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[chirp_users] Radio still does not respond
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

To review my problem: Win7, Prolific 3.2.0.0 7/31/2007 [installed and reinstalled and reinstalled] on com 3, CHIRP 0.3.1, plug end filed down and pushed in HARD, and still get "radio did not respond" when I attempt to download from the radio. The miklor.com page has no suggestions for this error msg other than to file down the cable. Anything else in anyone's bag of tricks? Regards, Madison Jones W5MJ

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[chirp_users] "radio did not respond"
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

I am a new user to the Baofeng F-11 so I might not be getting things correct, though I have reinstalled the cloning cable driver [it is on Com 3] using the Win7 procedure outlined by Wouxun and reinstalled Chirp. When I initially obtained the radio, I pulled up the stock channel program, changed it around a little and uploaded it to the radio using Chirp. A few days later I manually programmed several of the memories and deleted most of the stock memories. Now, when going to the Radio tab on the Chirp software and attempting to Download from Radio, I get an error message which says "radio did not respond." I get the same error message when attempting to upload to the radio from Chirp. Suggestions? Madison Jones W5MJ

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 42
by N4AOF 29 May '13

29 May '13

This SPAM was partly the fault of the ignorant twit who invited the mail list address to Linked In, and largely the fault of Linked In itself. A few years ago, Linked In used to be a serious professional networking site, but more recently it has become more of a MySpace wannabe. When a person joins Linked In now, every time he logs in he will be pestered by a screen asking him to give linked in access to his email client program so that it can find people he knows on Linked In, but that come on is largely a lie. What Linked In actually does is import every email address in the person's contacts and then it offers to "invite" those addresses to join his "professional network" -- it does not tell the person that most of those addresses are NOT already on Linked In, and it is formatted in such a way that most people never even see the addresses that they are about to "invite" - but by doing so, the person agrees to a set of conditions that allows Linked In to spam every address it found in his contacts. Linked In will then spam those addresses, and about a month later it will spam all the addresses that haven't joined Linked In a second time. Linked In claims that people can opt out of being spammed by their members, but you have to join Linked In before you can opt out. Personally, on the mail lists that I manage, I treat Linked In invitations exactly the same way I treat Grouply invitations -- I immediately ban the individual from that mail list and from all the other mail lists that I manage. Doing so may not be "fair" but it cuts way down on the problems of managing recurring spam caused by ignorant fools. -----Original Message----- 1. Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Tomas Mesta) 2. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Bear Albrecht) 3. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (The Silver Fox)

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[chirp_users] UV-B5 Limiting frequency entry
by nv7v nv7v 29 May '13

29 May '13

With the UV-5R you can enter frequency limits with CHIRP so the user can't enter anything outside those limits manually in VFO mode. You can still program in frequencies outside those limits with CHIRP and upload them to the radio. This is very useful as you can set the radio up for a Ham that may also have need to use the radio on other services for which they are authorized without worrying he may inadvertently transmit or enter and transmit on a frequency he should not. If I enter in frequency limits in the "settings" section in CHIRP for the UV-B5, however, it then will not allow any frequencies outside those frequency limits to be programmed into memories using CHIRP or manually in VFO mode. Is this a limit of the radio or is it possible CHIRP could be changed to work like it does with the UV-5R? Thanks so much for your excellent work!! Steve NV7V

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[chirp_users] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Tomas Mesta 29 May '13

29 May '13

LinkedIn ------------ Discussion, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Tomas Tomas Mesta Retail Professional Modesto, California Area Confirm that you know Tomas Mesta: https://www.linkedin.com/e/c4xhnw-hh9q7jj3-58/isd/13679634333/yM1ZKmZO/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/c4xhnw-hh9q7jj3-58/XqXhe0G_4hwIZ3_xoQuVTfT_syuI36… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-60 upload fails but download works
by Marcia Stockton 28 May '13

