Actually, if you are feeling adventurous, I have just finished packaging the latest osx-pl2303 driver that you can try. It should uninstall previous drivers (including oem prolific).

details:

osx-pl2303 installer built from  http://github.com/hugovincent/osx-pl2303 which is a fork of http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net should work on mac osx 10.7 & 10.8

you can download it here:

http://sdrv.ms/1g8iA2N

Let me know if it's working ok, and I'll update the Mac FAQ page.

-Jens AF5MI

________________________________ From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

You may have a "fake" pl2303 usb, which is very common. I too have a usb adapter that says baofeng on it, but it's really a fake pl2303 chip. This was verified by plugging it into an xp box with official drivers, and seeing the dreaded "error 10"

Take a look at the Mac FAQ, and try the driver listed under the prolific "counterfeit" section:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

-Jens

________________________________ From: Colby Teller tellec@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 3:08 AM Subject: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

All,

I'm relatively new to radios, and definitely new to the list - I throw myself at your mercy.

I'm trying to program a set of Baofeng UV-5Rs to use the Motorola frequencies used by a few other race teams we run with.  I'm using a Mac, OSX 10.8.5, and have already installed the PL2023 USB-Serial driver successfully (I believe).  I obtained the driver from: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41  I've also confirmed that the USB-serial driver appears to be installed correctly, as described here: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x

I now see '/dev/cu.usbserial' in the Port field when attempting to download from the radio (which I didn't see before installing the driver).  However, when I actually attempt to download, the 'Cloning' modal shows for a few seconds w/o progress, then I see the "Radio did not respond" error.  The USB cable is an "official" Baofeng cable that I received with the radios from a trusted reseller, and is definitely seated correctly.  I've tried using different USB ports, turning the radio on/off, restarting several times, etc. but just cannot get the radio to talk to my Mac.

I'm really hoping you guys can help; we have a race this weekend and if I can't get the comms working, I'm in a world of crap.

Thanks,

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That’s part of Apple’s “nanny” mode. Ctrl-right click, click on open and it will ask you if you want to install the package.

On Dec 4, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:

“osx-pl2303-installer.pkg” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer."

From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

Actually, if you are feeling adventurous, I have just finished packaging the latest osx-pl2303 driver that you can try. It should uninstall previous drivers (including oem prolific).

details: osx-pl2303 installer built from http://github.com/hugovincent/osx-pl2303 which is a fork of http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net should work on mac osx 10.7 & 10.8

you can download it here: http://sdrv.ms/1g8iA2N

Let me know if it's working ok, and I'll update the Mac FAQ page.

-Jens AF5MI

From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

You may have a "fake" pl2303 usb, which is very common. I too have a usb adapter that says baofeng on it, but it's really a fake pl2303 chip. This was verified by plugging it into an xp box with official drivers, and seeing the dreaded "error 10"

Take a look at the Mac FAQ, and try the driver listed under the prolific "counterfeit" section: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

-Jens

From: Colby Teller tellec@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 3:08 AM Subject: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

All,

I'm relatively new to radios, and definitely new to the list - I throw myself at your mercy.

I'm trying to program a set of Baofeng UV-5Rs to use the Motorola frequencies used by a few other race teams we run with. I'm using a Mac, OSX 10.8.5, and have already installed the PL2023 USB-Serial driver successfully (I believe). I obtained the driver from: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41 I've also confirmed that the USB-serial driver appears to be installed correctly, as described here: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x

I now see '/dev/cu.usbserial' in the Port field when attempting to download from the radio (which I didn't see before installing the driver). However, when I actually attempt to download, the 'Cloning' modal shows for a few seconds w/o progress, then I see the "Radio did not respond" error. The USB cable is an "official" Baofeng cable that I received with the radios from a trusted reseller, and is definitely seated correctly. I've tried using different USB ports, turning the radio on/off, restarting several times, etc. but just cannot get the radio to talk to my Mac.

I'm really hoping you guys can help; we have a race this weekend and if I can't get the comms working, I'm in a world of crap.

