After trying many other things...
I ran the cable loop back tester software, and set to COM3.
Ran the test and nothing happens.
I have tried this with the radio just turned on.
I have tried this with hreadio in the CLONE mode.
I have tried this with the radio in the CLONE OUT mode.
I never get any response. I think perhaps I have a bad cable - sigh!
One other clue is that the cable makes the radio SCAN whenevr I plug it in normally
I have to fiddle with it and reinsert it numerous times before it will stop scanning and sit at a
fixed frequency.
and charged a premium price for it.
The cable came from Mark Dunkle, KJ6ZWL. I will relay all of this information and see if he can send me another cable that works.
On 30 Mar 2015 at 20:33, David Ranch wrote:
>
> Hello Bry,
>
>
>
> I set the radio per the cloning instructions and it says: CLONE and then CL OUT m.
> Then I click on OK.
>
> "Failure to communicate with the radio: unexpected response from radio"
>
>
> It sounds right... are you sure this cable works? I know you said it's FTDI based but there have
> been counterfit versions of those too. If you go into the Control Panel --> System --> Device
> Manager Does the serial port show up ok without any warning icons, etc?
>
>
>
>
> Do I need to change the com port speed or something??
> It's set for 8-N-1, 9600 baud
>
>
> I think chirp already knows what the serial port needs to be configured for.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, nothing in the Icom manual specifies the data port settings for the CLONE
> function.
>
> I might just as well have bought a cheap Baofeng I suppose.
>
>
> Naw, I'm sure things will work ok, we're just missing something simple. Speaking of Baofeng,
> push the connector into the radio REALLY hard (I mean HARD) and give it a try again. That's a
> very common problem with cheap cables.
>
>
>
> Like I said, I have been trying since january!
>
>
> This could be a bad cable. I think you can connect the TX to RX and using a program like
> Hyperterminal, type in characters and see if you see them back. This is an easy way to see if
> things aren't working right
>
>
http://www.kc8unj.com/interface.html>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>
>
>
>
>
> Same problem as before - failure to read radio...
>
>
>
>
>
> On 30 Mar 2015 at 22:13, Jim Unroe wrote:
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>
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Bry Carling AF4K <
bcarling@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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>
> Looks like 0.4.1 is the latest version?
>
> STILL trying to figure out how to make it work with the Icom T70 here!
>
> Bry Carling Af4K
>
>
> The CHIRP v0.4.1 daily build will be a year old in April. Use the
> latest daily build.
>
> Jim KC9HI
>
>
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