I bought a set of the 888s that I could not use chirp with too, I just got an Amazon refund and ordered another set which worked, as I recall the ones with a particular color sticker in the battery compartment was  the ones that don't work, sorry it's kind of vague recollection

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On May 2, 2017, at 1:30 PM, Nate Alvin <mypersonalspamfilternc@gmail.com> wrote:

Tried 25+ times.  The baofeng software works so thats what i will use

On May 2, 2017 15:00, "Andrew" <ziltro@ziltro.com> wrote:

Hi,

The simple answer is: Try again. Maybe a few times.

I don't know why, but sometimes the BF-888S radios don't like to enter
programming mode every time. I think this problem affects Windows more
than Linux. I've only used CHIRP on Linux.

You are correct that if you can program a UV-5R then you know the cable
works. Both the UV-5R and the BF-888S use the same cable and 9600 baud.
Even just reading data from the radio requires the computer to transmit
serial data to the radio and receive data back from it which proves that
all three wires are working.

It doesn't matter which channel the radio is set to. I have just tried
all 16 channels and it works on every one of them.

What I did find is that every time you read from the radio, it reboots.
Data transfer doesn't work during boot-up, which seems to take around 6
seconds. Because the serial cable is plugged in it is muting the speaker
so you can't hear it saying "Power on...".

And before anyone suggests another bit of common superstition, no it
doesn't matter what you have the volume level set to.

It is of course possible that they have changed the way the radio works
(although for something that cheap and simple, I doubt it), or that the
one radio you have has a physical problem with one or both of the
connectors.

--

Andrew.


On 01/05/17 16:50, Nate Alvin 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

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