[chirp_users] New Tech with Boafeng UV-5R and CHIRP software
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
Hi Christy,
It sounds to me like you Windows update your driver on you and the new driver is incompatible with your programming cable.
Take a look at this web page for some guidance.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
Jim KC9HI
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Christy Cash swmngturtle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
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Hi again Jim, This actually helped a lot! I was able to update my driver, switch ports, and now it seems to be working fine. Hope it stays that way next time I hook it up!
Appreciate your time, Christy KE0CJO
On Saturday, December 6, 2014, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rock.unroe@gmail.com');> wrote:
Hi Christy,
It sounds to me like you Windows update your driver on you and the new driver is incompatible with your programming cable.
Take a look at this web page for some guidance.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
Jim KC9HI
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Christy Cash swmngturtle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for
several
days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging
through
many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels
as a
test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with
no
problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got
errors
indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a
problem
with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own,
I'm
at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
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HI Christy, I remember having a simlar problem with my Garmin GPS when I first got it and was setting it up. I called their tech service and he suggested changing ports, that sometimes, for no apparent reason a device will fail to read a port. So, maybe, changing ports will work for you. Also, I would try rebooting your PC as well. Hope this helps, Good Luck, MikeyJay, KM4FWT
On Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:37 PM, Christy Cash swmngturtle@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group. I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help.Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
MikeyJay,
Both suggestions worked well!
Updated my driver, changed ports, confirmed, re-booted, and all seems to be working well...for now. : ). Hope it does the same next time I hook it up!
Appreciate your time, Christy KE0CJO
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Michael Hammel mikeyjay2046@yahoo.com wrote:
HI Christy,
I remember having a simlar problem with my Garmin GPS when I first got it and was setting it up. I called their tech service and he suggested changing ports, that sometimes, for no apparent reason a device will fail to read a port. So, maybe, changing ports will work for you. Also, I would try rebooting your PC as well.
Hope this helps, Good Luck, MikeyJay, KM4FWT
On Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:37 PM, Christy Cash < swmngturtle@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','swmngturtle@gmail.com');> wrote:
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
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I use Windows XP on my computers. I have discovered that the procedure for using CHIRP starts with going to the control panel and determining which port is being used by the cable to connect to the radio. If you move the cable between the USB ports on the computer, there needs to be a corresponding check to determine the "new" correct port number.
I hope this will be of help. Thomas WD6AZA ----- Original Message ----- From: Christy Cash To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 17:36 PM Subject: [chirp_users] New Tech with Boafeng UV-5R and CHIRP software
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Thomas Fancher thomasf@nwi.net wrote:
I use Windows XP on my computers. I have discovered that the procedure for using CHIRP starts with going to the control panel and determining which port is being used by the cable to connect to the radio. If you move the cable between the USB ports on the computer, there needs to be a corresponding check to determine the "new" correct port number.
I hope this will be of help. Thomas WD6AZA
This depends on the USB-to-Serial chip in the programming cable. The Prolific chip behaves as you describe. Some of the other chips will retain the same com port number when the programming cable is moved to a different com port.
I use mostly programming cables that have the Prolific type chip in them. I also have 2 USB ports on the front of my computer. Once I plugged my programming cable into the left USB port, I determined its port number as you described. Then I plugged my programming cable into the right USB port. I then went into Device Manager and change the com port that was assigned to the right USB port to be the same as the com port assigned to the left USB port (Windows complains but will still allow it). Now I can use either USB port at will without having to make and changes to the selected com port in CHIRP. The down side is that I cannot use 2 programming cables with Prolific type chips in these 2 USB ports at the same time.
Jim KC9HI
I hear ya Jim,
I couldn't use my track ball and had to switch to my finger pad, but I'm just happy I got the repeaters assigned to my channels now.
Found some info on how to manually input the repeaters directly on the HT and it seems a lot less complicated than using the cable!
Glad I found you guys....you've been a big help.
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Thomas Fancher <thomasf@nwi.net javascript:;> wrote:
I use Windows XP on my computers. I have discovered that the procedure
for
using CHIRP starts with going to the control panel and determining which port is being used by the cable to connect to the radio. If you move the cable between the USB ports on the computer, there needs to be a corresponding check to determine the "new" correct port number.
I hope this will be of help. Thomas WD6AZA
This depends on the USB-to-Serial chip in the programming cable. The Prolific chip behaves as you describe. Some of the other chips will retain the same com port number when the programming cable is moved to a different com port.
I use mostly programming cables that have the Prolific type chip in them. I also have 2 USB ports on the front of my computer. Once I plugged my programming cable into the left USB port, I determined its port number as you described. Then I plugged my programming cable into the right USB port. I then went into Device Manager and change the com port that was assigned to the right USB port to be the same as the com port assigned to the left USB port (Windows complains but will still allow it). Now I can use either USB port at will without having to make and changes to the selected com port in CHIRP. The down side is that I cannot use 2 programming cables with Prolific type chips in these 2 USB ports at the same time.
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Thomas,
Great advice. I kept clicking on different ports and finally the radio lit up like a Christmas tree : ). Confirmed, re-booted and all seems to be working well. Hope it stays that way.
Appreciate your time, Christy KE0CJO
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Thomas Fancher thomasf@nwi.net wrote:
I use Windows XP on my computers. I have discovered that the procedure for using CHIRP starts with going to the control panel and determining which port is being used by the cable to connect to the radio. If you move the cable between the USB ports on the computer, there needs to be a corresponding check to determine the "new" correct port number.
I hope this will be of help. Thomas WD6AZA
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Christy Cash javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','swmngturtle@gmail.com'); *To:* chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com'); *Sent:* Saturday, December 06, 2014 17:36 PM *Subject:* [chirp_users] New Tech with Boafeng UV-5R and CHIRP software
Hi, and thanks for allowing me to join the group.
I have been working on getting my CHIRP installed (and working) for several days now. Tonight, I FINALLY got everything to work, after trudging through many website, emails, and discussions. I created a couple of channels as a test run and everything read from the radio and wrote to the radio with no problem. I then went back into the program to start over and I got errors indicating the Port was no good. I had not removed the cable or changed ports, or done anything differently. When I went into my Devices and Printers folder, there was a yellow warning sign stating there was a problem with the port. But everything worked fine just seconds before that. I'm sure I will have more questions, but after getting this far on my own, I'm at a loss, and hope to get some help. Thank you for your time, Christy KEØCJO
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