It was windows loading the wrong driver for the prolific usb cable. The link from John LaMartina solved the problem. 

/r
Dean

On Dec 20, 2022, at 13:17, Matt Novak-Zarate <matt@novakzarate.com> wrote:



What ended up being the fix? Ya know, for posterity's sake.

Matt


On 20-Dec-22 13:06, D Bunk wrote:

Thanks for the help. Got it working. 
Merry Christmas 

/r
Dean

On Dec 19, 2022, at 19:25, John LaMartina <JohnLa@usa.net> wrote:


This may assist. 

Stay safe and healthy,
John


On Dec 19, 2022, at 6:57 PM, D Bunk <w3jfr01@gmail.com> wrote:


I have a brand new baofeng UV-82 but can not get the program to recognize it. I keep getting an error message “can not open port”. I have downloaded the lasted version of the program. Any ideas? Using windows 10 on pc. 

/r
Dean

/r
Dean
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