Does your Surface Pro have Windows in it or Windows RT? RT won't work.

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 07:47, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if anyone had any issues with the com port opting being blank when trying to upload or download a radio. I'm using a surface pro with only one post and it's supposed to be com port 3. Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Rob | Pilot - Rotary Wing

I assume you are using a USB programming cable. I doesn't sound like you have a device driver that is compatible with the USB-to-TTL chip installed. Device Manager should show you exactly which port has been assigned to the programming cable. You don't have to guess.

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IIRC, Surface PRO models are all regular windows. RT wouldn't even run CHIRP.

-Chance

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

Does your Surface Pro have Windows in it or Windows RT? RT won't work.

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 07:47, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if anyone had any issues with the com port opting being

blank when trying to upload or download a radio. I'm using a surface pro

with only one post and it's supposed to be com port 3. Any help would be

appreciated!

Cheers,

Rob | Pilot - Rotary Wing

I assume you are using a USB programming cable. I doesn't sound like you have a device driver that is compatible with the USB-to-TTL chip installed. Device Manager should show you exactly which port has been assigned to the programming cable. You don't have to guess.

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I have the same problem with the Kenwood MCP program, they tell me that the serial -> USB adapter chip is not compatible with the software. I'm assuming it's a driver issue on the adapter cable you're using.

-Chance

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks for that! The issue I'm having is that the cable is recognized by windows but doesn't show up in the chip program as a port option. It's just blank.

Cheers,

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Chance Fulton chance.fulton@gmail.com wrote:

IIRC, Surface PRO models are all regular windows. RT wouldn't even run CHIRP.

-Chance

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

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Does your Surface Pro have Windows in it or Windows RT? RT won't work.

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 07:47, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if anyone had any issues with the com port opting being

blank when trying to upload or download a radio. I'm using a surface pro

with only one post and it's supposed to be com port 3. Any help would be

appreciated!

Cheers,

Rob | Pilot - Rotary Wing

I assume you are using a USB programming cable. I doesn't sound like you have a device driver that is compatible with the USB-to-TTL chip installed. Device Manager should show you exactly which port has been assigned to the programming cable. You don't have to guess.

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Probably, but it works for chirp, echolink, and everything else. Plus it's an old adapter, so I don't expect much from it. Kenwood told me to buy an rtsystems usb cable.

On Apr 16, 2017 12:23 PM, "Jardy via chirp_users" < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

For the Kenwood software, don't you need to have the virtual comm port driver installed?

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 08:23, Chance Fulton chance.fulton@gmail.com wrote:

I have the same problem with the Kenwood MCP program, they tell me that the serial -> USB adapter chip is not compatible with the software. I'm assuming it's a driver issue on the adapter cable you're using.

-Chance

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote:

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Thanks for that! The issue I'm having is that the cable is recognized by windows but doesn't show up in the chip program as a port option. It's just blank.

Cheers,

Rob Girard | Pilot - Rotary Wing *HD Aviation Ltd. **|* 280 Everglen Way SW*|* Calgary, Alberta, Canada *|* T2Y 5E8 *|* *M: *+1 587 888 7778 <+1%20416%20806%207530> *| **hdaviationltd@gmail.com hdaviationltd@gmail.com*

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Chance Fulton chance.fulton@gmail.com wrote:

IIRC, Surface PRO models are all regular windows. RT wouldn't even run CHIRP.

-Chance

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

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Does your Surface Pro have Windows in it or Windows RT? RT won't work.

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On Apr 16, 2017, at 07:47, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Rob Girard hdaviationltd@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if anyone had any issues with the com port opting being

blank when trying to upload or download a radio. I'm using a surface pro

with only one post and it's supposed to be com port 3. Any help would be

appreciated!

Cheers,

Rob | Pilot - Rotary Wing

I assume you are using a USB programming cable. I doesn't sound like you have a device driver that is compatible with the USB-to-TTL chip installed. Device Manager should show you exactly which port has been assigned to the programming cable. You don't have to guess.

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At 03:57 PM 4/17/2017, you wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

After much frustration, many failed attempts, and almost a year of trying, I finally got the LiveCD archive to download and burn to a USB thumb.

I should have known it was too good to be true...

