[chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Push real hard on the connector?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slootweg" paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
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Nope. Same radio. (One of the times that download did work!)
Paul
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:12, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slootweg" paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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Have you tried to download to a new file? ----- Original Message ----- From: paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
Nope. Same radio. (One of the times that download did work!)
Paul
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:12, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slootweg" paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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Done that too - if it worked.
The issue is connectivity to the radio.
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:35, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Have you tried to download to a new file? ----- Original Message ----- From: paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
Nope. Same radio. (One of the times that download did work!)
Paul
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:12, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slootweg" paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote:
I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
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I've had a similar issue with "Error: can't find or read the radio". Sorry, I have no other suggestions. I am working on a 'cheat sheet' to help avoid some mis-steps with CHIRP for first time users in our club so I am curios to find out what causes your problems.
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
Done that too - if it worked.
The issue is connectivity to the radio.
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:35, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Have you tried to download to a new file? ----- Original Message ----- From: paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
Nope. Same radio. (One of the times that download did work!)
Paul
On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:12, Kearney mbk7@comcast.net wrote:
Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
Mike KG7KIQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slootweg" paul.slootweg@gmail.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
Paul
On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote: > I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show > up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, > but > I can rarely download (never mind upload.) > Radio is UV-5RA > > Am I missing something? > > Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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I use the driver dated in 2007 with my laptop (Windows 10) & have not had any problems.
Nick Catrow, N0DAD
On Oct 21, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg paul.slootweg@gmail.com wrote: I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but I can rarely download (never mind upload.) Radio is UV-5RA
Am I missing something?
Paul
Paul,
When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the 3rd party driver.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver, get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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