On 06-Dec-14 09:15, Shon Edwards wrote:

I just went through this process for the first time myself, just last night. Both my radio and my programming cable came from Banggood (China).

After a bit of struggling I got my systems communication smoothly. My configuration:

• Laptop: Windows 8.1
• Radio Baofeng UV-82

I did try using the USB cable driver that came with Windows and it did not work. I downloaded the drivers from the Miklor site and they also did not work. As a last resort I used the drivers from the mini-disc supplied with my cable. Again: No luck at all.

Then I realized that Windows was automatically updating the USB cable driver the instant I plugged in the cable.

I discovered this by drilling down deep within Device Manager and looking at the Date/Version of the installed driver. As soon as the cable was inserted (with or without radio connected), Windows upgraded the driver instantly (Fail).

The solution for me — and YMMV, of course — was to re-enter Device Manager and to click on the “Roll Back Driver” button, after assuring the O/S that this was in fact my intention the driver reverted to the one that I had installed. Immediately thereafter everything was golden and CHIRP worked perfectly.

I confess that it took me close to an hour to realize, diagnose, and correct the problem but I got mine working.

Thereafter I went back to the CHIRP Wiki page with the hope of being able to edit in my Windows 8 approach (since Win8 isn’t specifically mentioned there). Alas, although it is a Wiki page, I found no way to edit it — despite having registered/authenticated.

Instead, I post this here, hoping it will help someone. I can provide more detailed info, even a step-by-step procedure, if someone with Write authority on the Wiki would publish it there.

Tom Maynard WZ9U

P.S. I am actually using the driver that came with my cable on the mini-disc.  I'm sure the download from Miklor would also work, but once I had a working solution I opted not to experiment further.  (If it ain't broke, right?)