Thanks,

Colby

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Hi guys. I messed up with my first cable and got a junk Prolific cable. After about 2 weeks of trying I gave up on it and got a FTDI cable. The FTDI was a breeze to connect. If you want to save yourself a lot of time and hassle go with the FTDI. It cost more but it will probably work.

-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 12/5/13, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:

Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac To: "Bob Nielsen" n7xy@clearwire.net Cc: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 5:53 PM

Had this MacBook Pro for 24 months and never got that message. But I will try your suggestion, hang on a sec... Ok I'm back. Right click - Open gives you the selection to open from an unidentified developer. Maybe Jens can fix that. I'm running 64 bit OSX Mavericks 10.9 and a recent but not shiny new daily build I it's chirp-daily-20131031. Installer went smooth. Said it would yank all other PL2303 drivers which it did and left me with this one     /dev/cu.PL2303-000013FA. Plugged the cable in, opened Chirp, selected the driver and it read the radio perfectly. I then transfered the read data back to the radio, a KGUV6D-V2. Thanks for the advise on the right click on the package. I'm going to CC this to the group, some Mac users might find my input either useful or annoying. Oh and on the MBP you can use a double finger gesture tap on the touchpad to get a right click. And hats off to Jens for redoing the working driver in English.

Milton.

From: Bob Nielsen n7xy@clearwire.net To: Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

That’s part of Apple’s “nanny” mode.  Ctrl-right click, click on open and it will ask you if you want to install the package.

On Dec 4, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:

“osx-pl2303-installer.pkg” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer."

From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com;

Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

10:28 PM

Subject: Re: [chirp_users]

Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/    CHIRP    on a    Mac

Actually, if you are

feeling adventurous, I have just finished packaging the latest osx-pl2303 driver that you can try.

It should uninstall previous drivers

(including oem prolific).

details: osx-pl2303

installer

built from  http://github.com/hugovincent/osx-pl2303 which is a fork of http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net should work on mac osx 10.7 & 10.8

you can download it

here:

http://sdrv.ms/1g8iA2N

Let me know if

it's working ok, and I'll update the Mac FAQ page.

-Jens AF5MI

From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:15

PM

Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/

getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP    on a    Mac

You may have a "fake" pl2303

usb, which is very common.

I too have a

usb adapter that says baofeng on it, but it's really a fake pl2303 chip. This was verified by plugging it into an xp box with official drivers, and seeing the dreaded "error 10"

Take a look at the Mac FAQ, and try the

driver listed under the prolific "counterfeit" section:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

-Jens

From: Colby Teller tellec@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 3:08

AM

Subject: [chirp_users] Issues w/

getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a    Mac

All,

I'm relatively

new to radios, and definitely new to the list - I throw myself at your mercy.

I'm trying to program a set of Baofeng

UV-5Rs to use the Motorola frequencies used by a few other race teams we run with.  I'm using a Mac, OSX 10.8.5, and have already installed the PL2023 USB-Serial driver successfully (I believe).  I obtained the driver from: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41 I've also confirmed that the USB-serial driver appears to be installed correctly, as described here: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x

I now see

'/dev/cu.usbserial' in the Port field when attempting to download from the radio (which I didn't see before installing the driver).  However, when I actually attempt to download, the 'Cloning' modal shows for a few seconds w/o progress, then I see the "Radio did not respond" error.  The USB cable is an "official" Baofeng cable that I received with the radios from a trusted reseller, and is definitely seated correctly.  I've tried using different USB ports, turning the radio on/off, restarting several times, etc. but just cannot get the radio to talk to my Mac.

I'm really

hoping you guys can help; we have a race this weekend and if I can't get the comms working, I'm in a world of crap.

Thanks,

Colby

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It appears you have receive tones set on your receivers. You may want to review http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CTCSS.php

My guess is if you press the MONI button on the side, you will hear the other radio. The MONI button bypasses the squelch.

John K3NXU

http://www.miklor.com/uv5r

From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Colby Teller Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:46 AM To: Jens J.; Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

Jens et al,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys - it's been a crazy week getting ready for the race. I downloaded your new driver this evening, and was able to connect to the radios without issue at all! I saved a CSV of my team's frequencies from a pre-programmed BF-888 I had kicking around, and quickly had all four UV-5Rs programmed. Thanks very much - you literally saved the day.

