A few things about making your own cable because I have made one myself in the past. The radio doesn't use a serial hook up, it needs TTL. If you have a serial port in front of you you can create a small Circuit to convert it to TTL. Just google serial to TTL and it will show you. The next thing you were mentioning about keying up and transmitting. From what I recall you have to keep the grounds separate from the input and output.
Good luck on your endeavors.
Joe
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On Mar 7, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Glenn At Home GlennErvin@cableone.net wrote:
I do commend you for the go at it on your own. That is the real HAM spirit. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Grant To: 'Discussion of CHIRP' Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
Thanks very much for the assistance!
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Barton Sent: March 7, 2017 7:55 PM To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
Or you could go all in and order a proper cable from Amazon for around 10 bucks
On 3/7/2017 7:29 PM, John Wilkerson wrote: I just got on Ebay and ordered a CP-2102 chip ($3) and refitted my cables to that. Cheaper.
On 3/7/2017 19:05, Richard Barnier wrote: I have attached two YouTube videos for your review regarding the new Baofeng Chirp cable. The new cable referred to in the short video has a special chip in the cable that you need to purchase. The YouTube videos will explain everything well.
Baofeng, TYT, Wouxun Programming Cable That Works; AD# 37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzkFVtyttKM
Using CHIRP to Program your Handheld Ham Radios, AD#38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrpqq-xi00g&t=59s
73
Richard Barnier 12868 Mondavi DR. Fishers, IN. 46037 Amateur Radio Callsign: KD9EMM CERT, RACES, HCARES
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Grant Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 3:23 PM To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
I’m VERY new at this so hope this question isn’t off base! I have a new Baofeng UV-5R and have made my own cable to connect to it. The cable I’ve made is a DB9F to 3.5mm and 2.5mm plugs. The USB to serial adapter that I connect to is one that I’ve used with other things and works fine.
With the connectors in the radio the display comes up with a solid black dot matrix in the top frequency display and most of the info icons across the top. When I try to read the radio with CHIRP, I can see some data communication on the lights of the USB/Serial interface and the radio display changes to almost normal but then goes in to transmit mode and everything stops. I get an error indicating that “An error has occurred - Radio did not respond”.
I’m hoping someone can suggest some things to look at to further troubleshoot this!
Thanks Dan Grant
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