRIB if you use the wrong supply.

I have a custom supply I use and store it and the SRIB in the same box. As of 2021 SRIBs are very hard to come by, and command 200-300 dollars when they do come up. Save your SRIB!

= Versions =

There are several versions of the SRIB, you want the D or later (not sure if there are later). This is the amount of internal flash on the SRIB, and D is needed for flashing the 1 meg radios. Note you may need to open it and look at the flash chip internally to verify this.

There is a version which I have that has a battery pack option, in mine it doesn't appear to work.

= Pictures =

<gallery mode=packed-hover>
SRIB 0001.jpg
SRIB 0002.jpg
SRIB 0003.jpg
SRIB 0004.jpg
SRIB 0005.jpg
SRIB 0006.jpg
SRIB 0007.jpg
SRIB 0008.jpg
SRIB 0009.jpg
SRIB 0010.jpg
SRIB 0011.jpg
SRIB 0012.jpg
SRIB 0013.jpg
SRIB 0014.jpg
SRIB 0015.jpg
Down town st pete at night.jpg
</gallery>

= Manual =
There's a manual for it 6880309F20, but I don't have a copy of it.
I've heard it may have a diagram, anyone have a copy?

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 = Manual =
-There's a manual for it 6880309F20, but I don't have a copy of it.
+[[media:Smart RIB User's Guide 6880309F20-A 400 DPI.pdf|Smart RIB User's/Service Guide 6880309F20-A]] - Special Thanks to Pat Dengan for loaning this to me.  Note the source document and schematic is rather poor and smudged from Motorola.  If anything is unreadable, it was like that on the source, and if you have a better one, please contact me and I'll scan it.
 [[media:Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual.pdf|Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual]] - special thanks to NPN for this.

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 I've heard it may have a diagram, anyone have a copy?
-[[media:Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual.pdf|Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual]]
+[[media:Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual.pdf|Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual]] - special thanks to NPN for this.
 = Datasheets =

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	There's a manual for it 6880309F20, but I don't have a copy of it.		There's a manual for it 6880309F20, but I don't have a copy of it.
	I've heard it may have a diagram, anyone have a copy?		I've heard it may have a diagram, anyone have a copy?
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		+	[[media:Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual.pdf\|Smart Rib Battery RLN-4488A Battery Pack Manual]]
		+
		+	= Datasheets =
		+	There are several ICs in the SRIB, I've found datasheets on most of them and have them below:
		+
		+	[[media:LM311 Datasheet.pdf\|LM311 Datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:MC34063A-D Datasheet.pdf\|MC34063A-D Datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:MC145407 5volt driver Datasheet.pdf\|MC145407 5volt driver Datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:Sn74hc125 Quad buffer datasheet.pdf\|Sn74hc125 Quad buffer datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:Sn74hc595 8 bit shift register datasheet.pdf\|Sn74hc595 8 bit shift register datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:74ACT00-D quad NAND gate datasheet.pdf\|74ACT00-D quad NAND gate datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:74HC258 2-input multiplexer 3 state datasheet.pdf\|74HC258 2-input multiplexer 3 state datasheet]]
		+
		+	[[media:Intel M82510 asynch serial controller datasheet.pdf\|Intel M82510 asynch serial controller datasheet]]

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	The smart RIB (Part Number RLN1015) is the newest Radio Interface Box made by motorola in the mid 90's. It's called smart as it contains a buffer memory for flashing the ASTRO series of radios. In this case the firmware is flashed to the RIB and then the RIB MCU copies it to the radio. I'm not sure why this step was needed, other than perhaps the first computers in the mid 90's were unable to keep up the timing needed to flash a radio, it could also be a commercial reason for motorola.		The smart RIB (Part Number RLN1015) is the newest Radio Interface Box made by motorola in the mid 90's. It's called smart as it contains a buffer memory for flashing the ASTRO series of radios. In this case the firmware is flashed to the RIB and then the RIB MCU copies it to the radio. I'm not sure why this step was needed, other than perhaps the first computers in the mid 90's were unable to keep up the timing needed to flash a radio, it could also be a commercial reason for motorola.

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	The smart RIB (Part Number RLN1015) is the newest Radio Interface Box made by motorola in the mid 90's. It's called smart as it contains a buffer memory for flashing the ASTRO series of radios. In this case the firmware is flashed to the RIB and then the RIB MCU copies it to the radio. I'm not sure why this step was needed, other than perhaps the first computers in the mid 90's were unable to keep up the timing needed to flash a radio, it could also be a commercial reason for motorola.		The smart RIB (Part Number RLN1015) is the newest Radio Interface Box made by motorola in the mid 90's. It's called smart as it contains a buffer memory for flashing the ASTRO series of radios. In this case the firmware is flashed to the RIB and then the RIB MCU copies it to the radio. I'm not sure why this step was needed, other than perhaps the first computers in the mid 90's were unable to keep up the timing needed to flash a radio, it could also be a commercial reason for motorola.

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 You don't need a Smart RIB unless you want to do firmware updates to the ASTRO radios.  Any old RIB will work.  Even the Sandy Ganz RIB.
-= READ THIS =
+= '''READ THIS''' =
 '''IF you don't read anything else here read this'''