Hello Bry,

Were these Beginner docs not clear enough?

   http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide


Btw, it's important you state what you're using:

   - Which Chirp version you're using
   - what OS and version you're using
   - Does your OS recognize the serial port (physical, USB-based, etc)

--David


On 03/30/2015 04:16 PM, Bry Carling AF4K wrote:
I am trying again to get the CHIRP program to work with my Icom T70 and it Is NOT obvious.

I have a nice FTDI from Mark Dunkle. KJ6ZWL. I have spoken with Mark and we ar enboth 
mystified as to why this doesn't work.

I got as far as to make it stop SCANNING all the time when I plug the cable in. I follow the 
key presses to get the radio ino CLONING mode. I set it to "CL out." Then I try to "read" the 
radio into Chirp.

The only thing I can see to do in CHIRP is to click on "RADIO" and then "DOWNLOAD 
FROM RADIO."

Is there something else I should be doing? I jhave been trying this since January and just 
haven't had time to fool with it soince it is such a bad time-wasting failure.

I wish people would either supply instructiuons with Chirp or make it so that ist is a bit more 
obvious and user friendly!

I will now try downloading the latest version and see if that helps.  I am on version 0.4.1