Re: [chirp_users] Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60

On 9/26/2012 3:00 PM, chirp.cordless@xoxy.net wrote:

What's next?

Another thing you could try is to do a loop back test of your cable with the cable disconnected from the radio.

IIRC some of the Yaesu cables share a pin for TxD and RxD so the computer will read back anything that it sends. I don't know the FT-60 so you'll need to look up the wiring of the cable.

If it isn't that type of cable, you can set up your own loop back test by shorting the cables TxD and RxD pins together. Of course be careful not to short anything else.

Once you've got TxD and RxD connected, you should be able to go into a terminal program and see anything you type echoed back.

Just a thought. --Rob