Thank you, gentlemen. I’m now up and running with Chirp on my UV-5X3. I re-downloaded the driver. I’m using a Baeofeng / BTECH cable (drivers at www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm). Immediately upon installation I pulled up a terminal window (this is on a Mac) and looked under /dev… no serial driver so I wasn’t optimistic. But as soon as I plugged in the cable it appeared. Voila! There came the progress bar as my radio cloned - something I hadn’t seen before - and then the page with all my channels presented itself. What a beautiful sight! Chirp is SO much easier than laboriously going through the radio’s rather arcane menu system.
Thanks again guys.
Jeff
On Oct 19, 2016, at 11:37 PM, Glenn glennervin@cableone.net wrote:
Is it not also important to be sure that the channel the radio is on is not receiving any traffic? Some folks remove their antenna during this to ensure no reception comes in. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "jml" <jml@jmlzone.com mailto:jml@jmlzone.com> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] "Error Reading Data from Radio..."
I just did an update of my chirp, (hg -v pull -u) Downloaded my tech uv-5x3, no problem on download or re upload. Using a home made cable with an FTDI chip.
make sure the cable is well seated in the radio and the volume is all the way up. Not sure why the volume makes a difference but it does. I suppose we can add then into the instruction window pop-up.
On Oct 19, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Jeff Hughes jeffreyhughes@earthlink.net wrote:
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the help. I loaded the file you attached, per your instructions. Same result/error.
When I click ‘File’ and then ‘Load Module’ and browse to the baofeng_common.py file there’s no message/confirmation upon opening the file. Just goes back to the blank Chirp screen. I assume that’s normal behavior.
Yes. This is normal.
Not sure what kind of file baofeng_common.py is (some sort of diagnostic?), but would the fact that my UV-5X3 is listed under ‘Btech’ rather than ‘Baofeng’ make any difference? i.e. is there a ‘btech_common.py' file?
The boafeng_common.py is used by the uv5x3.py driver for the download/upload support.
Thanks again.
Jeff
If your programming cable has an FTDI chip, are you running the latest driver from ftdichips.com? If your programming cable has a Prolific type chip, are you running one of the generic device drivers?
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