28 May '13

I could use some help figuring out how to make this work. I have tried everything I could think of for 2 days before asking for help. In summary, Chirp 0.3.1 and 0.1.12 will receive configuration data from the Yaesu FT-60 radio, but will not send chirp image data back to the radio to configure it. Permissions on the serial device /dev/ttyS0 are correct: crw-rw---- allowing the dialout group to read/write the serial port, and my userid is a member of the dialout group. The steps I tried are listed below. (Pardon me for the length of the problem-solving narrative but I decided to include a number of false steps and time-consuming problems due to incomplete or erroneous or confusing documentation, in case these are fixable issues, so that others might avoid these troubles.) Thanks for any help you can give. 73, Marcia NU6N ----------------Tried to Solve the Problem Myself------------------ OS = Linux Mint 12 First, installed chirp package from Ubuntu ppa repository (Linux Mint is a Ubuntu derivative and Ubuntu packages almost always work fine): | sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-hams-updates/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chirp| What I got was a downlevel chirp 0.1.12. Tested it and chirp 0.1.12 successfully read from the radio. The problem occurs repeatably whenever I try to upload from chirp to the radio. The cable should be OK because it was purchased from Yaesu and has worked before in both directions with Yaesu-provided rig programming software on the same laptop, back when we ran Windows on this laptop. The serial port on the laptop works fine when communicating with the HF rig. And one should try the latest version before asking for help, as the Yaesu FT-60 support might be more complete in the current version, based on differences in the test reports for the two versions ("Test report for CHIRP version 0.1.12" (http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.1.12/Test_Report.html shows all functions supported on FT-60 except "clone"; whereas clone is listed as supported on the current beta release 0.3.1 http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.3.1/Model_Support.html). I downloaded the 0.3.1 tarball and manually installed it (|sudo python setup.py install)|. I presumed that the necessary libraries were already present as a result of the previous installation of chirp 0.1.12. The manual installation ||produced error messages and chirpw would not run (i.e. was not installed in a way that allowed it to be run from any directory or menu.) However, per the instructions, running chirp 0.3.1 directly from the directory it was unzipped to, via ./chirpw command, worked OK ... except that upload to radio still didn't work. To rule out the possibility of a conflict with code that could have been left over from the 0.1.12 install, I removed chirp 0.1.12 using apt-get remove chirp. Then I manually deleted all files and directories that had been created by the attempted manual install of chirp 0.3.1. || So at this point I am starting over attempting a clean manual install of chirp 0.3.1 from the downloaded tarball. Following the instructions at http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux to ensure all prerequisite libraries are present, sudo apt-get install python-gtk python-serial python-libxml2 produced an error message: Package 'python-gtk' has no installation candidate. I ran apt-get update but still no python-gtk. I then ran a complete sudo apt-get upgrade on my system to ensure all my repository-provided software is up to date. After web research I learned there is no longer a python-gtk but there is a python-gtk2, and it is already installed on my system, and is the newest version. I unpacked chirp 0.3.1 and again ran chirp from inside the directory where it was unpacked. (Did not attempt to run the python installer this time.) Again chirp 0.3.1 ran, with the same results as before: Chirp can receive data from the FT-60 radio, but when data from chirp cannot be sent to the radio. Note that I carefully followed the special sequence instructions required for Yaesu radios, always putting the receiving device into receive mode first, before initiating transmit on the other device. Thus, when attempting to send a couple of memories from chirp to the radio, I did the following, which I believe was correct: a. Put the FT-60 into clone mode with the cable connected to the mic/sp port, by powering on while holding the MONI button. Turn the large knob until 'F8 CLONE' appears. Press F/W key. Radio restarts displaying CLONE. Put radio into Rx mode by pressing MONI. Radio displays ---Rx--- and waits to receive data from chirp. b. On Chirp, select Radio then Upload to Radio. The port, vendor and model are set to the same values that work for receiving data from the radio, i.e.: /dev/ttyS0, Yaesu, FT-60. Click OK to begin transmitting to the radio. c. Chirp's prompt appears showing that Chirp is attempting to transmit to the radio. After a short timeout, error message appears: "An error has occurred. Failed to communicate with radio: Radio did not respond." (Note that the radio still displays ---Rx--- ). Chirp Help, About shows the following: Chirp 0.3.1 GTK 2.24.6 PyGTK 2.24.0 Python 2.7.2+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[chirp_users] UV5R DTMF ON RECEIVE prior post
by KF8SJ＠aol.com 28 May '13

28 May '13

consensus was that it is not possible. e mail to baofeng promptly answered, and confirms same. thanks for assistance. also thanks to tyler neff for lead. 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Chirp will not start with UV-5R
by Kjell Andersson 28 May '13

28 May '13

When I try to start Chirp, it says "Error reporting is enabled, if you wish to disable this feature you may do so in the Help menu" and then it ends. I can connect to my radio with the ordinary software.

