Something is opening COM 2 before the software gets a chance to grab it. Or something is not releasing COM2. What that would be I haven't a clue. That's the only thing I can think of where other software can use the port. Would you be able to switch the COM port of the cable to the next unused port? If you have nothing that uses COM3, but in Device Manager when you attempt to change the port to 3 if it says In Use, just go ahead and use it anyway. The Device Manager may be finding setting an old device that is no longer using the port. That would be my next step had I the same problems. However I also would wait and see if this is a known issue with your radio. Maybe one of the Chirp programmer who read the list might recognize this.
________________________________ From: Eduard Crombie eduard@on7ce.net To: CHIRP Mailing List chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 8:22 AM Subject: [chirp_users] Kenwood TH-K4 programming problem.
Hi, I have been using CHIRP since last year when I purchased a Baofeng UV5R. Since then I have been doing so successfully with other radios for friends and colleagues. With two Kenwood TH-K4 (UHF version of TH-K2), who are supported in the latest versions of CHIRP, I have this error window when trying to download from the ht: “could not open port COM2: [Error 5] access denied” after some 60 secs. (“access denied” is “Toegang geweigerd” in Dutch) Using the Kenwood program MCP-1A with same cable (on COM2 and original Prolific chip) I don’t have this problem, but the said software is not as flexible as CHIRP. Any ideas on how to tackle this problem ? 73 Eduard ON7CE _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users