Correct drivers can be found at: http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

John K3NXU
http://www.miklor.com



From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Milton
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:48 AM
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Cable

You should be using the driver at www.miklor.com whether you run XP or Win 7 / 8.

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Nate Perkins <perkins.nc@gmail.com> wrote:

I would suggest just tossing the idea of using whatever driver you got on the supplied CD. I ordered a cable and disc set off of Amazon, threw the disc out, downloaded everything off of CHIRP, plugged in my cable, and it went flawless. Not one hitch. This was a Baofeng UV-82. CHIRP rocks!


Nate, KL3NP
Nome, Alaska

On May 20, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Richard Mogford wrote:

> I am new to this list and probably am making mistakes that are already well
> known!
>
> I bought a cheap cable running the 2303 chip, which I found later is not so
> good.
>
> The drivers on the supplied CD seem to work OK, but when I go to use CHIRP,
> I get an "Error Occurred" message saying "could not open port COM3: [Error
> 2] The system cannot find the file specified."
>
> Is there anything I can try here, or should I just shop for a better cable?
>
> Richard
>
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