[chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP
I have tried everything in the instructions and cannot get
Chirp to communicate with the radio. As per the instructions, you
turn the radio off, connect the USB cable, then turn on the radio while
holding down the F/W key which puts the radio in CLONE mode which
shows on the display. Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate
with the radio. At first, it looks like it will work but after about 20 seconds
ERROR appears in the display. I followed the instructions just as shown
when you start the process, but always get the ERROR message. Just
wondering if anyone has had success with the VX-3? WHat am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Jim, WA5DXP
Try just turning it on without going into clone mode. Then tell chirp to connect. If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are correct it should connect.
Your first action after connecting is to download an image from the radio.
Dave W2IJL
On Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 14:08 Jim Overstreet WDXP@cox.net wrote:
I have tried everything in the instructions and cannot get
Chirp to communicate with the radio. As per the instructions, you
turn the radio off, connect the USB cable, then turn on the radio while
holding down the F/W key which puts the radio in CLONE mode which
shows on the display. Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate
with the radio. At first, it looks like it will work but after about 20 seconds
ERROR appears in the display. I followed the instructions just as shown
when you start the process, but always get the ERROR message. Just
wondering if anyone has had success with the VX-3? WHat am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Jim, WA5DXP
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Try just turning it on without going into clone mode. Then tell chirp to connect. If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are correct it should connect.
No, that's not how Yaesu radios work. They have to be in clone mode and they require the user to do a coordinated dance to trigger the process at the right time. It's almost exclusively a Yaesu behavior and, yes, it is supremely annoying.
We had to add the instruction box to chirp purely for Yaesu radios, as for basically every other brand it just works like you describe.
Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate with the radio.
Jim, make sure you have clicked OK on the chirp instruction box before you hit the band key. CHIRP has to be "waiting" before you press the band button on the radio to send the image, and it's not ready until you click pass the instruction box.
--Dan
Strange, I don't remember needing to do that for my FT-65. I did have a Yaesu cable for it and am using Ubuntu so no driver silliness.
Dave W2IJL
On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
Try just turning it on without going into clone mode. Then tell chirp
to connect. If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are correct it should connect.
No, that's not how Yaesu radios work. They have to be in clone mode and they require the user to do a coordinated dance to trigger the process at the right time. It's almost exclusively a Yaesu behavior and, yes, it is supremely annoying.
We had to add the instruction box to chirp purely for Yaesu radios, as for basically every other brand it just works like you describe.
Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate with the radio.
Jim, make sure you have clicked OK on the chirp instruction box before you hit the band key. CHIRP has to be "waiting" before you press the band button on the radio to send the image, and it's not ready until you click pass the instruction box.
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Strange, I don't remember needing to do that for my FT-65. I did have a Yaesu cable for it and am using Ubuntu so no driver silliness.
The FT-4 derived radios (of which the FT-65 is) may be different in this regard, as they are very different than typical Yaesus in general (and I think based on the same stuff a Baofeng is?). From the instructions in that driver, I'd guess so, and it's the only exception I know of. I can certainly confirm that the VX-3 is a typical Yaesu, requiring the dance.
--Dan
Probably not the correct device driver for your cable or the wrong com port (assuming you're using Windows... you didn't say)
On 03/03/2023 14:07 EST Jim Overstreet wdxp@cox.net wrote:
I have tried everything in the instructions and cannot get Chirp to communicate with the radio. As per the instructions, you turn the radio off, connect the USB cable, then turn on the radio while holding down the F/W key which puts the radio in CLONE mode which shows on the display. Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate with the radio. At first, it looks like it will work but after about 20 seconds ERROR appears in the display. I followed the instructions just as shown when you start the process, but always get the ERROR message. Just wondering if anyone has had success with the VX-3? WHat am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Jim, WA5DXP
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