If you download the source, and have Python (2) installed, you could update that file and test it. You don't need an executable.
Joe Pizzi
KI5LST
This is the third post I have read in the last couple of weeks that mentions a bug in COM port handling where the COM port number is above 10. I believe this is an straightforward fix.
The problem appear to be in platform.py which generates a list of available COM ports. It correctly starts by using the '//./' prefix, but then strips it for display purposes. When it the program then tries to use a port from the created list that is above COM9, this will fail because for port above 9 Windows requires the prefix, i.e. //./COM10. The program needs to retain the '//./' prefix or have two name fields keeping the display name separate from the system name.
Since I don't know how the program is compiled/packaged into .exe/.dll files on Windows, I can't actually test my theory at present, however a quick an dirty fix might be to simply change line 43 in platform.py from:
43 if portname.startswith("\\"):
44 portname = portname[4:]
to;
43 if (i<10 && portname.startswith("\\")):
44 portname = portname[4:]
This may not look pretty in the ports list but it might at least make it functional. I seem to recall from some time ago that ports below 10 must not have the prefix whereas it is necessary for 10 and above, but it was a long time ago. The other option might be to simply comment out lines 43 and 44 but that may then fail for ports below 10. Of course since the Windows version is compiled/packaged, the user is not in a position to make this change and and test so I am hoping the developers will see this info.
Regards.
Alexandre Souza wrote on 06/01/2021 01:30:
Please, when complaining about serial port errors here, put the number of your serial port in the message. I BELIEVE there is a bug on serial port handling above com10...
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Em ter, 5 de jan de 2021 22:24, Mark Dixon <mdixon@dixemail.com> escreveu:
Hi Billy
I find that I can only get Chirp to work with my BaoFeng UV-5REs when I
do it with Linux. I get the same as you when I use Windows. It might be
the cable (I use the one I got when I bought the UV5REs), or it might be
the software, but if you can get access to a Linux you should be okay
even with a basic after-market cable.
Kind regards, Mark Dixon, VK6EZ.
On 6/01/2021 2:06 am, Billy Joe Higginbotham Jr via chirp_users wrote:
> I can’t get my radio to link with my computer. I have the uv-5r and run Windows 7 on my computer. I keep get the message (An error has occurred could not open port [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified.) It like the Chirp can’t see my radio.
>
> Sent from Billy’s IPhone
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