Good afternoon, all,
I recently bought a VX-8GR and have been trying to program it with Chirp (which I've found works flawlessly with my Wouxun handheld).
I'm using the latest daily build on Lubuntu, with an RT Systems USB cable connected to the data jack.
I pressed F/W while turning the radio on, was in clone mode, and pressed band to begin the transfer -- all after beginning the download on Chrip.
After an initial few tries didn't work (the error message was: Failed to communicate with radio: no response from radio) using the keystroke sequence I found in past messages on this group, I consulted Dr. Google and came up with the following:
For the RT Systems cable, add the following line to etc/udev/rules.d/99-custom.rules:
SYSFS{idVendor}=="2100", SYSFS{idProduct}=="9e50", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -q ftdi_sio vendor=0x2100 product=0x9e50"
I did so, rebooted, tried again to communicate with the radio, but got the same error message.
The battery has a full charge.
Any hints? I can't rule out the loose-nut-behind-the-wheel syndrome. ;-)
With best regards,
Pete