To Whom It May Concern: I purchased two BaoFeng BF-F8+ radios and the cable, but I am unable to download the radio with Chirp. I have several questions concerning it. Allow me to outline what I have done. I m attempting to program my radio with an iMac computer running Mavericks.
1. I downloaded the KK7DS Python Runtime R10.pkg (as instructed) 2. I downloaded the Chirp 0.4.0 software 3. I connected my BaoFeng BF-F8+ radio to the computer with the cable purchased with the radio as directed by chirp. (Manufactured by Pofung) 4. The first sign of a problem is the identification of the “serial port” that comes up in chirp. There are only two options. They are (1) “/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming -Port” and “dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem” Neither of them work for me. The second own produces an immediate error message that says “An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluegooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: ‘/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem’” The first option begins the cloning process (as expected, but showing NO progress) and then produces an error message that says: “An error has occurred Radio did not respond”
I have tried this on both of the BaoFeng radios I purchased with identical results.
Can anyone enlighten me about this problem?
Many thanks, Whit Woodard K3WB