Since I also just started using Chirp I'm no expert, but I had a similar first-time experience (Ubuntu 16.04 and Baofeng BF-F8HP). It turned out that all that I had to do was turn up the audio volume on the radio and everything started to work fine.
Great program!
73, /Jack de K3FIV
On 07/22/2016 08:30 PM, CN85rq wrote:
These are my first attempts at using CHIRP and I'm not having much luck. I've tried connecting to two different radios from two different computers with a total of three different CHIRP versions and three different cables. I could easily be missing some tribal knowledge known to experienced users, so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction for a solution.
CONFIGURATION #1 Computer: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P motherboard, MCS9865 serial card, running Debian 7 (Wheezy) Radio: Kenwood TM-V71, connected with Kenwood PG-5G PC Serial Programming Cable CHIRP Version: 0.1.12 (from the Debian repository) Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio” message Additional Info: The timestamp on /dev/ttyS0 updates when the radio is turned on.
CONFIGURATION #2 Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, running Raspian (Jesse) with Compass mods by NW Digital Radio Radio: Kenwood TM-V71, connected (first) with a generic USB-Serial cable (unknown chipset) and (second) with a Sabrent CB-FTDI USB-Serial cable (FTDI chipset) CHIRP Versions: (first) 0.4.0 and (second) chirp-daily-20160717 Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio” message Additional Info: Tested with and without the “console=serial0,115200” setting in the /boot/cmdline.txt file Additional Info: Serial speed on radio tested at both 9600 and 19200
CONFIGURATION #3 Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, running Raspian (Jesse) with Compass mods by NW Digital Radio Radio: Alinco DR-235 MkIII, connected (first) with a generic USB-Serial cable (unknown chipset) and (second) with a Sabrent CB-FTDI USB-Serial cable (FTDI chipset) CHIRP Versions: (first) 0.4.0 and (second) chirp-daily-20160717 Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio” message Additional Info: Tested without the “console=serial0,115200” setting in the /boot/cmdline.txt file
CONSOLE WINDOW OUTPUT captured for Configuration #2 root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717# ./chirpw
(process:911): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. ./chirpw:135: GtkWarning: gtk_window_realize_icon: assertion 'info->icon_pixmap == NULL' failed a.show() ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up ERROR: Timeout waiting for data ERROR: Giving up Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/mainapp.py", line 1430, in mh self.do_download(*args) File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/mainapp.py", line 691, in do_download radio = settings.radio_class(ser) File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/kenwood_live.py", line 159, in __init__ radio_id = get_id(self.pipe) File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/kenwood_live.py", line 121, in get_id raise errors.RadioError("No response from radio") chirp.errors.RadioError: No response from radio
root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717#
CONSOLE WINDOW OUTPUT captured for Configuration #3 root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717# ./chirpw
(process:980): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. ./chirpw:135: GtkWarning: gtk_window_realize_icon: assertion 'info->icon_pixmap == NULL' failed a.show() ERROR: -- Exception: -- ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 196, in sync_in self._mmap = self._download(self._memsize) File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 138, in _download data += self._download_chunk(addr) File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 116, in _download_chunk raise errors.RadioError("No response from radio") RadioError: No response from radio
ERROR: ---------------- ERROR: Clone failed: No response from radio ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: No response from radio --- ERROR: None
ERROR: ----------------------------
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