One note; the UV-5Rs all communicate with each other fine, but they won't communicate with the BF-888. The display on the UV-5Rs change color when the BF-888 is transmitting, but I'm not getting tx/rcv sound either way. Any idea what could be causing this behavior?

Thanks,

Colby

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com wrote:

Actually, if you are feeling adventurous, I have just finished packaging the latest osx-pl2303 driver that you can try.

It should uninstall previous drivers (including oem prolific).

details:

osx-pl2303 installer

built from http://github.com/hugovincent/osx-pl2303

which is a fork of http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net

should work on mac osx 10.7 & 10.8

you can download it here:

http://sdrv.ms/1g8iA2N

Let me know if it's working ok, and I'll update the Mac FAQ page.

-Jens

AF5MI

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From: Jens J. kd4tjx@yahoo.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

You may have a "fake" pl2303 usb, which is very common.

I too have a usb adapter that says baofeng on it, but it's really a fake pl2303 chip. This was verified by plugging it into an xp box with official drivers, and seeing the dreaded "error 10"

Take a look at the Mac FAQ, and try the driver listed under the prolific "counterfeit" section:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

-Jens

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From: Colby Teller tellec@gmail.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 3:08 AM Subject: [chirp_users] Issues w/ getting UV-5R to communicate w/ CHIRP on a Mac

All,

I'm relatively new to radios, and definitely new to the list - I throw myself at your mercy.

I'm trying to program a set of Baofeng UV-5Rs to use the Motorola frequencies used by a few other race teams we run with. I'm using a Mac, OSX 10.8.5, and have already installed the PL2023 USB-Serial driver successfully (I believe). I obtained the driver from: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229 http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41 &pcid=41 I've also confirmed that the USB-serial driver appears to be installed correctly, as described here: http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x

I now see '/dev/cu.usbserial' in the Port field when attempting to download from the radio (which I didn't see before installing the driver). However, when I actually attempt to download, the 'Cloning' modal shows for a few seconds w/o progress, then I see the "Radio did not respond" error. The USB cable is an "official" Baofeng cable that I received with the radios from a trusted reseller, and is definitely seated correctly. I've tried using different USB ports, turning the radio on/off, restarting several times, etc. but just cannot get the radio to talk to my Mac.

I'm really hoping you guys can help; we have a race this weekend and if I can't get the comms working, I'm in a world of crap.

Thanks,

Colby

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Hello guys,

I'm new to this realm, and have been lurking for a few days (you've been helpful already). I'm very stuck, and it's past 2am, so I'm gonna ask y'all so I can go to bed knowing I've done all I can do for one night.

I'm a volunteer firefighter, trying to set up a new Baofeng UV-B5 just like the Icom IC-F14 that I was issued. This is both a trial on behalf of the department, and a learning experience for me as I study for my tech license. I don't need the ticket for my firefighter duties, but am finally going for it after wanting to do so for many years.

I got a cable and software that allowed me to take an image off the Icom. Between that and radio info from the county, I should have all I need to set up the UV-B5 with Chirp. I think I'm fairly well along the path of figuring this out...?

Here's what I'm stuck on. I took an image off the Baofeng to use as a template. I'm trying to enter the RX freq of 156.2025 into the first memory channel. When I do so, I get the error "Tuning step 2.50 not supported...Frequency requires 2.50kHz step." I need to configure the channel to receive on 159.000, figured I'd set Duplex to Split and set Offset to 159.000. I'll spare you all the work-arounds I've tried, and the other errors I've seen, 'cause I'm starting to wonder if my radio won't support this "step", and I'm left to wonder what the heck "Tune step" and "channelize" are anyway? I've looked in the wiki, and done some web searching, but so far no joy. Any light would be much appreciated!

