On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Nate Alvin mypersonalspamfilternc@gmail.com wrote:
About 6 weeks ago, i purchased the 2 radios listed in the subject line to test them out for work. I programmed them both to the frequencies assigned to our license. We were assigned a corporate license recently, with different frequencies, vs our stand alone site license which is going to expire. Using the same computer, same "fake prolific" Baofeng cloning cable and the updated daily CHIRP software i was able to reprogram the UV5R, but when i went to read the BD888S i received the error message "radio refused to enter programming mode". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Did you change the device driver? There seems to be a change that has taken place in the recent BF-888s radios. It has been reported that several radios are purchased in a batch, some program and some do not. One radio that did not program was sent to me for testing. Unfortunately it programmed fine here (programming cable containing a counterfeit Prolific chip and Windows 7 64-bit with older Prolific v3.2.0.0 device driver). So the recommended older driver works. The person that sent me the radio, Mark, solved his problem by purchasing a programming cable with an FTDI chip.
Jim