The issue of the cable seating in the radio is especially likely with the GT-3, as it has rounded sides which can prevent the cable from seating. I had to use a knife to trim my cable before it would work with the GT-3.

On 08/13/2014 04:18 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM, w4grj <w4grj@satterfield.org> wrote:

Tried using UV-5R setting on my new GT-3 but it does not communicate with
the radio.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jack
W4GRJ

1. Make sure you have a compatible driver installed. Programming cables with Prolific chips almost always require you to use an older or patched driver to be compatible.

Windows XP: V2.0.2.1

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1: V3.2.0.0

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

Mac OS X

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips (generic drivers)

Linux

Compatible drivers are often already installed. Give CHIRP Live CD a try (you can "burn" it to a USB flash drive). Since the OS is Xubuntu Linux, if this works with your programming cable and Windows or OS X doesn't work, you have at least determined the problem is not your programming cable or CHIRP.

2. Make sure the cable is fully plugged into the radio. This trips up a lot of owners of the UV-5R (and variants like the GT-3).

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1

Jim KC9HI
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