Thanks much, Doug, Kansas

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:43 AM, ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com wrote:

Here's what I'm stuck on. I took an image off the Baofeng to use as a template. I'm trying to enter the RX freq of 156.2025 into the first memory channel. When I do so, I get the error "Tuning step 2.50 not supported...Frequency requires 2.50kHz step." I need to configure the channel to receive on 159.000, figured I'd set Duplex to Split and set Offset to 159.000. I'll spare you all the work-arounds I've tried, and the other errors I've seen, 'cause I'm starting to wonder if my radio won't support this "step", and I'm left to wonder what the heck "Tune step" and "channelize" are anyway? I've looked in the wiki, and done some web searching, but so far no joy. Any light would be much appreciated!

Thanks much, Doug, Kansas

Doug,

The UV-B5/UV-B6 does not support 2.5 KHz steps when programming from the keypad or the OEM software . CHIRP, however, is capable of programming these radios with this resolution. Unfortunately back in October it looks like I broke the capability trying to fix something else.

I will see what I can do to restore this capability. In the mean time, install and use the CHIRP Daily-20131019 build until the issue is resolved.

http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20131019/

Jim KC9HI

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:43 AM, ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com wrote:

Here's what I'm stuck on. I took an image off the Baofeng to use as a template. I'm trying to enter the RX freq of 156.2025 into the first memory channel. When I do so, I get the error "Tuning step 2.50 not supported...Frequency requires 2.50kHz step." I need to configure the channel to receive on 159.000, figured I'd set Duplex to Split and set Offset to 159.000. I'll spare you all the work-arounds I've tried, and the other errors I've seen, 'cause I'm starting to wonder if my radio won't support this "step", and I'm left to wonder what the heck "Tune step" and "channelize" are anyway? I've looked in the wiki, and done some web searching, but so far no joy. Any light would be much appreciated!

Thanks much, Doug, Kansas

Doug, You are going about this in exactly the right way. Just use the older CHIRP daily that I pointed out earlier to get the job done. I have submitted a patch that will restore programming the UV-B5/B6 with CHIRP to a 2.5 KHz resolution and still fix the issue the previous patch was intended to address. Jim KC9HI

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:05 PM, ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com wrote:

Thanks Jim, that did the trick. I did figure out what "tuning step" meant around 3am, but didn't want to write back and admit that I was still up and obsessing over it :) I'm glad I went to bed.

I have all my channels configured now, except for the "page" channel on the Icom that I wish to emulate in the Baofeng. In the Icom, the channel is muted until it receives a 2-tone page signal. I can see how it is set up in the Icom CS-F14 program, but I'm not finding any functionality like that in CHIRP. When I click on "Settings" in CHIRP, I only get a blank field. Can I do this in CHIRP? I see nothing in the wiki about functions like this.

And, perhaps similarly, in CS-F14 under Common>Set Mode there is a squelch value variable that has been set to 125. Is that something I need to set in the UV-B5?

Thanks much! Doug

Doug,

CHIRP will program a great number of brands and models of radios. Each type or radio (or family of radios) needs a specific driver that matches up to that radio's capabilities. CHIRP cannot make a radio do something that is isn't capable of doing. In this case, the UV-B5 (or any of the Chinese radios that I am familiar with) are not capable of decoding a 2-tone page signal. So you won't see that functionality for the UV-B5 in CHIRP.

You will only be able to use a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code for selective squelch operations. But be careful setting up a receive tone or code. If you don't know how to do it properly, your settings could wind up programming a channel that will never hear anything. Having no Rx CTCSS tone or Rx DTCS code always work (but you may hear other station on the channel that you may not want to).

Jim KC9HI

I haven't done any side-by-side tests between the UV-5B and the IC-F14 yet, but not being able to decode a 2-tone page signal is a big strike against the Baofeng right out of the gate. The F14 drives me a bit crazy not having a display, so you don't know which channel you're hearing during scan mode... so I was really wanting the Baofeng to have the same functionality and more. Bummer.

Thanks to all involved in creating and maintaining CHIRP... I had a remarkably short learning curve, esp. since Jim was so fast to reply to my bug.

Doug

On 12/8/2013 2:33 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:

Doug,

CHIRP will program a great number of brands and models of radios. Each type or radio (or family of radios) needs a specific driver that matches up to that radio's capabilities. CHIRP cannot make a radio do something that is isn't capable of doing. In this case, the UV-B5 (or any of the Chinese radios that I am familiar with) are not capable of decoding a 2-tone page signal. So you won't see that functionality for the UV-B5 in CHIRP.

