On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Gary dtx2@wa6dtx.com wrote:
but does not download from radio with my FT60R (with a different cable, of course. ExpertPower although in Win7 it says Prolific)
Here are the conditions running under a Ubuntu derivative OS (Zorin).
chirp Daily-20120111 GTK 2.24.4 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.1+
And the debug log last entry is
User selected Yaesu FT-60 on port /dev/ttyUSB0 Clone thread started Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... Trying again... -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/clone.py", line 225, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 196, in sync_in raise errors.RadioError("Failed to communicate with radio: %s" % e) RadioError: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding
Clone failed: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding Clone thread ended --- Exception Dialog: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding --- None
Beats me...acts like the magic word isn't recognized by the radio. Or the brand new cable is B/O.
tia
Gary WA6DTX
You can test the FT-60 cable without a radio. The txd and rxd lines are tied together, so if you connect the cable and open the port with a terminal emulator, anything you type should be echoed back to your terminal. This will tell you if the cable itself is working, in which case it may be a dirty or broken connector on the FT-60 causing you trouble. If letters you type are not echoed back to the screen, you've got a cable issue.
On Ubuntu, I use minicom as a terminal emulator.
Tom KD7LXL