Thanks for answering, Tom. You're right - I did have the sense of direction reversed in my text below.
To answer your question - yep, the VX is in -- wait -- mode when I click the OK button to start sending data. Then there's the cloning progress bar, the radio goes back to normal mode, but nothing was uploaded to the radio.
Mike KC7NOE
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hayward Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 12:15 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New to list and a question
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Mike Lubrecht mlubrecht@wildblue.net wrote:
Hi list members!
Mike Lubrecht here from Snohomish County, Washington. I’ve just started using Chirp to attempt to coordinate the programming on some of my small HTs. I successfully programmed my Baofeng UV-5R, and was able to upload from my Yaesu VX-3 (not the “R” model.) Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to download anything successfully to the Yaesu unit, after carefully following the sequence to put the radio into clone mode and wait for the download from my computer.
I think you're using download/upload opposite to the way Chirp uses it. This is likely to confuse some people. Chirp uses "Download from Radio" and "Upload to Radio".
Am I missing anything? I believe my drivers are all up to date. And since I was able to upload from the Yaesu, I’m assuming that the cable and drivers were working. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. My hope is to clone the Baofeng and Yaesu, using appropriate inport/export (or just cutting and pasting parameters between .img files).
Before you initiate the upload in Chirp, does the VX3 display say " --WAIT-- "? That what it shows when it's ready to accept programming.
The Yaesus and their clone mode really are a pain to program compared to any other programmable radio.
Tom KD7LXL _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users