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[chirp_users] HELP: CHIRP do not read Baofeng UV5R-UU
by Andir 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

Hi I have 06 pcs of UV5R-UU, firmware version is BFB291. I got error message: "radio dit not respond" This not happen when I programming my BFB251 UV5R using the same usb cable, using same CHIRP software and same PC. Thanks

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[chirp_users] ID-880H Macintosh interconnectivity
by Mike Hannibal 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Hi, I'm new to Chirp and I'm trying to get the Macintosh talking to the ID-880H. I suspect my problems are my old Belkin USB-serial adapter. I have some specific questions - and for clarity my OS is 10.8.1 Can you use the Icom OPC-1529R cable with Chirp and a USB-serial adapter? If not which cable do I use - is it the Icom OPC-478UC and if so does this work without any drivers on the Mac OS? I'm not after cheap eBay cables - just reliable connectivity. If I can use the OPC-1529R then does anyone have a USB-serial adapter which they are using on Mac OS 10.8.x with that cable which works well? If so which one? I'm keen to get this working with the Mac - thanks to Dan and the team for the software. I don't need the "cheapest" solution here, I just need one that is reliable and known to work. I do not want to use a Windows emulator. Just with respect to a current discussion on the list about Mac where it was suggested it is a "boutique platform" - I'm not sure that you can say that about the biggest selling laptop platform in the US for the last quarter ;) Regards Mike VK3ZMH

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20120919 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #115 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [vx7] Fix setting power levels on 220MHz band to L2 introduced with r1668 fixing #214 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [all Wouxun] Add busy channel lockout in memory editor implement feature #309

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[chirp_users] K3 and CHIRP
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

I see that the K3 and CHIRP has been "Blocked" by Dan. Does that mean something good like CHIRP has been given a block of time? Or something bad like Blocking spam? Is a trial version available for K3? 73 DR David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA <http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/> Radio-Officers Group<http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers?hl=en>-- Join CW email list <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw%20> -- Historic Morse Recordings <http://archive.org/search.php?query=n1ea> *Gopher Hole:* gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/ (native or with Firefox's Overbite extension) or via http to gopher gateway<http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher://sdf.org/1/users/djringjr/> *C**hat* Skype: djringjr MSN: djringjr(a)msn.com AIM: N1EA icq: 27380609 =30=

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[chirp_users] Please post
by David Henderson 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Mac OS X 10.8.1 driver to program Wouxun KG-UV3D using Chirp I am trying to program a Wouxun UV3D HT using Chirp software and my iMac, running on Mountain Lion (10.8.1). I've found a driver that loads fine on the iMac and is recognized by Chirp (/dev/cu.usbserial). This is the driver - md_PL2303_MacOSX10.6_dmg_v1.4.0. The problem is that when I attempt to download the Wouxun I get an error that a radio is not "responding." I'm using Wouxun's USB to radio cable. What am I missing? Is there a secret Wouxun cloning mode? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73, David KF4VCA

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 45, Issue 19
by Mike Hannibal 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

I think the way to remove kexts is as follows: In terminal navigate to /System/Library/Extensions/ Issue: sudo kextunload nameofkext.kext Issue: sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/nameofkext.kext You'll be asked for an admin password when you use sudo. If you want you can reboot - it shouldn't be necessary. Regards Mike VK3ZMH > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:38:28 -0500 > From: Guy Teague <accts(a)gtweb.org> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Please post > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CACY9Dipm2WuNquOeqCrJAmfjFNCrUV_PFOdqNak55BeCLqNizA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > hi folks: > > [snip] > so i much appreciate all the help and tips and info you guys gave me and i > have no idea why i couldn't get anything to work until now. now i have some > more hours of research ahead of me to figure out how to uninstall the other > pl2303 drivers that are loaded and not working. it can't be good to have 3 > drivers loaded into kext all for the same thing. > > [snip] > /guy (73 de kg5vt) > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Guy Teague <accts(a)gtweb.org> wrote: >

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[chirp_users] Can't load Chirp Daily in W7 Pro 32bit
by Ken G 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

When I try to run Chirp Daily Build (I've tried a few different builds) the Windows 7 spinning circle spins for a few seconds then vanishes. There's no indication in Task Manager of the program running or trying to start. I've tried uninistalling, running a registry clean, reinstalling, running in XP mode, running as administrator, tried different builds, tried with my AV program disabled, all with the same result. It runs fine on my XP netbook, but not on my desktop running Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. Help please. Ken G

