On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Jim Pruitt jpruitt67@gmail.com wrote:
Hello John.
What you missed (or I did not make clear) was that when I switched cables to the real FTDI cable (also says Baoefeng) it worked. When I went back to the other cable (FTDI clone) the same GT3 (UR5 definitions) then it said radio was not responding. The only change was the cable itself. It works now but none of the 4 cheap cables that appear to be FTDI clones do not work. That was why I was looking for the old drivers and info as to which drivers worked with the FTDI copies.
I also have an XP machine that I have to set up as well and that will be fun.
Thank you.
Jim Pruitt
Have you gone into Device Manager and confirmed that your programming cable has an FTDI chip in it? As far as I know, all Baofeng (the Chinese radio manufacturer) branded programming cables an unauthorized copy of a Prolific chip.
Programming cables from Baofeng Tech (the USA radio dealer - not to be confused with Baofent the radio manufacturer) all contain the FTDI chip but none are Baofeng branded.
Jim KC9HI