Hi guys. I messed up with my first cable and got a junk Prolific cable. After about 2 weeks of trying I gave up on it and got a FTDI cable. The FTDI was a breeze to connect. If you want to save yourself a lot of time and hassle go with the FTDI. It cost more but it will probably work.
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/5/13, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac To: "Bob Nielsen" n7xy@clearwire.net Cc: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 5:53 PM
Had this MacBook Pro for 24 months and never got that message. But I will try your suggestion, hang on a sec... Ok I'm back. Right click - Open gives you the selection to open from an unidentified developer. Maybe Jens can fix that. I'm running 64 bit OSX Mavericks 10.9 and a recent but not shiny new daily build I it's chirp-daily-20131031. Installer went smooth. Said it would yank all other PL2303 drivers which it did and left me with this one /dev/cu.PL2303-000013FA. Plugged the cable in, opened Chirp, selected the driver and it read the radio perfectly. I then transfered the read data back to the radio, a KGUV6D-V2. Thanks for the advise on the right click on the package. I'm going to CC this to the group, some Mac users might find my input either useful or annoying. Oh and on the MBP you can use a double finger gesture tap on the touchpad to get a right click. And hats off to Jens for redoing the working driver in English.
Milton.
From: Bob Nielsen n7xy@clearwire.net To: Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac
That’s part of Apple’s “nanny” mode. Ctrl-right click, click on open and it will ask you if you want to install the package.
On Dec 4, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:
“osx-pl2303-installer.pkg” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer."
From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com;
Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users]
Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac
Actually, if you are
feeling adventurous, I have just finished packaging the latest osx-pl2303 driver that you can try.
It should uninstall previous drivers
(including oem prolific).
details: osx-pl2303
installer
built from http://github.com/hugovincent/osx-pl2303 which is a fork of http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net should work on mac osx 10.7 & 10.8
you can download it
here:
Let me know if
it's working ok, and I'll update the Mac FAQ page.
-Jens AF5MI
From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:15
PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/
getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac
You may have a "fake" pl2303
usb, which is very common.
I too have a
usb adapter that says baofeng on it, but it's really a fake pl2303 chip. This was verified by plugging it into an xp box with official drivers, and seeing the dreaded "error 10"
Take a look at the Mac FAQ, and try the
driver listed under the prolific "counterfeit" section:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
-Jens
From: Colby Teller tellec@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 3:08
AM
Subject: [chirp_users] Issues w/
getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac
All,
I'm relatively
new to radios, and definitely new to the list - I throw myself at your mercy.
I'm trying to program a set of Baofeng
UV-5Rs to use the Motorola frequencies used by a few other race teams we run with. I'm using a Mac, OSX 10.8.5, and have already installed the PL2023 USB-Serial driver successfully (I believe). I obtained the driver from: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41 I've also confirmed that the USB-serial driver appears to be installed correctly, as described here: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x
I now see
'/dev/cu.usbserial' in the Port field when attempting to download from the radio (which I didn't see before installing the driver). However, when I actually attempt to download, the 'Cloning' modal shows for a few seconds w/o progress, then I see the "Radio did not respond" error. The USB cable is an "official" Baofeng cable that I received with the radios from a trusted reseller, and is definitely seated correctly. I've tried using different USB ports, turning the radio on/off, restarting several times, etc. but just cannot get the radio to talk to my Mac.
I'm really
hoping you guys can help; we have a race this weekend and if I can't get the comms working, I'm in a world of crap.
Thanks,
Colby
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