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[chirp_users] help with chirp
by dave 28 May '13

28 May '13

is there anywhere that gives the meaning of the columns in chirp? ie; if i do this by hand what goes in each column? is there a good help tutorial for this software? it appears to be not very intuitive. tnx dave k7da

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 May '13

28 May '13

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-20130528 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #203 [Michal Demin <michal.demin(a)gmail.com>] [FTM-350] New character set Character set of the radio has been updated. More special characters. Still missing support for some special characters and japaneese/other graphics font. Unknown characters are displayed as "?" (question mark). #847

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[chirp_users] more help
by dave 28 May '13

28 May '13

working with a baofeng uv5ra. retrieved a file from the radio (appears that the radio has been used before receiving it). saved as .csv file. loaded it in to excel. modified it saved it tried to load it to chirp. chirp says "no channels found". what did i do wrong. dave k7da

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[chirp_users] FT-8800 issue appears to be solved
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Uploading the file to the radio a second time seems to have solved the right side not having data issue. Not sure why, but it's fixed. Now if only CHIRP could set the radio to not display alpha tags as the default…changing them one by one on the radio is a hassle!

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[chirp_users] FT-8800: Success, but another question!
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Managed to get a file uploaded to the FT-8800, with complete success -- except for one little thing: how do I get the RIGHT side of the radio uploaded? (For those who don't have the 8800, the left and right side of the radio have completely separate memories; you can't even copy between them in the radio.) Once I get this figured out, I'm home free!

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Problem solved - I'd left the radio in crossband mode! I would have thought that entered the initial set menu (where the clone function is located) would have suspended crossband, but it doesn't. I turned off xband, and the download went without a hitch. Now I can experience the inevitable problems editing and uploading the image file - yippee! On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700 > From: Tom Hayward <esarfl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw(a)me.com> wrote: >> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" >> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) >> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) >> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window >> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. >> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. > > When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen? > > There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable > attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed > by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the > FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4 > for "Download from Radio" in Chirp. > > Tom KD7LXL

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Thanks Tom. Yes, I'm following the Yaesu manual to the letter. When the display says "CLONE START", the manual says to push the 'set' button, the screen will blank, and then the display will show "CLONE". I do that, and it does. The manual then says to start the receiving radio, and I click the start button in CHIRP. The manual then says to push the left-bank 'V/M' key to initiate transmission; when I press that button, nothing happens - the display still reads "CLONE", the "-TX-" doesn't show, and CHIRP times out with this error: "Failed to communicate with radio: Failed to read header (0)". I also tried your tip about the radio going into clone mode without a cable - nope, it behaves exactly the same. No "-TX-", no error, no nothing. On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700 > From: Tom Hayward <esarfl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw(a)me.com> wrote: >> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" >> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) >> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) >> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window >> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. >> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. > > When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen? > > There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable > attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed > by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the > FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4 > for "Download from Radio" in Chirp. > > Tom KD7LXL

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive
by KF8SJ＠aol.com 27 May '13

27 May '13

i have need to use this radio as an alert pager for local vol. fire dept. see where to enable dtmf on transmit, but no capability to do so on receive. is this possible, and/or am i missing something in the programming. basically need to receive only one tone. thanks for help. jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV3D
by Jim Bieker 27 May '13

27 May '13

Chirp read the memory fine but when I add some channels and uploaded back it sort of bricked the radio. Unable to change some settings mainly turning off voice and offset not able to save. Tried reset no luck. Any ideas?

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[chirp_users] Pushing 888k support
by warsoul 27 May '13

27 May '13

I use these radios and would like to see chirp support for them. I have offered to loan out one if it will help but I have not gotten a response so I figured I would post my offer here also.

