[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UVD1P connection
I have been programming this radio on a PC with a radioshop888 usb cable and now wish to on a macbook lion osx.
Installed python and chirp OK. Tried the latest prolific driver, terminal commands show it installed but network preferences only allow configuring it as a modem?
Anyone got the details on how too get back on track?
Thank you
Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com 207-415-9044
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:02, Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com wrote:
I have been programming this radio on a PC with a radioshop888 usb cable and now wish to on a macbook lion osx.
Installed python and chirp OK. Tried the latest prolific driver, terminal commands show it installed but network preferences only allow configuring it as a modem?
Network Preferences is giving you the opportunity to configure it as a dialup modem. You can ignore this, unless you want to configure a dialup modem :)
Anyone got the details on how too get back on track?
In Chirp, click Radio -> Download From Radio. If the drivers you installed worked, you should see an option like "/dev/cu.usbserialXXXX" in the Port dropdown.
Tom KD7LXL
Thank you Tom
In Chirp, click Radio -> Download From Radio. If the drivers you installed worked, you should see an option like "/dev/cu.usbserialXXXX" in the Port dropdown.
I do see this and it says it can not connect to the radio. Do I need a different usb cable than I use on a PC?
Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com 207-415-9044
On Mar 16, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Tom Hayward wrote:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:02, Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com wrote:
I have been programming this radio on a PC with a radioshop888 usb cable and now wish to on a macbook lion osx.
Installed python and chirp OK. Tried the latest prolific driver, terminal commands show it installed but network preferences only allow configuring it as a modem?
Network Preferences is giving you the opportunity to configure it as a dialup modem. You can ignore this, unless you want to configure a dialup modem :)
Anyone got the details on how too get back on track?
In Chirp, click Radio -> Download From Radio. If the drivers you installed worked, you should see an option like "/dev/cu.usbserialXXXX" in the Port dropdown.
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I do see this and it says it can not connect to the radio. Do I need a different usb cable than I use on a PC?
No, although the driver situation is significantly less clear on MacOS than other platforms. Tom can speak more authoritatively to that than I.
Did you program this radio on a Windows machine with chirp or the wouxun-provided software?
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 13:59, Geoff MacLean gmaclean@maine.rr.com wrote:
Thank you Tom
In Chirp, click Radio -> Download From Radio. If the drivers you installed worked, you should see an option like "/dev/cu.usbserialXXXX" in the Port dropdown.
I do see this and it says it can not connect to the radio. Do I need a different usb cable than I use on a PC?
This is not a simple question to answer. In my experience, some USB cables that work with Windows do not work well with OS X. The cable manufacturers put a lot more effort into writing good Windows drivers than OS X drivers. Cables that have an FTDI USB chip inside tend to work very well with OS X, but I have had trouble with cables that have the Prolific PL2303. Other cables with the PL2303 work fine for me, and I don't know what the difference is between those that work and those that don't work.
If you find this cable doesn't work with OS X, I'd suggest using a Windows virtual machine (via VMware Fusion, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc.) to program the radio. I have a Windows VM I use just for radio programming, mostly for radios and features not supported by Chirp.
Tom KD7LXL
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