Hi Antoon the correct operation sequence to download from ft857 is: - switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to clone mode - prepare chirp for download selecting menu Radio - download from radio and setting the com port and radio type then press OK - start send on the radio pressing C button download (should) then start immediately and both radio and chirp show the operation via a progress bar.
For upload the sequence is: - switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to clone mode - prepare chirp for upload selecting menu Radio - Upload to radio and setting the com port (do not press Ok yet) - start receive on the radio pressing A button - press Ok in chirp dialog to start upload
You can find some info on the clone procedure at the end of ft857 manual, chirp simulate the second radio: the receiving one when you download and the transmitting one when you upload.
I also must destroy the myth that the CAT speed have to be set in any way: in clone the ft857 the serial communication always take place at 9600 and there's no menu that can influence the protocol in any way.
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 04/10/2013 10:20, Antoon Rubbens wrote:
This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a new HAM in the Netherlands (since last Monday), I ask it one more time.
I have a Yaesu FT-857D (US model) and a cheap Chinese USB cable that I bought from Ebay. I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in Win7.
Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with radio: Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 0'
I searched the internet and found some hints:
- Press the send button on the radio after clicking OK in CHIRP (I
wondered what is 'the send button'? This radio has a million buttons)
- Press the A button under the screen after cliking OK in CHIRP (the A
button has manny functions on the 857, so which menu should be selected)
- Set the CAT speed to 9600bps (did that)
So basically the question is which menu I should select before pressing the A button. Or a step by step for the FT-857D is also welcome.
Thanks for your help! Antoon (PA2AR).
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