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 29
by nanojects＠verizon.net 27 May '13

27 May '13

Using a wideband receiver (as in the pager) to try to receive a narrow band signal ( new system) the audio will be weaker. You can try to modify the pagers to increase the audio going to the tone decode chip. Either changing a resistor or a trim pot might work to increase the audio going to the decode chip. Good luck. Message: 3 Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:57:06 -0400 (EDT) From: kf8sj(a)aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive/// To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: <8D02840CDE7FBBD-1F40-1901C(a)webmail-m165.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" thanks. would appreciate any help possible. with the advent of narrow banding, all our pagers will not work. we are paged out by the sheriffs department over a public government channel using the dtmf codes. have already explored their sending either a different pl tone, or a dcs signal, but their system is not capable of doing either. for the price of a handfull of pagers, could equip the entire department with these units, and gain a talk around radio. not sure what an Arduino sketch is 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

I'm getting an error when trying to download data from the Yaesu FT-8800. Computer is an iMac running OS X 10.8.3; I have CHIRP 0.3.1 installed and running. Cable is the Valley Ent. USB programming cable, and I have installed the FTDI VCP drivers; it appears that they've been installed correctly (they're in the proper directory, anyhow.) I'm using the following procedure: - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. What am I doing wrong?

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[chirp_users] Can't Download from IC-T70A to iMac
by Vincent Burolla 25 May '13

25 May '13

I recently purchased a Valley Enterprises RPC-IV8-UF cable (Icom USB OPC-478 FTDI), installed the driver and CHIRP; however, no matter what I do I cannot get the radio to download to my iMac. Here are some specifics: Mac OS 10.8.3 CHIRP (vers. 0.3.1) GTK 2024010 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.2 I click Download from Radio from the Radio pull down menu. Then I select: /dev/cu.usbserial-AH01D7KW, Icom and IC-T70 in the radio window. After clicking OK, some sort of cloning window flashes briefly on the screen and the error message, Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio appears. Also, at this time both the green and red LEDs on the cable flash once. I get the same response regardless of whether the radio is ON or OFF. If the cable is not connected, I get a different error message, could not open port /dev....., which makes sense. Right now I'm suspecting a bad cable or something wrong with my HT. By the way, I can get the HT into the cloning mode manually, but that had no effect one way or the other. The HT appears to be working normally in all other aspects. I'd like to know, first of all, what pin is what on the cable's 3.5mm radio plug, and secondly, is there anything else that could possibly be wrong that I can/should check? Thanks, Vince

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Re: [chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 25 May '13

25 May '13

I must say I'm impressed by the quick and valuable response. Many thanks to all who took the time to reply to my inquiry. As a result of your good information the Baofeng UV-5RA and my computer are playing nicely together. Now I look forward to an evening of happy radio programming! RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 25 May '13

25 May '13

I hope the CHIRP brain trust will forgive this most basic question from a new member: Is a serial programming cable required for use with CHIRP? I see that the logo is a DB9 connector and the program allows only a COM1 setting but I thought I'd ask anyway since I have only the USB cable for my Baofeng UV-5RA. Can anyone recommend a source for a serial programming cable for the UV-5RA? Many Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 May '13

24 May '13

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-20130524 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #202 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix "insert row above/below" when using hungarian language Fix bug #759 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix Menu View/Columns after recent changes in editorset Fix Bug #853

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[chirp_users] Programming an old Motorola radio?
by Robert Lowery 23 May '13

23 May '13

I have an old Motorola Syntor X-9000 lowland radio (6&10 meter) that uses the old dos version RSS for programming. Is there any chance that CHIRP could be setup to program it? Thanks / Rob

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-F6A issues
by Michael David 23 May '13

23 May '13

Greetings, I just recently picked up a TH-F6A and love chirp! However, I've got a few issues: 1) Entering Live mode. With the radio in PC mode, sometimes I can't get it to download / enter live mode.. but it's flaky. I have fewer issues with 0.3.1 stable and 20130510 than I do with the newer dailies. When it fails, the screen stays empty after initiating download, and then if I try again, it says access denied and I have to quit the program. 2) Tune Step on Import. A friend took time to put various freqs into CHIRP for his UV-5R and sent me a copy of his file. The file includes frequencies that do not land on a 5kHz step, for example FRS frequencies. The file from the UV-5R does not include a tune step field, while the Kenwood TH-F6A has a tune step field. If entering one of those frequencies into Chirp individually, setting a frequency that doesn't fall on a step will return error 93 "radio refused". However, if by import, the import screen doesn't realize it would be a problem entry and gray it out. When the import runs, the affected channels are skipped quickly (while successfully programmed channels are programmed at a slower pace.) For successful imports, the tune step is defaulted to 5kHz. A workaround could be to take Freq in MHz and divide by .005 and see if (floor(freq) != freq) then default the tune step to 6.25, or otherwise calculate it. 3) Mode on import: NFM is specified for some entries in the UV-5R file. The Kenwood does have an FMN mode though. If NFM could be mapped to FM at the user's discretion, that would be useful rather than kicking it out. … and that's it! Thanks again for a fantastic tool that works with so many radios! Import/export FTW! Michael

