On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Larry Lovell larry.lovell76@gmail.com wrote:
I have one computer Windows 10 64 bit, One Windows 7 64 bit and one XP 32 bit. I could not get Portman to work on any system. On the XP system, I could not get the USB to serial adapter to work, tried different drivers also tried RS232 direct, but no luck.. I have some software that should program the KT-8900, but I keep getting errors of some sort. CHIRP latest version causes the radio to beep, which is the most anything has done. Any other software that I could try to get you the data?
I use Portmon on my Windows XP laptop. If your programming cable has a Prolific type chip you have to install the Prolific v2.0.2.1 device driver.
CHIRP doesn't make the radio beep. The radio beeps when it exits clone mode. That is how the radio works. So it will do this with any software that you use. The OEM software will even make it beep when the software starts. So turn the volume down all the way if you don't want to hear it.
Jim KC9HI