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).   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
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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?

Jim
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