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[chirp_users] Errors In Importing CSV
by Charles J. Hargrove 22 May '13

22 May '13

Has anyone else experienced problems importing a CSV file. I'm using the latest build of CHiRP and have used CHiRP with various radios for about a year now. I created (exported) a CSV from a BaoFeng UV5R. I added some memory locations to the file and saved the CSV. The UV5R was connected to the computer, CHiRP (5/21) started and read the layout from the radio. When I tried to import the CSV file it gave an error that it could only read the first 16 lines and was unable to handle lines 17 to 92. Ideas? -- Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV NYC ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord. NYC-ARECS/RACES Net Mon. @ 8:30PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.nyc-arecs.org and http://www.nyc-skywarn.org NYDXA SWL & Scanner Net Wed. @ 9PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.n2nov.net "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus "Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying (The work praises the man.) "No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TM-D710 problems...
by Ross Primrose N4RP 22 May '13

22 May '13

I can't connect to my TM-D710. If I select Kenwood & Detect, it says Unsupported Model TM-D710P, if I select Kenwood & tell it I have a TM-D710, it just goes back to a blank Chirp page... Ideas? 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.”

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Re: [chirp_users] new user, unable to connect to FT-7800 on a MAC
by chirp.cordless＠xoxy.net 22 May '13

22 May '13

Since you got the cable from Valley, it's almost certainly an FTDI chipset. The Prolific driver is completely useless for this cable. As I've learned from others on this group (Thanks Robert Terzi): > The RT Systems cables I've seen are made with FTDI chips. However they > install a custom USB Vendor ID and Product ID (VID & PID) on them, so they > aren't recognized by the generic FTDI virtual com port drivers. I've got a Mac and one RT systems cable (FT-60) and one Valley cable (FT-8800). Your most direct path to a working solution is to get the generic FTDI driver from http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm It's possible to edit the Info.plist file in either the RT systems driver to work with a Valley cable, or in the FTDI driver to work with an RT systems cable, which I've done with my FT-60 cable, so I don't need both drivers installed (and I have a third FTDI cable unrelated to radios)). But you have to know what you're doing with plists and vid/pids, and have the motivation/need to do it. The FAQ page that David referenced doesn't mention the generic FTDI driver, and IMHO it should. -dan > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 01:07:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: David LaBier <davidjlabier(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] new user, unable to connect to FT-7800 on a > MAC > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <1368518835.79248.YahooMailNeo(a)web122301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > What driver are you using for the cloning cable? > Read below. What radio are you using? > http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-B6 support?
by Tom Morris 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hello. I have a Baofeng UV-B6, I see that Chirp has support for the -B5 but I've tried reading the B6 and it doesn't do anything useful. What's the status on support for these? Does anyone else have one they're playing with? As I recall Baofeng's own software is the same package for the B5 and B6; it probably autodetects the model in use by sending the appropriate "hello!" for both. -- -- Tom Morris, KG4CYX Mad Scientist For Hire Chairman, South Florida Tropical Hamboree / Miami Hamfest Engineer, WRGP Radiate FM, Florida International University 786-228-7087 151.820 Megacycles

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 21 May '13

21 May '13

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-20130521 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #201 [Michal Demin <michal.demin(a)gmail.com>] [ftm-350] Expand FTM-350 capabilities This patch expands capabilitied for Yaesu FTM-350 radio: - adds support for power level - adds support for odd split and fixes duplex modes - fixed support for fractional frequencies (should be eventually moved to upper class?) #144 [Sean Burford <sburford(a)google.com>] [VX8] Add APRS settings menu #821

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[chirp_users] Create file without radio
by Jim (List) 20 May '13

20 May '13

Is it possible to create a file for a specific model of radio, without having the radio? The "New" option seems to create a D-STAR profile, but can't see an option anywhere to change the model. Jim

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[chirp_users] Alinco DR-635
by Kevin 20 May '13

20 May '13

Is there any plans to add the Alinco DR-635 to chirp? 73 Kevin W0KCF

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[chirp_users] DStar configuring?
by James Williams 16 May '13

