No need to respond if you haven't already, this issue has been solved. User error. :-)
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Yaesu VX-3R CHIRP/cable issue? Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:29:38 -0400 From: bmw williammwillis@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
Regarding my original question noted below, I ran into this on an ebay review http://www.ebay.com/p/Yaesu-VX-3R-Radio-Transceiver/129686220 of the VX-3R. Wondering now if the cable information is incorrect?
"The chirp software only worked to program once a frequency had been previously entered into the vx3r memory, and then read(image). Just put same frequently in as per manual, then change in chirp. Use excel to sort organize (put them in order), then manually enter in chirp. The programming cable for ft60r fits and is 4 lead but does not work and is wrong cable, I'm pretty sure."
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Yaesu VX-3R CHIRP/cable issue? Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:24:24 -0400 From: bmw williammwillis@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
I have one of the "proper" cables (https://www.valley-ent.com/store/yaesu-usb-ftdi-radio-programming-cable-ft-6...), which works with my Yaesu FT-60R, but I can't get CHIRP working with my brand-new Yaesu VX-3R. Same computer (Windows 8.1), same driver, no issues with the FT-60R, but when I follow the CHIRP instructions on downloading the image from the radio, my VX-3R just sits on the "--TX--" screen, then gets an ERROR message. CHIRP then says it couldn't communicate with the radio.
Is there some button press step or procedure I'm missing out on? Known issues with the cable (that is "supposed" to work with both radios)?
Thanks for any suggestions.
PS This message may look familiar, since I posted the same question in eham and RR forums. After doing so I thought I'd just go to the CHIRP source.