Dan/Mike,
Thanks for the replies. Out of curiosity, I pulled out an old Inspiron 600m laptop and it works. at least for polling the rig. I haven't tried an upload yet. Perhaps this suggest a serial timing issue? The other computer that didn't work is and Athlon quad on a Asus m/b. I do regularly use the serial port on the Asus machine without any issue. Later this morning I will try uploading. Thank
73, Jack (W0FNQ)
On 03/08/2012 11:46 PM, Mike Raymond wrote:
Hi OM,
I had the very same problem trying to program my FT2800 with Chirp. I followed all steps suggested by Dan to the letter. Nothing worked. I even tried several other cable manufacturers. However, my 2800 seemed flaky and was not always taking manual programming so I just assumed I had a bad 2800.
The same XP Pro computer and chirp setup worked great to program an Icom 2200. and a mini UV-3A HT.
I just gave up on trying to use Chirp on the 2800. However, if you find a technique that works, I would appreciate you passing it on to me!
73 Mike K5HUM
Thanks for the replies. Out of curiosity, I pulled out an old Inspiron 600m laptop and it works. at least for polling the rig. I haven't tried an upload yet. Perhaps this suggest a serial timing issue? The other computer that didn't work is and Athlon quad on a Asus m/b. I do regularly use the serial port on the Asus machine without any issue. Later this morning I will try uploading. Thank
Yes, it definitely could be. Yaesu radios are really (really) bad about timing-related issues. They can't read the stream anywhere near the baud rate, they do no flow control, etc. It's a real struggle and the 2800 seems to be one of the worst.
If it is timing-related we can tweak that a bit. Although it may seem counterproductive, I'd like to get the upcoming release snapped and posted before we get into this, since it may be quite a bit of back-and-forth before we get the timing resolved.
Thanks!
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