I think you need a different cable. It sounds like you are trying to feed USB to the radio. The radio doesn't have USB. I use a USB to RS-232 serial dongle then the radio cable converts RS-232 to TTL.
Also be aware that Chirp does not work properly with the FT-7800R. Some of the tone modes that the radio has are not supported in Chirp.
Tom ND5Y On 02/17/2017 11:30 PM, Brian O' Martin wrote:
ok, Im not really good with computers. I have a yaseu ft 7800 and a hp laptop with no serial ports. I have a ps2 male to ps2 male cable and a ps2 to usb adapter. I had to run a virtual com port program and then chirp. I followed the on screen directions for my radio. I on the radio it says tx for 2 or 3 seconds and then error. the pc says cloneing, then error occured, unabe to communicate with radio. failed to read header (0)
Im thinking its my com port. before i used the virtual port i look under device manager and there is no section + ports. oh yea Im using windows xp sp3 media version.
Please help.
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