I think there is more too it than that. I've had periodic problems programming radios with both Chirp and the Wouxun software using the same cable and the same radio. The exact same sequence of steps yields different results. Sometimes it works flawlessly, sometimes you have to dance a jig on your left foot while holding your tongue with your right thumb and forefinger while mentally reciting a voodoo incantation. Ultimately, I just reboot the box and start from scratch and all is well. I suspect that there are driver issues where the driver may be left in an unstable state which is sometimes recoverable, sometimes not, especially if a previous programming attempt was performed in the wrong sequence.

Jim
K2SON

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Jim McCorison
Orcas Island, WA



Pat Anderson
September 5, 2013 1:35 PM

I have an IC2100, will get a cable and see how CHIRP works for me on it, it will be a couple of weeks radjio is at Birch Bay, WA, and I won't be back up there for a while.  CHIRP works perfrectly for me for my Baofeng UV-5R and Wouxon 699E, same cable.  When people say "it is not recognizing the radio," what that most likely really means is that there is an issue with the USB to serial adapter software.  Other than that, if the cable is not defective, the USB to serial adapter software is about all that could possibly be not correct.  Either that or maybe doing things in the wrong sequence or wrong manner (for example trying to control the process from the radio instead of letting CHIRP control the process).

Pat
KD7OAC  



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Dan Smith
September 5, 2013 11:59 AM


Then it's time to follow the instructions on the website for filing a
bug and providing the debug log. However, I know several people that
use the IC2100 regularly with CHIRP, so I'd check the rest of your
cabling, settings, drivers, etc just to be sure :)

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Jean
September 5, 2013 11:47 AM

Have tried the "non-clone" mode before and again now. Still does't work.

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Dan Smith
September 5, 2013 10:47 AM


Icom radios are smart. Simply power them on (not in clone mode), connect
the cable, and tell chirp to download it. If you try to initiate a clone
from the radio, you'll break the communication process.

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Jean
September 4, 2013 12:14 PM

I have an ic-2100, Icom USB OPC-478 FTDI (Valley Enterprises), driver from ftdichip.com and Windows XP setup.  The usb serial port is on com 5 (I checked in device manager).  With the ic 1200 in the clone mode, asking chirp to download from the radio, clicking OK and pushing the smwmw button on the radio, I get “An error has occurred.  Failed to communicate with the radio unexpected response from radio”.  I even tried without putting the radio in the clone mode......same response.....also tried two other computers (one XP and one Windows 7). When I ask the program to detect the radio  I get....”An error has occurred.  Unable to get radio model.”   Am I missing a step or two or doing things wrong?  Any help would be appreciated.
 
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