You will only be able to use a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code for selective squelch operations. But be careful setting up a receive tone or code. If you don't know how to do it properly, your settings could wind up programming a channel that will never hear anything. Having no Rx CTCSS tone or Rx DTCS code always work (but you may hear other station on the channel that you may not want to).

Jim KC9HI

The only Chinese talkie that I know does 2 tone decode like the fire department page, is the TYT model TH-UVF1 like this one. http://www.kightradio.com/TH-UVF1-Dual-Band-VHFUHF-Handheld_p_78.html

I don't have any thing in this web site, other then I have bought several radios from here.

Don KB5KWV

* * On 12/8/2013 2:33 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:05 PM, ddubois <woody2@questiongravity.com mailto:woody2@questiongravity.com> wrote:

Thanks Jim, that did the trick. I did figure out what "tuning
step" meant around 3am, but didn't want to write back and admit
that I was still up and obsessing over it :)  I'm glad I went to bed.

I have all my channels configured now, except for the "page"
channel on the Icom that I wish to emulate in the Baofeng. In the
Icom, the channel is muted until it receives a 2-tone page signal.
I can see how it is set up in the Icom CS-F14 program, but I'm not
finding any functionality like that in CHIRP. When I click on
"Settings" in CHIRP, I only get a blank field. Can I do this in
CHIRP? I see nothing in the wiki about functions like this.

And, perhaps similarly, in CS-F14 under Common>Set Mode there is a
squelch value variable that has been set to 125. Is that something
I need to set in the UV-B5?

Thanks much! Doug

Doug,

CHIRP will program a great number of brands and models of radios. Each type or radio (or family of radios) needs a specific driver that matches up to that radio's capabilities. CHIRP cannot make a radio do something that is isn't capable of doing. In this case, the UV-B5 (or any of the Chinese radios that I am familiar with) are not capable of decoding a 2-tone page signal. So you won't see that functionality for the UV-B5 in CHIRP.

You will only be able to use a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code for selective squelch operations. But be careful setting up a receive tone or code. If you don't know how to do it properly, your settings could wind up programming a channel that will never hear anything. Having no Rx CTCSS tone or Rx DTCS code always work (but you may hear other station on the channel that you may not want to).

Jim KC9HI

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Does the TYT do 2 Tone or 2 Tone DTMF? Our FD does 2 tone but only two single tone frequencies. I imagine that most fire paging consists of a combination of single tones at different frequencies. I remember when I was a volunteer fireman that I only had a pager. And it received the two single tone multi frequency tones depending upon what station was signaling. I guess you would call this STMF toning. I'm pretty sure my Anytone AT-5888UV when doing 2 or 5 tone signaling uses DTMF tones for both encode and decode. And that's not going to work unless the public service entity also used DTMF signaling.

________________________________ From: Don kb5kwv@qsl.net To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2013 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tuning step roadblock

The only Chinese talkie that I know does 2 tone decode like the fire department page, is the TYT model TH-UVF1 like this one. http://www.kightradio.com/TH-UVF1-Dual-Band-VHFUHF-Handheld_p_78.html

I don't have any thing in this web site, other then I have bought several radios from here.

Don KB5KWV

On 12/8/2013 2:33 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:05 PM, ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com wrote:

Thanks Jim, that did the trick. I did figure out what "tuning step" meant around 3am, but didn't want to write back and admit that I was still up and obsessing over it :)  I'm glad I went to bed.

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I have all my channels configured now, except for the

"page" channel on the Icom that I wish to emulate in the Baofeng. In the Icom, the channel is muted until it receives a 2-tone page signal. I can see how it is set up in the Icom CS-F14 program, but I'm not finding any functionality like that in CHIRP. When I click on "Settings" in CHIRP, I only get a blank field. Can I do this in CHIRP? I see nothing in the wiki about functions like this.

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And, perhaps similarly, in CS-F14 under Common>Set

Mode there is a squelch value variable that has been set to 125. Is that something I need to set in the UV-B5?