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Re: [chirp_users] Icom ID-880H Macintosh Interconnectivity
by Mike Hannibal 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

>> 1. Can you use the Icom OPC-1529R cable with Chirp and a USB-serial >> adapter? > > Yep, should be able to. Thanks for the response Dan. OK I've tried both the OPC-1529R with the Belkin adaptor and the OPC478UC - the USB cable with absolutely no luck. Both these cables are recommended by ICOM for the ID-880H, but ICOM only supply drivers for Windows. I downloaded the Prolific driver which they say works with Mac OS 10.8 ...and I can't get it to load. I then downloaded the Netherlands driver (osx-pl2303.kext) and I've got it loaded and a serial port available. However when I choose "Download from Radio" Chirp simply says "Cloning" very briefly and then "An error has occurred. Unexpected response from radio" Important to note that the serial port does not show up in Network Prefs but when I issue kextstat I get this back: 131 0 0xffffff7f81eb6000 0xb000 0xb000 nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303 (1.0.0d1) <122 33 5 4 3> So it's loaded. I'd really appreciate it if there is anyone out there using Mac OS 10.8.1 and ID-880H and Chirp if they could tell me just exactly what they do to get it to work (it's not _that_ unusual a combination ;)). I really don't want to have to go the whole memory hogging VMWare route. Kind regards Mike VK3ZMH > >> 2. If not which cable do I use - is it the Icom OPC-478UC and if so >> does this work without any drivers on the Mac OS? I'm not after >> cheap eBay cables - just reliable connectivity. > > The OPC-478 is the older cable, which has a TTL converter in it. Their > newer radios have started to support cloning via the regular RS-232 port > that they now have. I can't say I've tried it with the 880, but as > consistent as the Icoms are, I'd expect no issues. I have an 880 here, I > guess I should check it :) > >> 3. If I can use the OPC-1529R then does anyone have a USB-serial >> adapter which they are using on Mac OS 10.8.x with that cable which >> works well? If so which one? > >> From my experience, the KeySpan is the best one for your platform. It's > big (although I wouldn't call it clunky), but it has a removable cable > and does a lot of neat stuff that the others won't. > > What chip/driver is in your Belkin? They're usually prolific, which is > the most common, but also the most commonly problematic on MacOS, in my > experience. I think Tom would argue for FTDI-based gear, but I'll let > him speak up. > >> Just with respect to a current discussion on the list about Mac where it >> was suggested it is a "boutique platform" - I'm not sure that you can >> say that about the biggest selling laptop platform in the US for the >> last quarter ;) > > Heh, I hadn't heard that, and I'm certainly skeptical of such a claim. > However, regardless of growth, there's a lot of ground to make up. > Further, due to Windows' architecture, some of the driver cores have > been around longer than OSX has been a commercial product. > > Yikes, I sound like a Windows advocate. Ya'll know I don't own a single > machine with Windows on it, right?? :) > > -- > Dan Smith > www.danplanet.com > KK7DS

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20120915 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #114 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a driver options settings group to Icom radios supporting hispeed clone This allows the user to disable hispeed in order to troubleshoot potential issues. Related to #305

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 45, Issue 13
by N7TZK 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

On 9/14/2012 8:22 AM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > ...Heh, I hadn't heard that, and I'm certainly skeptical of such a > claim. However, regardless of growth, there's a lot of ground to make > up. Further, due to Windows' architecture, some of the driver cores > have been around longer than OSX has been a commercial product. Yikes, > I sound like a Windows advocate. Ya'll know I don't own a single > machine with Windows on it, right?? :) One of the points that often get lost in such comparisons are whether you are speaking of Apple hardware vs PC hardware... or Apple vs a particular brand of PC hardware. I remember back in the days of IBM PCs... "IBM" had clearly won the sales war at that point in terms of their hardware architecture (and OS such as it was then)... but Apple sold more personal computers than IBM did. IBM set the standard... but didn't profit from it! I don't keep track of this stuff on an ongoing basis, but I suspect Apple has been competitive with any given PC brand pretty much continuously. They certainly have a long history of being 'on top' of the customer satisfaction/reliability/etc surveys. Which isn't to say that I'm an Apple owner. Don't even own an iP* . Last Apple I owned was an Apple IIc! There are other considerations... and for me and my world... I don't really have a practical choice but stick in the Microsoft camp. Still, I can't blame Apple owners for loving their toys! Dave

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