16 May '13

Just wondering if you had any directions or examples setting up DStar repeaters on Chirp? de KB3KVA James Williams

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 15 May '13

15 May '13

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-20130515 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #200 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857] replace char we do not support in labels with * fix #857 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft817] replace char we do not support in labels with * fix #857 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] changeset: 2002:7f32cc0b060a tag: qbase tag: qtip tag: tip tag: vx8_banks user: Sean Burford <sburford(a)google.com> date: Tue May 14 07:51:00 2013 +1000 summary: [Bug 869] When a memory entry is set remove any existing bank membership. [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [tmd700] Fix supported tones list. #867 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] RE-APPLY [thd7] Fix supported tones list. #859

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[chirp_users] new user, unable to connect to FT-7800 on a MAC
by Robert Lowery 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hello, I am new user to CHIRP. I am using CHIRP 0.3.1 on a Macbook PRO with the latest version of Mt Lion. I got the USB cable from Valley and i am unable to get the radio to connect. I have tried all the suggestions on the WIK (drivers from RT, and the ones from prolific) and none have worked. When i select the ports there are no ports other then bluetooth modem and bluetooth PDF sync. Thank you very much / Rob

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 11 May '13

11 May '13

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-20130511 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #199 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] make use of signed integer where needed in settings fix #863 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] bitwise: add signed integer support needed for #863 [Brett Bump <bbump(a)rsts.org>] New model #861 Code replicated from the TM-271 for the TM-471 series.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 10 May '13

10 May '13

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-20130510 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #198 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [px777] updated model check and freq range limits to support those radio that are labeled as 777 but their model byte says to be 328 Fix bug #855 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [thd7] Fix supported tones list. #859

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[chirp_users] to save or not to save
by Bear Albrecht 09 May '13

09 May '13

We don't have to be stingy with disk space nowadays. I save everything (well, almost everything) and I append date & time strings to file names for version history. One time I didn't save, although I wanted to, was when I was programming a mobile, and wearing pants with a fair amount of synthetic fiber, which especially in our dry climate equals static zaps. At one point I stuck the mouse in my pocket and it lost it (but later recovered); I had finished modifying the program in the radio but couldn't save it since the laptop was going wacko. Which I discovered when I went back inside and tried to save. But the radio was OK; I just had to read it back out the next time the guy was around. This is when I switched to a cordless mouse. ;B -- Bear Albrecht W5VZB It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. -- J. Danforth Quayle

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[chirp_users] Skip not saving
by Bill Gabbard 09 May '13

09 May '13

In Build 20130506 I'm putting a "S" in the Skip Column for my Baofeng UV-5 but the "S" is not staying upon saving the *.img file. 73s, Bill

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[chirp_users] Icom IC-V80 compatibility question
by Clint Talmadge 08 May '13

08 May '13

I have an Icom IC-V80 which is not listed on the list of Supported Radio Models on the Wiki page, but is listed on the "overview of what features are supported for each model" page. May I assume that the more extensive list is correct and that the program will function with the V80? Clint - W5CPT -

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[chirp_users] Fixed icon finally
by Marty Hartwell 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hi For any that have been following my attempt at finding how to get the CHIRP icon to show on my desktop. It turned out to be real simple and I must have found it when I first started using Chirp but forgot how to get it. The way I solved it as I said is simple, I looked in the Applications Menu and in there I have "Hamradio" and under it is my three ham radio applications. All I had to do was click and hold and draw down to the desktop and a launcher was created, with the icon showing the little serial plug. So manually creating the launcher does not find the icon, so I am happy at this point and yes I guess it is a little thing but that must be a little part of me that is OCD, and I just have to live with it. Marty kd8bj

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 May '13

06 May '13

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-20130506 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #197 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [vx5] Report unsupported tones gracefully Fallout from #803 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] display image and radio firmware versions in existing notification message that appears after an upload when the two firmware versions do not match related to #845

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 May '13

06 May '13

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-20130505 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #196 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [memedit] Hide 'Offset' cell when 'Duplex' == 'off' #849 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-b5] Add 'off' to the list of Duplex options so memory channels can programmed with TX inhibited. #837 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-5r] Add Support to Display Firmware Version in 'Other Settings' Menu add sturcture for firmware version add muted settings to display the firmware version (2 lines of 7 characters) #845 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add support for settingvalue objects to be immutable Related to #845 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Modify to support 99 channels. The current UV-B5 driver supports 128 channels. The radio only has a capacity of 99 channels. #841 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Add Remaining Per-channel Settings Enable support for Cross Mode DTCS Add settings to the right-click Edit menu - Reverse Duplex - PTT-ID - Compander This should complete the settings for the Memories tab related to #815