...

Thanks much! Doug

Doug,

CHIRP will program a great number of brands and models of radios. Each type or radio (or family of radios) needs a specific driver that matches up to that radio's capabilities. CHIRP cannot make a radio do something that is isn't capable of doing. In this case, the UV-B5 (or any of the Chinese radios that I am familiar with) are not capable of decoding a 2-tone page signal. So you won't see that functionality for the UV-B5 in CHIRP.

You will only be able to use a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code for selective squelch operations. But be careful setting up a receive tone or code. If you don't know how to do it properly, your settings could wind up programming a channel that will never hear anything. Having no Rx CTCSS tone or Rx DTCS code always work (but you may hear other station on the channel that you may not want to).

Jim KC9HI

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I took your frequencies,entered 156.2025 into the first cell of Chirp. left everything else to the left of Duplex unchanged. I can enter 159.000 as the split offset and upload to the radio. Configured this way the radio receives on 156.2025 and transmits on 159.000. Now, I can delete the template and read anew from the radio. What is odd is the split offset turns into a + offset of 2.797500. That still gives you 159.000 TX. I just thought it odd the radio would return those settings. Also you question about the 2Tone decode. Unfortunately at least for the UV-5R I don't see a DTMF decode mode for squelch. And the squelch value for your radio is probably the same as the UV-5R which is 0 - 9. I find a level of 7 adequate.

________________________________ From: ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2013 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tuning step roadblock

Thanks Jim, that did the trick. I did figure out what "tuning step" meant around 3am, but didn't want to write back and admit that I was still up and obsessing over it :)  I'm glad I went to bed.

I have all my channels configured now, except for the "page" channel on the Icom that I wish to emulate in the Baofeng. In the Icom, the channel is muted until it receives a 2-tone page signal. I can see how it is set up in the Icom CS-F14 program, but I'm not finding any functionality like that in CHIRP. When I click on "Settings" in CHIRP, I only get a blank field. Can I do this in CHIRP? I see nothing in the wiki about functions like this.

And, perhaps similarly, in CS-F14 under Common>Set Mode there is a squelch value variable that has been set to 125. Is that something I need to set in the UV-B5?

Thanks much! Doug

On 12/8/2013 8:22 AM, Jim Unroe wrote:

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:43 AM, ddubois woody2@questiongravity.com wrote:

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Here's what I'm stuck on. I took an image off the Baofeng

to use as a

...

template. I'm trying to enter the RX freq of 156.2025 into

the first

...

memory channel. When I do so, I get the error "Tuning step

2.50 not

...

supported...Frequency requires 2.50kHz step." I need to

configure the

...

channel to receive on 159.000, figured I'd set Duplex to

Split and set

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Offset to 159.000. I'll spare you all the work-arounds

I've tried, and

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the other errors I've seen, 'cause I'm starting to wonder

if my radio

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won't support this "step", and I'm left to wonder what the

heck "Tune

...

step" and "channelize" are anyway? I've looked in the

wiki, and done

...

some web searching, but so far no joy. Any light would be

much appreciated!

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Thanks much, Doug, Kansas

Doug,

You are going about this in exactly the right way. Just use the older CHIRP daily that I pointed out earlier to get the job done. I have submitted a patch that will restore programming the UV-B5/B6 with CHIRP to a 2.5 KHz resolution and still fix the issue the previous patch was intended to address.

Jim KC9HI

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On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Milton Hywatt mhywattt@yahoo.com wrote:

I took your frequencies,entered 156.2025 into the first cell of Chirp. left everything else to the left of Duplex unchanged. I can enter 159.000 as the split offset and upload to the radio. Configured this way the radio receives on 156.2025 and transmits on 159.000. Now, I can delete the template and read anew from the radio. What is odd is the split offset turns into a

• offset

of 2.797500. That still gives you 159.000 TX. I just thought it odd the radio would return those settings.

The radio didn't do that. This is how CHIRP works. Configure a channel like you did above and then click the [Go] button at the upper left of the Memory Editor Spreadsheet. The Duplex field will change to "+" and the Offset field will change to 2.797500.

Jim KC9HI