[chirp_devel] help needed
I am working with several radios some of which I expect not to work so no problem. However if I hook up a Baofeng UV-6 and ask chirp to do a download via ttyUSB0 under Ubuntu 14.04 I get "Radio did not respond" error. Nothing else shows in the log even if I use debug level and verbose settings.
Radio connected with it's proper cable and volume on full (though I have tested it at various volume settings). I get the expected errors if the cable is not plugged into the computer so I assume it is reading the port correctly.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks Tom
I had this issue recently and it was a file permissions issue on /dev/ttyUSB0. Make sure you have write permission.
-Nathan
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Tom Masterson via chirp_devel < chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
I am working with several radios some of which I expect not to work so no problem. However if I hook up a Baofeng UV-6 and ask chirp to do a download via ttyUSB0 under Ubuntu 14.04 I get "Radio did not respond" error. Nothing else shows in the log even if I use debug level and verbose settings.
Radio connected with it's proper cable and volume on full (though I have tested it at various volume settings). I get the expected errors if the cable is not plugged into the computer so I assume it is reading the port correctly.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?
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Hi Tom,
I assume you are actually talking about a UV-6 and not a UV-B6 or UV-6R. They are all 3 quite different radios.
problem. However if I hook up a Baofeng UV-6 and ask chirp to do a download via ttyUSB0 under Ubuntu 14.04 I get "Radio did not respond" error. Nothing else shows in the log even if I use debug level and verbose settings.
Nearly 4 years ago, Baofeng made a significant change to the UV-5R withe the release of BFB291 firmware and at the same time changed the "magic" string that initiates the cloning process. CHIRP was written to send the original "magic", then if there was no response from a pre-BFB291 radio, then the "magic" for the newer radio would be sent. Finally if there was no response from a new radio either, then the cloning process would end with "no response from the radio.
This worked for a long time. The only change that has been made is to now sent the new "magic" first since it is the more likely of the 2 radios.
The UV-6 is another radio that has 2 "magic" strings depending on the age of the radio. Unfortunately, Baofeng made some other slight changes to the handshaking done as part of process to initiate the clone process, of it it doesn't recognize the 1st magic, it ignores the 2nd magic that is sent to it (even if it is the correct magic.
I don't know if putting the new "magic" first in this case would cure the problem without breaking the cloning process for the "original" UV-6 or not.
Jim KC9HI
It is a radio from Rugged Radios that is made by Baofeng. I was told (note was told) by the techs that we can program it with chirp as a uv-6. I am not sure I believe them anymore.
I get the same message when running as root but I suspect that you Jim may be on the right track as the first message in the log that is of any importance is that matters is "radio refused clone".
I note that when reading the log it also shows UV-4R even though I have picked UV-6 not sure if this is a bug or not but definitely a bit confusing.
Tom
On Tue, 10 May 2016, Jim Unroe wrote:
Hi Tom,
I assume you are actually talking about a UV-6 and not a UV-B6 or UV-6R. They are all 3 quite different radios.
problem. However if I hook up a Baofeng UV-6 and ask chirp to do a download via ttyUSB0 under Ubuntu 14.04 I get "Radio did not respond" error. Nothing else shows in the log even if I use debug level and verbose settings.
Nearly 4 years ago, Baofeng made a significant change to the UV-5R withe the release of BFB291 firmware and at the same time changed the "magic" string that initiates the cloning process. CHIRP was written to send the original "magic", then if there was no response from a pre-BFB291 radio, then the "magic" for the newer radio would be sent. Finally if there was no response from a new radio either, then the cloning process would end with "no response from the radio.
This worked for a long time. The only change that has been made is to now sent the new "magic" first since it is the more likely of the 2 radios.
The UV-6 is another radio that has 2 "magic" strings depending on the age of the radio. Unfortunately, Baofeng made some other slight changes to the handshaking done as part of process to initiate the clone process, of it it doesn't recognize the 1st magic, it ignores the 2nd magic that is sent to it (even if it is the correct magic.
I don't know if putting the new "magic" first in this case would cure the problem without breaking the cloning process for the "original" UV-6 or not.
Jim KC9HI
I am working with several radios some of which I expect not to work so no problem. However if I hook up a Baofeng UV-6 and ask chirp to do a download via ttyUSB0 under Ubuntu 14.04 I get "Radio did not respond" error. Nothing else shows in the log even if I use debug level and verbose settings.
Radio connected with it's proper cable and volume on full (though I have tested it at various volume settings). I get the expected errors if the cable is not plugged into the computer so I assume it is reading the port correctly.
Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?
Tom, this is the development mailing list, but the above sounds like a usage problem. Perhaps you should have asked this on the chirp_users list?
Thanks!
--Dan
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