Hi all, PLEASE SAVE this message: WHY ??? I went through a week of no sleep and pulling my hair out !!!!! Over the cable issue. Good thing that I bought two cables. One did not work. So remember the FTDI cable works for other projects that you might use down the road !!! I was lucky, you might not be so lucky. The info below is !great! advice. All the Best Alan -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10/16/13, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO@nathanson.org wrote:
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r plus not able to read from To: "Paul Plasters" wa9ffl@yahoo.com, "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 9:32 PM
Hi Paul,It seems that almost all communications errors and "no reply from radio" are a cable problem. Or more specifically a problem with the software that makes the cable work. One way to sidestep almost all of those problems is to get a USB to serial cable with a FTDI chip in it, then use the matching FTDI software to make it go. Guide to programming cables http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide
I'm not saying any cable vendor is better or worse, but I bought my FTDI cable fromhttp://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/programming-cables-c-25_45.html I used the FTDI software driver linked at the top of this page (Mac, Windows & Linux drivers are all there):http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips Alternately, if you have the extremely common Prolific cable (or more likely a counterfeit and/or “Generic”) you'll need to make sure you get the driver that will actually work, which is not necessarily the current driver from Prolific. That has been mentioned here recently, and If the cable is "Prolific based 2303 chip the proper tried and true driver is build 3.2.0.0. Others may work but this is what we all use for Prolific 2303 and Win7." (Milton's words) Also check this link for "Drivers & USB Cables". http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ Other common problems mentioned frequently here are cables that don't quite fit all the way in, and this can be the fault of either the radio trim, or the cable end. Careful inspection ought to help figure out if it is a good idea to fix that by removing some material from the cable or radio housing. It depends. Other than that, what are the symptoms of the problem you see? Best, Dave Nathanson On Oct 16, 2013, at 6:07 PM, Paul Plasters wa9ffl@yahoo.com wrote:
HMM, maybe that is my problem. How do we decide if it is the cable that is the problem? At least as important, where do we get a cable that is good? Thanks, Paul
On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:35 AM, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO@nathanson.org wrote: Good news Tony. It is just amazing (to me) how many problems are related to these USB to serial cables! After reading a bunch of cable stories, I bought good quality FTDI cables for myself, and skipped the whole issue. At the time I thought they were expensive at $20 bucks, but maybe good cables are actually cheaper after you consider the hidden costs of "cheap" cables; time & frustration, and in some cases the cost of another set of cables.
Anyway, glad it worked out for you.
Best, Dave Nathanson
On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:54 AM, Tony Cratz cratz@hematite.com wrote:
On 10/10/2013 02:18 AM, Jim Unroe wrote:
If the above isn't the problem, then I would
suspect that the
programming cable is bad and needs replaced. Jim KC9HI
I want to follow up on this thread I
started. After trying to
trim the orginal connector on the cable I
had and trying it
again, it failed. I did order a new cable which had on it
the Baofeng name. It
showed up Friday and last night I tried
it.
The cable worked with no problem what so
ever. Which means the
other cable I bought was bad. It was
not the connector but the
cable itself. Now that I have a good working cable I
have been able to
download from the radio and also upload
to it with no problem.
Chrip worked fine and I have already
added some 70+ channels to
my new UV-5R+.
Tony
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