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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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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.

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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....

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That's fair enough. Glad that you solved the issue at any rate.

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I probably would have called had the crackers or the crowdsource not found it. I'm just left wondering what the deal was.