On 11/26/2013 07:38 PM, Raymond J. Blacketer wrote:

I finally got so my computer would recognize the Baofeng UV-5R**download cable, and when I went to Chirp and I select "down load from computer", it says "cloning" but only downloads one frequency, i.e., 136,025000.......

I believe you meant "down load from radio".

It is easy to remember, down load from radio, up load from computer to radio.

It sounds like you are 90% of the way there. If you can download from the radio, then you should see any channels frequency which was on the radio to begin with (pre-down load).

Next in the spreadsheet you add the new frequency/ies to the spreadsheet.

Follow that with an upload to radio. Disconnect the radio and power cycle it. Check to ensure the new channels and frequencies are correct. And you are done.

Tony

If you are downloading from the radio ok, then the current build of Chirp doesn't need replacing. And if that's the only frequency in the radio you have, that's all it has to download into your Chirp's channel screen. In the main Chirp channel display it will show on the toolbar "Memory Range" This is usually set first to 0  -  25. You can increase that if you have more than 25 channels. But again if the radio is new it probably just has one channel. If so then put a few channels in it and then select Radio - Upload and watch what happens. If it does upload then you were successful. Put some more channels in or shut the radio off and unplug the cable from it. I never plug in or unplug the cable from the radio while it is on. If your cable is plugged into a USB port that you can leave it plugged into, then just leave it and coil it up. Those cables will get a different com port because the computer gives the cable a different ID when plugged into a port it's not been plugged in. Then you have to choose the port again in Chirp. But Chirp has been pretty good lately remembering which port I used last time So you don't have to choose it over each time you use Chirp if the cable's COM port stays the same. I've got three cables and they all remain plugged into a USB hub. This keeps the COM ports the same. And a lot of people struggle with cables and COM ports. It's a frequent support question brought to the list.

Milton

________________________________ From: Raymond J. Blacketer rblacketer@yahoo.com To: "chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 10:38 PM Subject: [chirp_users] Chirp

Hey all,

I finally got so my computer would recognize the Baofeng UV-5Rdownload cable, and when I went to Chirp and I select "down load from computer", it says "cloning" but only downloads one frequency, i.e., 136,025000.......

I found the Miklor site and am attempting to use their instructions but they don't seem to be very clear or detailed.

I looked for a Baofeng UV-5R site that would provide customer support, but couldn't find anything.  Also, when I look for my firmware version it says BFB297, and it says to go to the settings section to see your real firmware version #, but when I got there, it doesn't have any numbers listed. It then says I have to download the daily build, but when I do that, it doesn't seem to want to install correctly.  It is a zipped file and when I unzip it, it doesn't seem to do anything.

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Ray

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