My experience with virtually ALL puppies is tht none of them do everything correctly...which is a shame...but stuff "just works" in windows.

73, thom

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Bruce LeGrande kb6lwn@gmail.com wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

After much frustration, many failed attempts, and almost a year of trying, I finally got the LiveCD archive to download and burn to a USB thumb.

Imagine my joy when it actually booted, loaded, and ran the Live version, then miraculously brought Chirp up !!! Wow !!! I would finally be able to program all my radios and make them able to all communicate. I could actually have the UV82s in the stands programmed the same and just grab a cloned radio on the way out and not have to deal with swapping batteries...

Unfortunately, the only radio that version of Chirp would read/write is the UV-5R, it reads the UV-82's but does not display the data screen - just stays blank, and it refuses to read the UV-5x3.

The CHIRPlive CD was released in October of 2013. There have been some 200 updates since then. You must perform the update using the shortcut on the desktop. You will have to fix the shortcut that launches CHIRP because it is broken after the update, but after the update you will be running the latest CHIRP and all of your radios will be supported.

My install of Chirp on my Debian Squeeze OS, will read/write the UV-82 and 82L, but has firmware issues with the 82HP.

What do you mean firmware issues? If the firmware versions don't exactly match, it is intentional for CHIRP to block the upload (the most recent releases are more forgiving). You have to importing the image from the source radio into a tab from the radio you are trying to program or have a tab from each radio and copy-and-paste between tabs. Again, this is by design.

I have another install of Chirp on a TahrPup64 Thumb that will read/write the UV-82HP, but none of the others.

I'll bet it isn't the latest daily build.

Perhaps if there was the latest version of Chirp (Ubuntu) in the Puppy Package Manager (PPM), I could install the latest and it might have all the modules in it ?

I DID notice a new selection in the menu about 'loading modules', did someone get Chirp set up to be module based on the firmware drivers and where can I find a collection of these modules for my various rigs ?

CHIRP is open source. Everything is in the repository. But when you download/install CHIRP, you get all of the modules that are released.

My inventory consists of: 1 - Baofeng UV-82 1 - Baofeng UV-82L 1 - Baofeng UV-82HP 1 - Baofeng UV-5R 1 - Baofeng UV-5x3 1 - Baofeng UV-50x3 (mobile) 1 - Leixen VV-898S (RV Base) 1 - Yaesu VX-8DR (no cable for Yaesu yet)

Is there *ONE* version of chirp that is able to program ALL of these without OS gymnastics ? Loading/unloading modules while running would be acceptable, if Chirp only has hooks set up for one at a time... But it would be nice to have them all (for the above radios) loaded at one time without having to reload Chirp, so I can copy-n-paste data from one radio to the other - if necessary...

That is what the import feature is for. I use my UV-5R image as a "master" image for all of the above radios except the Yaesu (and many other radios Wouxun, Luiton, Retevis, Anytone, and Baofeng Tech). The UV-5X3 and UV-50X3 radios are Baofeng Tech, nor Baofeng radios.

Also, there is no keyboard selection on the LiveCD that is compatible with my ACER AspireOne Netbook, but works with my HP-USB Wireless using the Generic-108 Key driver. And even if there was, the LiveCD (even if logged in as "chirp" user) refuses to REMEMBER the keyboard setting but always reverts to the default after boot.

Did you burn it to a USB flash driver with a persistent partition so it can store changes? If not, it is read only and nothing can be saved.

I tried to update to a newer version of Chirp on the LiveCD using the 'updater' kindly provided on the desktop, thinking I might be able to increase the radio-firmware driver list, but even though the browser sees and works with an internet connection, ChirpUpdater is blind to the net and reports 'No Internet Connection'...

I had the same problem with my laptop. It wasn't compatible with the wifi device. I have to use a wired connection. This is probably due to the age of the Live CD (December 2013).

I have not tried copying that updater script over to one of the other OS's where Chirp exists, and see if it will work there. Is there a location online where this 'script' is available for downloading ? I know its a simple script, so even a text block on a webpage would work for me...

CHIRP works great and is up-to-date on all of my Windows computers, Linux (including Raspberry Pi) computers.

<sigh>

I should have known it was too good to be true...

73 - Bruce

Jim