[chirp_users] Need help programming my new Baofeng UV-5R using my Mac.
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote:
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
Hi Mike If you haven't already, take a look at this page. It may be a driver issue. Hope this helps. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
Thanks! Patrick
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Dennis Klipa klipadk@gmail.com wrote:
Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote:
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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Also, take a look at error message #1 http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1
The transit should Not be on when plugging in the cable. It may need a trimming.
John K3NXU Http://www.miklor.com/uv5r
BTW: If you haven't already, check out the USER's GUIDE and FAQ pages for your model at http://www.miklor.com . . . Enjoy your new Toy...
On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:01 PM, Patrick Varas varaspj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Mike If you haven't already, take a look at this page. It may be a driver issue. Hope this helps. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
Thanks! Patrick
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Dennis Klipa klipadk@gmail.com wrote: Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF
On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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John,
Thanks. I trimmed the connector, per the photo. No change. I will work my way through the other replies.
Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:10 PM, John LaMartina ☀ wrote:
Also, take a look at error message #1 http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1
The transit should Not be on when plugging in the cable. It may need a trimming.
John K3NXU Http://www.miklor.com/uv5r
BTW: If you haven't already, check out the USER's GUIDE and FAQ pages for your model at http://www.miklor.com . . . Enjoy your new Toy...
On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:01 PM, Patrick Varas varaspj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Mike If you haven't already, take a look at this page. It may be a driver issue. Hope this helps. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
Thanks! Patrick
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Dennis Klipa klipadk@gmail.com wrote: Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF
On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Dennis,
I think it does go into transmit mod. Could my cable work on Windows and not on the Mac?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Dennis Klipa wrote:
Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF
On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
It could be a driver problem, or maybe you are selecting the wrong one in the dialog box after selecting "Download from Radio". Look at those driver names carefully, if your cable is plugged in to the computer, one driver will be correct and the others will be not what you want for this. See attached photo as an example. I have the FTDI cable, your driver may be named differently.
What USB drivers do you see in the dialog box after pulling the "Radio" menu to "Download From Radio"? Hint: the correct driver will not be named "bluetooth". (To the best of my knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong).
Best, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO
On Jun 21, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
Dennis,
I think it does go into transmit mod. Could my cable work on Windows and not on the Mac?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Dennis Klipa wrote:
Mike, My brother bought the same radio and got the same message. We suspect the cable is the problem. When we plugged in the cable to the radio while it was plugged into the computer (XP) and the radio went into transmit mode. Does yours? I have read that there are issues with some of the cheap knock off programming cables. His UV-5R also would not manually program a repeater frequency so it is going back to Amazon.com!
On my system, Windows 7, I had to download an older driver to get it to work.
Good luck, Dennis N8ERF
On Jun 20, 2014 9:34 PM, "Mike & Kara" white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
Dennis,
I think it does go into transmit mod. Could my cable work on Windows and not on the Mac?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Like I said in my previous post, you most likely have an incompatible driver installed. Uninstall the driver that you currently have installed. Get the generic driver from the MacOS_Tips page and install it. An also make sure you have installed the required KK7DS Python runtime.
Another thing you can do is to give CHIRP Live CD a try.
Jim KC9HI
An also make sure you have installed the required KK7DS Python runtime.
Just a note here: The runtime package has nothing to do with drivers and everything to do with running CHIRP itself. That means if you didn't have it installed, you couldn't even run the program to see the ports that are available.
If a CHIRP window opens, the runtime is working. Reinstalling the runtime won't do anything for you in the area of finding the proper port, etc.
--Dan
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike,
You don't mention anything about installing the KK7DS Python runtime package that is required for running CHIRP on a Mac. It is available from a link near the bottom of the download page.
Also you are not selecting the correct communications port. This could be an indication that you have not installed a driver that is compatible with your programming cable. I assume that you have a programming cable with a copied Prolific chip. Visit this page and get the "generic" driver that is compatible with your OS.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
Jim KC9HI
Jim,
I will verify I installed the Python runtime package. What comm port should I see in my pick list? I only have the two indicated below in m original e-mail.
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike,
You don't mention anything about installing the KK7DS Python runtime package that is required for running CHIRP on a Mac. It is available from a link near the bottom of the download page.
Also you are not selecting the correct communications port. This could be an indication that you have not installed a driver that is compatible with your programming cable. I assume that you have a programming cable with a copied Prolific chip. Visit this page and get the "generic" driver that is compatible with your OS.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
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Depending on the chip in your cable, you should see a port something like
/dev/cu.usbserial-xxxx or possibly /dev/cu.PL2303-xxxx
If you don’t see something similar to these, you may need to install a driver, as others have mentioned.
