On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Guy Teague accts@gtweb.org wrote:
there are evidently major problems on the mac. i have basically the same setup and with both the uv5r and the uv6d and two different cables i can only get the mac to recognize the radio perhaps once out of two dozen attempts--download or upload.
using windows7 64-bit via vmware on the same mac same usb port same cable succeeds every single time, so obviously there is no fault with the radio(s) or cable(s) or usb port conflict.
also, i noticed the mac version of chirp does not have all the functions of the windows version and requires yet more python modules to support radio reference db. i consider myself lucky to have the windows workaround because i think if you had a mac only and had to depend on the chirp port you would be very frustrated.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
Please quit spewing FUD. I use Chirp on my Mac and prefer it to Windows. All Chirp features are available on all operating systems. That's the whole point of Chirp. I wrote the Radio Reference support on my Mac and it works just fine.
The issue with your cable is undoubtedly with the OS X drivers. Avoid the counterfeit PL2303 cables; everything else works great.
Tom KD7LXL