[chirp_users] FTDi, HT, driver or user issue? Help
John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI Authentic https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00? ie=UTF8&psc=1 Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=oh_aui_sellerpro file_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&isAmazonFulfilled=1&marketplaceSeller=1&orderID=115-982 3267-6753002&seller=AA3MGRC7F9EI2 BaoFeng Tech for $20.46
The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB symbol and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be the correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs. With my Windows 7 machine, I got the "Radio did not respond" message about a dozen times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out the other side.
I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound like a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)? The BaofengTech instructions with the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper downloads, and it was supposed to be a snap. Can someone lighten this poor fool?
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I also bought the $20 Baofeng cable and have two Baofent uv-82hp radios. it has worked fine for me. I did download the program for my mac from the Baofeng site. They have hiccuped a couple of times so I turned the radio off and unplugged it and on and plug in and worked fine. Did the Baofeng site also have a little program for the Windows?
On Jul 27, 2016, at 7:53 AM, Dennis Yocom, President & CEO dennis@basiclifetraining.com wrote:
John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1BaoFeng Tech for $20.46 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=oh_aui_sellerprofile_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&isAmazonFulfilled=1&marketplaceSeller=1&orderID=115-9823267-6753002&seller=AA3MGRC7F9EI2
The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB symbol and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be the correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs. With my Windows 7 machine, I got the "Radio did not respond" message about a dozen times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out the other side.
I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound like a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)? The BaofengTech instructions with the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper downloads, and it was supposed to be a snap. Can someone lighten this poor fool?
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Dennis Yocom, President & CEO dennis@basiclifetraining.com wrote:
John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: BaoFeng Tech for $20.46
No need to be confused. The BaoFeng Tech programming cable is not made by Baofeng. It is highly recommended over a Baofeng programming cable.
The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB symbol and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be the correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs. With my Windows 7 machine, I got the "Radio did not respond" message about a dozen times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out the other side.
I don't know why, but in my tests, it can take up to 8 minutes for the FTDI driver to be fully installed. If you try to use it prior to that it will not work and it may interrupt the installation.
I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound like a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)? The BaofengTech instructions with the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper downloads, and it was supposed to be a snap. Can someone lighten this poor fool?
Normally it is plug-and-play. I would recommend that you go to ftdichips.com and download the latest driver and install it. This is typically the "fix" for when Windows doesn't get it done automatically.
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Jim KC9HI
I bought the same PC03 cable from Amazon and that is the cable that worked for me. That cable while not made by Baofeng is stamped with the Baofeng name and sold by Baofeng Tech. I started my install on Windows 7 (64 bit) with one of my cheap cables for which Windows tried to find a driver but it did not work. That was when I went to FTDI's driver site and installed the current driver. As I said before, Windows was reporting the cable and driver as being the right driver but did not work. When I switched to the PC03 cable then it worked. Some of the FTDI clone cables I have, I also bought from Baofeng tech but this was before FTDI produced drivers that broke non FTDI chip cables.
Thank you. Jim Pruitt
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Dennis Yocom, President & CEO dennis@basiclifetraining.com wrote:
John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI
Authentic
Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: BaoFeng Tech for $20.46
No need to be confused. The BaoFeng Tech programming cable is not made by Baofeng. It is highly recommended over a Baofeng programming cable.
The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB
symbol
and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be
the
correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs. With my Windows 7 machine, I got the "Radio did not respond" message about a
dozen
times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out
the
other side.
I don't know why, but in my tests, it can take up to 8 minutes for the FTDI driver to be fully installed. If you try to use it prior to that it will not work and it may interrupt the installation.
I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound
like
a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)? The BaofengTech instructions
with
the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper
downloads,
and it was supposed to be a snap. Can someone lighten this poor fool?
Normally it is plug-and-play. I would recommend that you go to ftdichips.com and download the latest driver and install it. This is typically the "fix" for when Windows doesn't get it done automatically.
DR Yocom
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Hi,
not sure if it helps, but I've just checked the three different cables I'm using and they all announce themselves in the system as:
ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
So apparently FTDI with just different connectors on the radio side. These work fine for me under linux and windows7. In both cases I'm using the native drivers, shipped with the OS.
Best, rad0van.
P.S. If anyone's interested, I can also check the driver details in Win7.
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From: "Jim Unroe" rock.unroe@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, 27 July, 2016 17:57:53 Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FTDi, HT, driver or user issue? Help
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Dennis Yocom, President & CEO dennis@basiclifetraining.com wrote:
John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: BaoFeng Tech for $20.46
No need to be confused. The BaoFeng Tech programming cable is not made by Baofeng. It is highly recommended over a Baofeng programming cable.
The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB symbol and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be the correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs. With my Windows 7 machine, I got the "Radio did not respond" message about a dozen times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out the other side.
I don't know why, but in my tests, it can take up to 8 minutes for the FTDI driver to be fully installed. If you try to use it prior to that it will not work and it may interrupt the installation.
I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound like a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)? The BaofengTech instructions with the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper downloads, and it was supposed to be a snap. Can someone lighten this poor fool?
Normally it is plug-and-play. I would recommend that you go to ftdichips.com and download the latest driver and install it. This is typically the "fix" for when Windows doesn't get it done automatically.
DR Yocom
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