Thanks for the response Jim. I wish it as easy as finding a short.
I have three of the converted 6-in-1 cables and the behavior is the same.
I will keep playing with it. I did not order the cheapest available CP2102
available from China and notice there are several different styles.
Perhaps this one is somehow different in levels or buffering from the
others. I have read online others have had success programming the
FT-60 with the CP2102 so something is different. One thing of note is
this is one of the CP2102s that John said has the TXD and RXD switched.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Steve Whitehead <
nv7vham@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using one of the 6-in-1 programming cables with the counterfeit
> Prolific chip in it. After reading John Miklor's article about using the
>
CP2102
> in place of the Prolific counterfeit I replace the chip with the
CP2102.
>
> The cable works perfectly with the UV-5R radios but no longer works with the
> Yaesu FT-60. It is the same with my MacBook Pro or if I use FT-60
> commander.
> I thought before I start spending several hours chasing this down I would
> ask
> if anyone else has run into this.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
Steve,
>I assume that this is one of those 6-in-1 programming cables that you
>must plug in the correct adapter based on the radio that you are going
>to program. That would mean that you use a different adapter for the
>UV-5R than you do the FT-60. My guess is that the adapter for the
>FT-60 has gone bad. It is probably only a coincidence that it happened
>when the USB end was swapped out with a module containing a
CP2102
>chip. You might check the FT-60 adapter with a volt-ohm-meter for
>shorts or opens.
>Jim KC9HI