Bob, N7XY
On Jun 21, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
Jim,
I will verify I installed the Python runtime package. What comm port should I see in my pick list? I only have the two indicated below in m original e-mail.
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike,
You don't mention anything about installing the KK7DS Python runtime package that is required for running CHIRP on a Mac. It is available from a link near the bottom of the download page.
Also you are not selecting the correct communications port. This could be an indication that you have not installed a driver that is compatible with your programming cable. I assume that you have a programming cable with a copied Prolific chip. Visit this page and get the "generic" driver that is compatible with your OS.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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Everyone,
Thank you for your help. I finally got it working. I verified the Python runtime package was installed then I started installing one driver after the other until I found the one that worked with my cable. It turned out to be the "Prolific PL-2303 cable - official driver for the genuine Prolific cables". I was able to download from the radio, make a few changes to the settings, upload them back to the radio and verify the settings changed. Also, now when I plug in the cable and turn the radio on it no longer starts up in transmit mode. I am sure the others in the area appreciate that!
Thank you all again for your help. If our paths cross in the future I will tell you in person.
Mike KM4BED
On Jun 21, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
Depending on the chip in your cable, you should see a port something like
/dev/cu.usbserial-xxxx or possibly /dev/cu.PL2303-xxxx
If you don’t see something similar to these, you may need to install a driver, as others have mentioned.
Bob, N7XY
On Jun 21, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
Jim,
I will verify I installed the Python runtime package. What comm port should I see in my pick list? I only have the two indicated below in m original e-mail.
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike,
You don't mention anything about installing the KK7DS Python runtime package that is required for running CHIRP on a Mac. It is available from a link near the bottom of the download page.
Also you are not selecting the correct communications port. This could be an indication that you have not installed a driver that is compatible with your programming cable. I assume that you have a programming cable with a copied Prolific chip. Visit this page and get the "generic" driver that is compatible with your OS.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
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Jim,
I installed the Python package. Stopped CHIRP and restarted CHIRP. No change. Should I restart the computer?
Mike KM4BED
On Jun 20, 2014, at 9:12 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote: I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED
Mike,
You don't mention anything about installing the KK7DS Python runtime package that is required for running CHIRP on a Mac. It is available from a link near the bottom of the download page.
Also you are not selecting the correct communications port. This could be an indication that you have not installed a driver that is compatible with your programming cable. I assume that you have a programming cable with a copied Prolific chip. Visit this page and get the "generic" driver that is compatible with your OS.
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
Hi Mike, I'm writing this from memory, please let me know if it helps, or if it is even correct.
In many cases you need to connect the cable to the computer & radio first, then power the radio on, while holding down some radio buttons. Then launch CHIRP. The exact procedure varies by radio.
If you want to know what "port" to select when CHIRP asks, try quitting CHIRP, disconnecting your cable, then launch CHIRP. Make a note of what ports CHIP has available. Then quit CHIRP. Connect the cable. Launch CHIRP & see what ports CHIRP has now. The new port ought to be your radio cable. That's the one to select.
Remember to always download from the radio first, then make your changes & upload back to the radio. (There are some exceptions to this, but beyond the scope of current conversation).
Best, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO
On Jun 20, 2014, at 6:33 PM, Mike & Kara white318@me.com wrote:
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
It looks like you are not attempting to use the physical cable, and instead are using a Bluetooth connection. Does your UV-5R have a Bluetooth interface? Try turning it off, or turning off Bluetooth on your Mac, then see if the port for the cable interface is available. If it is not listed then you have a driver problem.
It would be nice if Chirp could be made to work via the Bluetooth connection, but first things first and get it going with the cable.
73,
Andrew
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:33:38 Mike & Kara wrote:
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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I don’t know if this will help, but when I program my Baofeng UV-5R radios, I have to leave the radio turned off until just before you’re ready to transfer info. I click the upload button, then I get a message saying something like “turn your radio off, then attach the cable, then turn your radio on”. If I have my radio turned on and plugged in to the cable before I see this message, it won’t work for me.
Also, for new radios, the cable is REALLY stiff when you plug it in. I thought I had a defective cable at first, but I justs didn’t have the cable plugged in far enough.
Hope this helps,
Lee
KB7KBU
From: Mike & Kara Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 6:33 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP
I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration.
My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2).
This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio.
This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off.
At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button.
Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks, Mike KM4BED _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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