Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine.
KD0WEH
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From: amnon.zohar@gmail.com Sent: July 26, 2013 10:00 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
I am one step behind!
mine works with vip but on chirp all i got was a message window that closes when clicking ok
both on xp and win8 both on stable and beta chirp versions!
???
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From: Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:52 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, rider4jc2001@yahoo.com rider4jc2001@yahoo.com wrote:
Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered...
I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with.
I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself...
Thanks in advance.
KD0WEH
Hi Duane,
Welcome to the hobby. I assume that you are using Windows.
Since you have a problem with both software packages, I would expect the programming cable/driver to be the problem (it usually is). You shouldn't be guessing at the COM port. You be able to determine it from Device Manager.
I would recommend that you visit the Miklor.com website and, in particular, look at the Drivers & USB Cables page. It will help you determine if you have correct driver, provide a link for one if you don't and then guide you through the installation process.
Jim KC9HI
I highly recommend using a serial programming cable and (if you're not lucky enough to have a serial port) a non-prolific chipset serial<->USB adapter. Saves so much headache.
Sent from my iPhone, sorry for top-posting.
-Daniel KJ6LVS
On Jul 26, 2013, at 2:42 PM, "rider4jc2001@yahoo.com" rider4jc2001@yahoo.com wrote:
I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine. KD0WEH
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From: amnon.zohar@gmail.com Sent: July 26, 2013 10:00 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
I am one step behind! mine works with vip but on chirp all i got was a message window that closes when clicking ok both on xp and win8 both on stable and beta chirp versions! ???
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From: Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:52 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, rider4jc2001@yahoo.com rider4jc2001@yahoo.com wrote:
Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH
Hi Duane,
Welcome to the hobby. I assume that you are using Windows.
Since you have a problem with both software packages, I would expect the programming cable/driver to be the problem (it usually is). You shouldn't be guessing at the COM port. You be able to determine it from Device Manager.
I would recommend that you visit the Miklor.com website and, in particular, look at the Drivers & USB Cables page. It will help you determine if you have correct driver, provide a link for one if you don't and then guide you through the installation process.
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On 27/07/13 7:42 AM, rider4jc2001@yahoo.com wrote:
I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine. KD0WEH
Yep, the driver issue is probably the biggest gotcha with these radios. Install the right driver, and all is fine. In my case, the driver installation for the UV-5R had a bonus side effect, it also enabled another USB-serial cable which I had kicking around to work (I'm not even sure where that cable came from!). :)
Which driver did you end up with?
73 Angelo N2DYN
----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Langdon To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
On 27/07/13 7:42 AM, rider4jc2001@yahoo.com wrote:
I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine. KD0WEH Yep, the driver issue is probably the biggest gotcha with these radios. Install the right driver, and all is fine. In my case, the driver installation for the UV-5R had a bonus side effect, it also enabled another USB-serial cable which I had kicking around to work (I'm not even sure where that cable came from!). :)
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Angelo Sonnesso asonnesso@gmail.comwrote:
** Which driver did you end up with?
73 Angelo N2DYN
A little over a year ago, I did quite a bit of research using MS Windows 7 64-bit and a programming cable containing an unauthorized copy of a Prolific USB-to-serial chip. What I did was to install and try every Prolific driver version that I could find. What I found is that the newest driver that you can successfully install is Prolific v3.3.2.105. Any newer version than that and the driver will detect the unauthorized chip and refuse to work.
CHIRP and the Prolific v3.3.2.105 driver worked fine together. But if you are also using other programming software along with CHIRP (the Baofeng software written in VB6, for example), then there can still be compatibility issues with this driver. For me, the Baofeng software would not launch with the v3.3.2.105 driver installed. I found that to be compatible with the chip in the cable and the VB6 software, I had to fall back to the Prolific v3.2.0.0 driver.
The v3.2.0.0 driver is a MS Windows Vista driver, but it is being successfully used for Windows 7 and 8. So this is the Prolific driver version that I recommend. The important thing is to not let the OS automatically update the driver to the latest available version.
I've been told that the driver of choice for MS Windows XP is Prolific v2.0.2.1. I've not tested drivers for XP like I have for 7, but this is the driver that I installed and use on my XP machine.
Links to these drivers are available on the "Drivers and USB Cables" page of the Miklor.com website.
Since then, I've acquired programming cables with a genuine Prolific chip, an FTDI chip and even made my own cable using a module containing Silicon Labs CP2102 chip. So I have multiple ways of avoiding the counterfeit Prolific chip issue. I still keep the v3.2.0.0 driver handy, though.
Jim KC9HI
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