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[chirp_users] edit id880 dv mode
by rolan.clark＠comcast.net 05 May '13

05 May '13

Dear all, When I click on a memory channel and highlight it and then right click and click on edit the URCALL, RPT1CALL and RPT2CALL do not show up in the edit memory window, the skip field is the last one displayed. What am I doing wrong, 73 de rolan w3fdk

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[chirp_users] ftm-350 programming
by m3uon 05 May '13

05 May '13

Hello I would like to thank you first for an excellent piece of software. It works really well for most of the radios I have used it with. I was trying to find the archive to see if this has been discussed already (unsuccessfully), and finding none thought I should bring it up. I am currently trying to programme a Yaesu FTM-350 using a daily build (from yesterday, 27th April). It seem to do a very good job, except for the fact that when reading from the radio, it changes all the symbols (like :, ;, >, etc.) into a single back-tick (`) rather than retaining the original symbol programmed to the radio. Not sure if it can write back -- have not tried that yet. Will post once I get the chance. Thanks again for the hard work. Regards Shah

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[chirp_users] Desktop icon
by Marty Hartwell 04 May '13

04 May '13

Hi I have wondered about where and what file is the icon for the app? I have created a launcher as I have done before but don't now have the icon for Chirp. I actually am not real sure if it is in the correct place either. I got on the Chirp web site and followed the instructions for setting up the PPA but didn't see anything on the desktop, so I created one after finding what looks like the App in I think /usr/share sub directories. Is this correct or is there a better way? Marty kd8bj

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 03 May '13

03 May '13

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-20130503 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #195 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [kguv6d] Add Additional Settings Add sd_available to settings structure Add 'VFO A Frequency Step' setting (vfo_a_fr_step) Add 'VFO B Frequency Step' setting (vfo_b_fr_step) Add 'Time-out Timer' setting (transmit_time_out) Add 'TX Time-out Alert' setting (tx_time_out_alert) Add 'Single/Dual Band' setting (sd_available) Correct 'VFO B current channel' setting range (vfo_b_cur_chan) Correct 'ANI Code' exception text (ani_id_content) #801 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uvb5] Additional Settings add imports from chirp.settings add/update structures based on memory mapping add rf.has_settings = True add def get_settings(self): add def set_settings(self, settings): add Basic Settings group add settings equivalent to the Baofeng UV-B5 Software Optional Features Menu - Scan Type - Time Out Timer - Frequency Mode - Radio Work Mode (A) - Radio Work Mode (B) - Display Format (F1) - Display Format (F2) - PTT-ID - PTT-ID Code - Squelch Level - VOX Level - FM Work Mode - Dual Standby TX Priority - Language - Dual Standby - Roger Beep - Backlight - Save Mode - FM Function - Beep Prompt - Voice Prompt - DTMF Side Tone Related to #815

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-X4: A-OK
by David Brunner 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi All; I bought this little radio last summer at the hamfest in Plano, TX along with the Windows software and the Prolific programming cable. I initially installed the software on an old Windows Vista machine and programmed a number of frequencies without a problem. I recently got around to installing it on a newish Win7-64 box and had to do quite a lot of mucking with it to get the USB stuff working, but finally had success. I then downloaded Chirp (daily build) and it read the radio with no problem at all (as the UV-3R). So then I thought I would give Chirp a whirl on my Linux Mint Debian x64 laptop. Installed via Synaptic and it worked the first time without a hiccup. Woohoo! I had to run it as root (easily fixed, betcha) and it also saw the radio as a UV-3R. Now for my Kenwood TM-G707A's.... Very impressed! You guys are awesome! 73, David / KE0AZ Aurora, CO (DM79)

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[chirp_users] MAC OS 10.7.5
by Chuck Alldrin 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

I'm running a Mac /OS 10.7.5 and can't get the computer to find the proper USB port. I've installed KK7DS Python runtime but no luck. When I try to read from radio, I get the setup window for vendor and model and port: but none of the port selections will work. Baofeng UV-5R What am I missing? Chuck Alldrin KN6JS Chico, Ca

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