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A few weeks ago, I picked this device up from the Dayton Hamvention:

https://poal.co/s/Electronics/538229

There's some programming software that goes with it, but the manufacturer keeps it under password protected zip files. I don't know why, but they do:

http://www.gorman-redlich.com/downloads/ http://www.gorman-redlich.com/Downloads/WinEASSetup202b.zip

I was able to contact said manufacturer and was given a password: GrmnDosPass - but that doesn't work. When I asked for assistance, I got a really passive-aggressive email back stating that they tried to call me but why didn't I answer the phone so they can help me. Maybe because I don't take calls without knowing who they are and random call from local area code is auto-spam? Or for half a dozen other reasons, but the place basically refused to deal with me unless they could call me. Thanks, but this isn't 1974.

So now I have a piece of software that's locked, and I've been unable to brute force the password. Are there any pieces of software that are known to work? I have to assume that it's a password similar to what was given, or perhaps the files are simply corrupt.

A few weeks ago, I picked this device up from the Dayton Hamvention: https://poal.co/s/Electronics/538229 There's some programming software that goes with it, but the manufacturer keeps it under password protected zip files. I don't know why, but they do: http://www.gorman-redlich.com/downloads/ http://www.gorman-redlich.com/Downloads/WinEASSetup202b.zip I was able to contact said manufacturer and was given a password: GrmnDosPass - but that doesn't work. When I asked for assistance, I got a really passive-aggressive email back stating that they tried to call me but why didn't I answer the phone so they can help me. Maybe because I don't take calls without knowing who they are and random call from local area code is auto-spam? Or for half a dozen other reasons, but the place basically refused to deal with me unless they could call me. Thanks, but this isn't 1974. So now I have a piece of software that's locked, and I've been unable to brute force the password. Are there any pieces of software that are known to work? I have to assume that it's a password similar to what was given, or perhaps the files are simply corrupt.

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[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Maybe because I don't take calls without knowing who they are

If for the purposes of getting the password, don't you think this is an acceptable exception to the rule? I get that spam calls are a pain in the arse, though. Alternatively, you could call them - their number is on their website, and ask to speak to someone directly.

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Well, yes. However, if I don't know you're calling then don't complain to me when I don't answer your call. I'm not sitting around waiting for people I don't know to call me, especially if I am not expecting your call. Had he sent me an email saying "Hey, are you available for a phone call?" I would have said no, I'm out right now, and I don't have access to the number you're calling as it's a virtual number and i need to find a headset to use it - hold on.

The tone of the email I received was that I was deliberately not answering the phone for some reason.

The main point here is, why did he send me a fake password to start with? Why not just say "Oh, oops, that's the wrong one. Try this instead?" What is a phone call going to do? If you don't want to give me the real password or there's something funny I need to do, having a set of written instructions is going to be better for me because I can't hear shit on a phone.

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Then call them via their number - its on the website. That way you can do it on your time. Might have been that password was for one of the other files, and he just gave the wrong one.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

In our email exchange I asked if that was the correct password. No reply.

Another user found it, something I should have tried. He gave me the wrong password for some reason. Oh well....