I am trying to program a Yaesu VX5 using Chirp under Ubuntu, and I am not having any luck. I've tried 2 cables - one a USB to Yaesu cable, one a RS-232 to Yaesu cable (the latter both on a USB to RS-232 adapter, and on an honest UART based serial port). In all cases, I cannot download the data from the radio.

Steps taken: 1 Verify serial device is readable/writable by my user (minicom, verify I see data looped back). 2 Start CHIRP (daily-20141112) 3 Select correct serial device (/dev/ttyUSB0), Vendor (Yaesu), and radio (VX-5) 4 Turn radio off, connect cable 5 Turn radio on holding Function (Radio shows "CLONE") 6 Radio->Download from radio. 7 Press OK 8 Press VFO key on radio.

The radio shows "Clone TX" for about a second and a half, then shows CLONE ERROR. After a few seconds CHIRP reports a download error.

Capturing the output of chirpw yields:

(process:22085): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. CHIRP daily-20141112 on Linux - Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (Python 2.7.6) Registered Kenwood_TH-D7 = THD7Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D7G = THD7GRadio Registered Kenwood_TM-D700 = TMD700Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-V7 = TMV7Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-G707 = TMG707Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-G71 = THG71Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-F6 = THF6ARadio Registered Kenwood_TH-F7 = THF7ERadio Registered Kenwood_TM-D710 = TMD710Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D72_live_mode = THD72Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-V71 = TMV71Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-K2 = THK2Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-271 = TM271Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-281 = TM281Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-471 = TM471Radio Registered TYT_TH-UV3R = TYTUV3RRadio Registered Yaesu_FT-90 = FT90Radio Registered AnyTone_5888UV = AnyTone5888UVRadio Registered Intek_HR-2040 = IntekHR2040Radio Registered Polmar_DB-50M = PolmarDB50MRadio Registered Powerwerx_DB-750X = PowerwerxDB750XRadio Registered Icom_ID-800H_v2 = ID800v2Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-2800M = FT2800Radio Registered TYT_TH-9800 = TYTTH9800File Registered Icom_IC-2200H = IC2200Radio Registered TYT_TH-UVF1 = TYTTHUVF1Radio Registered Icom_IC-Q7A = ICQ7Radio Registered Icom_ID-31A = ID31Radio Registered Icom_ID-51A = ID51Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-7 = VX7Radio Registered Icom_IC-T8A = ICT8ARadio Registered Leixen_VV-898 = LeixenVV898Radio Registered Jetstream_JT270M = JetstreamJT270MRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-2 = VX2Radio Registered Icom_IC-T70 = ICT70Radio Registered Icom_7200 = Icom7200Radio Registered Icom_7000 = Icom7000Radio Registered Icom_746 = Icom746Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-60 = FT60Radio Registered Yaesu_FTM-350 = FTM350Radio Registered Icom_IC-T7H = ICT7HRadio Registered Kenwood_TK-7102 = KenwoodTK7102Radio Registered Kenwood_TK-8102 = KenwoodTK8102Radio Registered Kenwood_TK-7108 = KenwoodTK7108Radio Registered Kenwood_TK-8108 = KenwoodTK8108Radio Registered Baofeng_UV-5R = BaofengUV5R Registered Baofeng_F-11 = BaofengF11Radio Registered Baofeng_UV-82 = BaofengUV82Radio Registered Baofeng_UV-6 = BaofengUV6Radio Registered Intek_KT-980HP = IntekKT980Radio Registered Baofeng_BF-F8HP = BaofengBFF8HPRadio Registered Generic_CSV = CSVRadio Registered Commander_KG-UV = CommanderCSVRadio Registered RT_Systems_CSV = RTCSVRadio Registered Kenwood_ITM = ITMRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-8_R = VX8Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-8_DR = VX8DRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-8_GE = VX8GERadio Registered Baofeng_UV-3R = UV3RRadio Registered Icom_ID-880H = ID880Radio Registered Icom_ID-80H = ID80Radio Registered Icom_IC-2720H = IC2720Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-1802M = FT1802Radio Registered Icom_IC-2100H = IC2100Radio Registered Alinco_DR03T = DR03Radio Registered Alinco_DR06T = DR06Radio Registered Alinco_DR135T = DR135Radio Registered Alinco_DR235T = DR235Radio Registered Alinco_DR435T = DR435Radio Registered Alinco_DJ596 = DJ596Radio Registered Jetstream_JT220M = JT220MRadio Registered Alinco_DJ175 = DJ175Radio Registered Wouxun_KG-UVD1P = KGUVD1PRadio Registered Wouxun_KG-UV6 = KGUV6DRadio Registered Wouxun_KG-816 = KG816Radio Registered Wouxun_KG-818 = KG818Radio Registered Baofeng_BF-888 = H777Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-7800_7900 = FT7800Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-8800 = FT8800Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-8900 = FT8900Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-170 = VX170Radio Registered Icom_IC-2820H = IC2820Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-817 = FT817Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-817ND = FT817NDRadio Registered Yaesu_FT-817ND_US = FT817NDUSRadio Registered Icom_IC-V82_U82 = ICx8xRadio Registered TYT_TH-UVF8D = TYTUVF8DRadio Registered ARRL_Travel_Plus = TpeRadio Registered Icom_IC-208H = IC208Radio Registered Icom_IC-W32A = ICW32ARadio Registered Baofeng_UV-B5 = BaofengUVB5 Registered Generic_XML = XMLRadio Registered Icom_IC-91_92AD = IC9xRadio Registered Vertex_Standard_VXA-700 = VXA700Radio Registered Kenwood_HMK = HMKRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-5 = VX5Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-6 = VX6Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-3 = VX3Radio Registered Baojie_BJ-UV55 = BaojieBJUV55Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D72_clone_mode = THD72Radio Registered Wouxun_KG-UV8D = KGUV8DRadio Registered KYD_NC-630A = NC630aRadio Registered Puxing_PX-777 = Puxing777Radio Registered Puxing_PX-2R = Puxing2RRadio Registered Yaesu_FT-857_897 = FT857Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-857_897_US = FT857USRadio Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config User selected Yaesu VX-5 on port /dev/ttyUSB0 Clone thread started

-- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/clone.py", line 227, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 217, in sync_in self._mmap = _clone_in(self) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 85, in _clone_in raise errors.RadioError("Failed to communicate with the radio: %s" % e) RadioError: Failed to communicate with the radio: No response from radio ------ Clone failed: Failed to communicate with the radio: No response from radio Clone thread ended --- Exception Dialog: Failed to communicate with the radio: No response from radio --- None ----------------------------

Is there anything I can do to get more information, such as a more verbose trace of what is going on?