I again tried, but using my old cable. I then downloaded, and installed the driver. The new cable tends to key up the transmitter, and the old does not. Neither do any more than elicit the error message of "Error Occurred  Radio did not respond".  From: Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com To: DJ djnrf@yahoo.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New Baofeng UV-5R w/cable. Chirp reports failed connection w/radio as could not communicate w/radio.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:39 PM, DJ djnrf@yahoo.com wrote:

I received this new radio today. I tried to use my old (August last year NewOld version) and had the same 'could not connect with radio'. It did nothing, but the new Daily download version not only does the same, but it also keys up the transmitter when attempting to clone, and still fails.

Probably the device driver, not the software.

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

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I also found that to be true. My old cable worked well. The main problem I had was that the Chirp download didn't work on my radio. I downloaded the version direct from Baofeng and that one worked just as it should. My radio versions are BFB297, and BFS297. I don't really find much of any difference, but there must be enough so that one works with my 'NewOld' program download, and the other only works with the one I downloaded from Baofeng. From: Galen Thurber galenthurber@gmail.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New Baofeng UV-5R w/cable. Chirp reports failed connection w/radio as could not communicate w/radio.

I use linux and had this problem but I have found that it was the cable. apply some pressure to the top of jack and push it towards the the back of the radio. I found over time that the cable was so cheap that it needed to be replaced. I bought new cables off of eBay that have the Baofeng sticker on them, they work great, no push needed

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:39 PM, DJ djnrf@yahoo.com wrote:

I received this new radio today. I tried to use my old (August last year NewOld version) and had the same 'could not connect with radio'. It did nothing, but the new Daily download version not only does the same, but it also keys up the transmitter when attempting to clone, and still fails.

Probably the device driver, not the software.

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

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