[chirp_users] CHIRP and the Yaesu FT-857D
This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a new HAM in the Netherlands (since last Monday), I ask it one more time.
I have a Yaesu FT-857D (US model) and a cheap Chinese USB cable that I bought from Ebay. I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in Win7.
Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with radio: Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 0'
I searched the internet and found some hints: - Press the send button on the radio after clicking OK in CHIRP (I wondered what is 'the send button'? This radio has a million buttons) - Press the A button under the screen after cliking OK in CHIRP (the A button has manny functions on the 857, so which menu should be selected) - Set the CAT speed to 9600bps (did that)
So basically the question is which menu I should select before pressing the A button. Or a step by step for the FT-857D is also welcome.
Thanks for your help! Antoon (PA2AR).
Hi Antoon the correct operation sequence to download from ft857 is: - switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to clone mode - prepare chirp for download selecting menu Radio - download from radio and setting the com port and radio type then press OK - start send on the radio pressing C button download (should) then start immediately and both radio and chirp show the operation via a progress bar.
For upload the sequence is: - switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to clone mode - prepare chirp for upload selecting menu Radio - Upload to radio and setting the com port (do not press Ok yet) - start receive on the radio pressing A button - press Ok in chirp dialog to start upload
You can find some info on the clone procedure at the end of ft857 manual, chirp simulate the second radio: the receiving one when you download and the transmitting one when you upload.
I also must destroy the myth that the CAT speed have to be set in any way: in clone the ft857 the serial communication always take place at 9600 and there's no menu that can influence the protocol in any way.
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 04/10/2013 10:20, Antoon Rubbens wrote:
This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a new HAM in the Netherlands (since last Monday), I ask it one more time.
I have a Yaesu FT-857D (US model) and a cheap Chinese USB cable that I bought from Ebay. I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in Win7.
Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with radio: Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 0'
I searched the internet and found some hints:
- Press the send button on the radio after clicking OK in CHIRP (I
wondered what is 'the send button'? This radio has a million buttons)
- Press the A button under the screen after cliking OK in CHIRP (the A
button has manny functions on the 857, so which menu should be selected)
- Set the CAT speed to 9600bps (did that)
So basically the question is which menu I should select before pressing the A button. Or a step by step for the FT-857D is also welcome.
Thanks for your help! Antoon (PA2AR).
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If the cable is Prolific based 2303 chip the proper tried and true driver is build 3.2.0.0. Others may work but this is what we all use for Prolific 2303 and Win7.
________________________________ From: Antoon Rubbens antoonr@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 4:20 AM Subject: [chirp_users] CHIRP and the Yaesu FT-857D
This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a new HAM in the Netherlands (since last Monday), I ask it one more time. I have a Yaesu FT-857D (US model) and a cheap Chinese USB cable that I bought from Ebay. I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in Win7. Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with radio: Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 0' I searched the internet and found some hints: - Press the send button on the radio after clicking OK in CHIRP (I wondered what is 'the send button'? This radio has a million buttons) - Press the A button under the screen after cliking OK in CHIRP (the A button has manny functions on the 857, so which menu should be selected) - Set the CAT speed to 9600bps (did that) So basically the question is which menu I should select before pressing the A button. Or a step by step for the FT-857D is also welcome. Thanks for your help! Antoon (PA2AR).
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Antoon Rubbens -
IZ3GME Marco -
Milton Hywatt