On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 13:59, Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com wrote:
Thank you Tom
In Chirp, click Radio -> Download From Radio. If the drivers you installed worked, you should see an option like "/dev/cu.usbserialXXXX" in the Port dropdown.
I do see this and it says it can not connect to the radio. Do I need a different usb cable than I use on a PC?
This is not a simple question to answer. In my experience, some USB cables that work with Windows do not work well with OS X. The cable manufacturers put a lot more effort into writing good Windows drivers than OS X drivers. Cables that have an FTDI USB chip inside tend to work very well with OS X, but I have had trouble with cables that have the Prolific PL2303. Other cables with the PL2303 work fine for me, and I don't know what the difference is between those that work and those that don't work.
If you find this cable doesn't work with OS X, I'd suggest using a Windows virtual machine (via VMware Fusion, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc.) to program the radio. I have a Windows VM I use just for radio programming, mostly for radios and features not supported by Chirp.
Tom KD7LXL