Yes, two things I found help..#1 definitely check to see you are using a Prolific driver for your cable...most I have seen are prolific and mined worked fine after prolific driver. #2 yes, must download from radio before you try to upload and programing.
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Don,
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:15 PM, lofty don loftydon@gmail.com wrote:
Sir,
I recently purchased two of these radios, but am having trouble
programming
them using the purchased cable that interfaces with the radio and ends
in a
USB cable. I have tried with both a Windows 10 and a Windows 7 Home
pc. I
checked the firmware version and saw that it read: BFB297
The firmware version of these radios can no longer be determined by powering on the radio with the [3] key pressed. Ever since BFB299 firmware was released about 3 years ago, all UV-5R radios (and their variants) masquerade as BFB297 in this power on message. Unless your radio is over 3 years old, the only thing that we can be sure of is that the "real" firmware version is not BFB297.
I check the devices in Windows 10 and it shows com3 or com4, depending on the USB port and it looks good.
You shouldn't need to guess which COM port to use. Device Manager should show you exactly which COM port is assigned to your programming cable. If you have a programming cable with a Prolific USB-to-TTL chip, the device driver auto installed by Windows 10 is incompatible. Unfortunately the latest Prolific driver installed by Windows no longer shows an error, so you can be fooled into thinking everything is OK when it isn't. What you will have to do is download, install and select an older, but compatible, device driver (v3.2.0.0).
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
I click on new and then click on the radio tab and put in com1 or com2 or com3 or com4 and always get an error (vendor is Baofeng and UV-5R).
Once again, you shouldn't be guessing which COM port to use. One you get the correct device driver selected, Device Manager should clearly show you which one to use. See examples in the guide above.
Also you cannot click new to create an image that will upload to your radio. You must download from your radio first to create a tab that is compatible. Save your first successful download to a CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file to be kept in a safe place as a backup. Then you can save it a second time for your "working" copy. Make the change you want and upload it back to your radio. See these guides and examples.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php#guides
Thanks for any help you can give.
Don in sunny Florida
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