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[chirp_users] Once Again, Yosemite Has Broken CHIRP
by Pat Anderson 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

When I first put Yosemite on my late 2011 Macbook Pro, CHIRP continued to run fine to program my Baofeng UV-5R. Then for no apparent reason, since I didn't change anything, all I could get was "The radio did not respond." I am using the latest daily build of CHIRP. So then I went to the net to research Yosemite and drivers and found the Terminal command to allow unsigned drivers to load and the command to load the kext for the driver that had been working. This appeared to work for a while, I was able to download from radio and upload to radio, and I thought all was hunky dory. Then in a day or so, once again it stopped working. Nothing I try works, I have tried all the various drivers on miklor.com, although they don't even mention Yosemite, they stop at Mavericks. I have a programming cable from cheapham.com, which I assume is a generic chipset, since it cost all of $8. This cable works reliably on my 2006 white Macbook and my 2006 iMac, both running Snow Leopard, so I can program my Baofeng with CHIRO, but I sure would like to be able to use my Macbook Pro. Is a new more expensive "genuine" FTDI programming cable going to fix the problem on Yosemite? Which one from which vendor? Thanks! Pat Anderson KD7OAC

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R and settings/squelch_levels
by Pavel Milanes Costa 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Hi, I'm new to the list... I was searching the list archives for this, but found no answer, so here it goes... The squelch levels for VHF/UHF on the settings > service settings options do work for the Baofeng UV-5R? My Baofeng is about 10uV in VHF and ~2.0uV on UHF, so VHF reception is hard, may be it has to do with the SQ level, it has 25 as SQL 0 for VHF and 19 on SQL 0 for UHF. So before I play with that values I want to know if this setting will really work with my radio. I'm using chirp-daily-20150702 here... 73, -- M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa, CO7WT SYSOP Nodo Gateway CO9JAZ Ciudad de Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba. Cell: (+53) 53-847819 Este email fue enviado usando packet radio a 9600 baudios This email was sent using Amateur Packet Radio at 9600 baud

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[chirp_users] Column number mismatch on line nn
by Steve Vogel 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

I get this error trying to import a csv file generated by RepeaterBook. It always begins with line 17 and goes to the end of the file. I can import lines 1 through 16 just fine. Thanks in advance Steve Vogel Decatur, GA svdec(a)bellsouth.net W4PSV

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[chirp_users] Chirp & Windows 10
by Bill Gabbard 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

With the release of Windows 10 on 7/29 to those that have Windows 7 & 8.XX. Has anyone had the opportunity to test compatibility between Chirp & Windows 10. Just a thought. Thanks, Bill

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[chirp_users] Solved:
by Mike Raymond 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

For purposes of sharing, here is what I did to finally successfully Install the Prolific Driver on my W8.1 64bit machine. The solution was getting the correct "SER2PL64.SYS" file. Thanks to those here, a Microsoft MVP, and Prolific for their patient assistance. On my windows8 64b computer I started by installing the windows 8 driver PL2303_Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1.11.0.zip It's on the http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/CustomerLogin.aspx website (use guest/guest for user and password). (This direct prolific driver download link might work too) http://www.prolific.com.tw/admin/Technology/GetFile.ashx?fileID=232 IMPORTANT: My past problem was missing the right .SYS file in c:\windows\system32\drivers folder. Get the correct ser2pl64.sys file here: ftp://ftp.sdt.be/pub/SDT170%20Software/USB/USB%20driver%20Win7/ser2pl64.sys (this file, only 64000 bytes compaired to the original that was over 150K) Next I ran the Prolific_DriverInstaller_v1.11.0.exe (from the above zip). Next I copied the 64K ser2pl64.sys file into the Windows8 C:\Windows\System32\Drivers folder (overwrite the original although it may be prudent to first rename the original to ser2pl64.OLD) Then I plugged in my usb to serial cable, if the cable is not correctly recognized, remove the cable. Now right click the Prolific driver listed under the "Ports (Com&LPT)" listing in Device Manager and click "upgrade the driver"; next highlight "search the local machine" and pick Prolific_3_2_0_0 from the list. Re insert the USB cable. After many frustrating attempts, this finally worked for me. Mike K5HUM

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R - Chirp 0.4.1 stable - CTCSS problems
by Jason Olson 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Hello fellow CHIRP users. I am in need of some assistance. I recently programmed by UV5R after a lot of time spent messing with drivers and cables. Finally got everything talking to each other. Recently went to use the radio with CTCSS tones enabled and discovered an issue. No matter how many times I would program a CTCSS frequency into the menu (11 and 13), the second I move to another menu item and switch back the frequency resets (and yes I hit menu again to confirm each time). In my case specifically the R-CTCSS menu resets to OFF, and the T-CTCSS menu resets to 67.0. I don't even exit the menu, just go to #11 > menu > set for specific frequency > menu to confirm > jump to menu #12 > back to menu #11 and it's sitting at OFF. I know I need to set both to the same frequency for this to work properly but I can't even jump between menu items without it getting reset. So I figure that either I need to adjust something in the radio and from what I've read in all the online manuals I'm doing this right, OR, I have programmed the radio as such to reset to these settings every time. Right now in CHIRP my Tone Mode is set to Tone and Tone frequency is set to 67.0 which is the only frequency the T-CTCSS will set to, but I'm hoping there is a way to program this right so that I can choose a CTCSS frequency on the fly in the radio and not have to program the specific code using CHIRP each time. Thanks in advance for any help, Jason

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[chirp_users] Problems with Windows 8.1
by Mike Raymond 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Ok, the Win_Driver_Prolific_3_2_0_0 with a FTDI chip cable and Chirp (or UV-3R tranceiver software), all work great on my XP and W7 machines. Installing the same driver and cable on my W8.1 Laptop produces the following error: This device cannot start. (Code 10) {Not Enough Quota} Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation. Any suggestions on how to solve the W8.1 problems? Does W8.1 require a special driver? cable? Thanks, Mike K5HUM(a)ARRL.NET

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Re: [chirp_users] New Install: Error opening _ctypes.pyd et al
by Richard Dillman 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

> >When attempting to save a frequency file for a BF-888S using a 2014 version of CHIRP I noticed that the Save As function would not work (no prompt for file name). After downloading and attempting to install daily build 20150702 I received a "Error opening file for writing" message regarding file _ctypes.pyd (and _hashlib.pyd, _socket.pyd, _ssl.pyd, etc.) > >Any guidance for solving this installation problem would be appreciated. > >Thanks, > >RD I should have mentioned that the computer is running Win7 and the radio being programmed is a BF-888S. RD

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[chirp_users] Any news on support for the new Baofeng UV-B5/UV-B6
by Richard Menedetter 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Hi All Just wanted to ask if there is any progress on the support for the Baofeng UV-B5/B6 with the newer Firmware (27 menu entries)? See this bugtracker record: http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/2293 Is anybody working at this? CU, Ricsi

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[chirp_users] New Install: Error opening _ctypes.pyd et al
by Richard Dillman 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

When attempting to save a frequency file for a BF-888S using a 2014 version of CHIRP I noticed that the Save As function would not work (no prompt for file name). After downloading and attempting to install daily build 20150702 I received a "Error opening file for writing" message regarding file _ctypes.pyd (and _hashlib.pyd, _socket.pyd, _ssl.pyd, etc.) Any guidance for solving this installation problem would be appreciated. Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, T2-GB-061170 Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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