[chirp_users] Programing issues with CHIRP and Baofeng UV-5RA
Perhaps this has been addressed in another post, if so I would appreciate a reference to it but for now, here is my issues:
1: When I try to use CHIRP with on my 64-bit Vista home machine, I am unable to communicate to the radio, as soon as I turn on the radio, it displays the greeting then immediately goes into transmit mode. I pretty sure it has something to do with the USB ports on the computer because when I try to communicate with another brand of radio (QUANSHENG TG-K4AT) the same thing happens; Driver: Prolific Version 3.4.48.272 dated 3/5/2013
Chirp version: 0.3.1 Baofeng firmware BFB297 USB cable: purchased from AMAZON along with the radio.
2: I can install the appropriate CHIRP software on my XP based netbook and the same USB cable and I am able to talk to the radio but I still have some issues: a) I am not able to program the non-frequency settings. the chirp software doesn't even show anything under that heading. b)When I upload my channel program to the radio, it will skip some memory locations even through i have the csv file set to have consecutive memory channel loaded.
I have no problem using the netbook as my programing computer since I would normally have it with me anyway, but I would very much like to be able to change the radio non-frequency parameters.
Thanks for your help Rick Hanzlik N7NGK Salt LakeCity, UT
On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 18:11:43 -0800 (PST), Rick Hanzlik n7ngk@yahoo.com wrote:
Perhaps this has been addressed in another post, if so I would appreciate a reference to it but for now, here is my issues:
1: When I try to use CHIRP with on my 64-bit Vista home machine, I am unable to communicate to the radio, as soon as I turn on the radio, it displays the greeting then immediately goes into transmit mode. I pretty sure it has something to do with the USB ports on the computer because when I try to communicate with another brand of radio (QUANSHENG TG-K4AT) the same thing happens; Driver: Prolific Version 3.4.48.272 dated 3/5/2013
I have the "go into transmit mode as soon as the software configures the cable" problem. I deal with it in two ways, either of which is sufficient:
1. make sure the active channel is a non-transmit one (e.g. NOAA). 2. ready CHIRP for the operation, plug the cable in with the unit OFF, power up the unit, and click the "do it" button on CHIRP as soon as I see the power-on banner.
mdr
Hi Rick,
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Rick Hanzlik n7ngk@yahoo.com wrote:
Perhaps this has been addressed in another post, if so I would appreciate a reference to it but for now, here is my issues:
1: When I try to use CHIRP with on my 64-bit Vista home machine, I am unable to communicate to the radio, as soon as I turn on the radio, it displays the greeting then immediately goes into transmit mode. I pretty sure it has something to do with the USB ports on the computer because when I try to communicate with another brand of radio (QUANSHENG TG-K4AT) the same thing happens; Driver: Prolific Version 3.4.48.272 dated 3/5/2013 Chirp version: 0.3.1 Baofeng firmware BFB297 USB cable: purchased from AMAZON along with the radio.
Wrong driver. My bet is that your programming cable has an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB-to-Serial chip. This requires you to downgrade to the v3.2.0.0 driver.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
2: I can install the appropriate CHIRP software on my XP based netbook and the same USB cable and I am able to talk to the radio but I still have some issues: a) I am not able to program the non-frequency settings. the chirp software doesn't even show anything under that heading. b)When I upload my channel program to the radio, it will skip some memory locations even through i have the csv file set to have consecutive memory channel loaded.
You have to download from the radio first to get a spreadsheet template that is compatible with the radio that you are programming.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php
I have no problem using the netbook as my programing computer since I would normally have it with me anyway, but I would very much like to be able to change the radio non-frequency parameters.
Thanks for your help Rick Hanzlik N7NGK Salt Lake City, UT
I would recommend that you use the latest daily build of CHIRP. You are missing out on a lot of additional features and improvements that have occurred since the April 2013 release of v0.3.1.
Jim KC9HI
Thanks for the information. I checked my driver on the Xp machine and installed the latest daily, That seems too have fixed the non-frequency settings issues.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 8:20 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Rick,
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Rick Hanzlik n7ngk@yahoo.com wrote:
Perhaps this has been addressed in another post, if so I would appreciate a reference to it but for now, here is my issues:
1: When I try to use CHIRP with on my 64-bit Vista home machine, I am unable to communicate to the radio, as soon as I turn on the radio, it displays the greeting then immediately goes into transmit mode. I pretty sure it has something to do with the USB ports on the computer because when I try to communicate with another brand of radio (QUANSHENG TG-K4AT) the same thing happens; Driver: Prolific Version 3.4.48.272 dated 3/5/2013
Chirp version: 0.3.1 Baofeng firmware BFB297 USB cable: purchased from AMAZON along with the radio.
Wrong driver. My bet is that your programming cable has an unauthorized copy of the Prolific USB-to-Serial chip. This requires you to downgrade to the v3.2.0.0 driver.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
2: I can install the appropriate CHIRP software on my XP based netbook and the same USB cable and I am able to talk to the radio but I still have some issues: a) I am not able to program the non-frequency settings. the chirp software doesn't even show anything under that heading. b)When I upload my channel program to the radio, it will skip some memory locations even through i have the csv file set to have consecutive memory channel loaded.
You have to download from the radio first to get a spreadsheet template that is compatible with the radio that you are programming.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php
I have no problem using the netbook as my programing computer since I would normally have it with me anyway, but I would very much like to be able to change the radio non-frequency parameters.
Thanks for your help Rick Hanzlik N7NGK Salt Lake City, UT
I would recommend that you use the latest daily build of CHIRP. You are missing out on a lot of additional features and improvements that have occurred since the April 2013 release of v0.3.1.
Jim KC9HI
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