[chirp_users] Having Trouble with Chirp and Windows 8
I've been having trouble getting Chirp to work with my Baofeng GT3 and a Windows 8 machine. Chirp just cannot read the usb port and the radio. I have tried a different cable (that ironically worked under Win 7) and this cable worked with a different radio (same model) and Win 10. The software I have installed is chirp-daily-20180707-installer.exe. When the cable is plugged in I can see the description in device manager.
Some suggestions about where to go from here would be appreciated.
If Device Manager shows your cable to be a Prolific cable, try rolling your driver back to 3.2.0.0. Info found at www.miklor.com.
Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies using the Universal Translator.
On Jul 20, 2018, at 22:05, Robert Smits bob@rsmits.ca wrote:
I’ve been having trouble getting Chirp to work with my Baofeng GT3 and a Windows 8 machine. Chirp just cannot read the usb port and the radio. I have tried a different cable (that ironically worked under Win 7) and this cable worked with a different radio (same model) and Win 10. The software I have installed is chirp-daily-20180707-installer.exe. When the cable is plugged in I can see the description in device manager.
Some suggestions about where to go from here would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Jardy at jardy72@yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
Since it worked with another radio, I'd focus on the connection between the radio and cable. Is it seated well? anything keeping it from going all the way in?
Have you been able to test the radio that won't work with someone else's PC?
Tom Henderson
On 07/21/2018 12:05 AM, Robert Smits wrote:
I’ve been having trouble getting Chirp to work with my Baofeng GT3 and a Windows 8 machine. Chirp just cannot read the usb port and the radio. I have tried a different cable (that ironically worked under Win 7) and this cable worked with a different radio (same model) and Win 10. The software I have installed is chirp-daily-20180707-installer.exe. When the cable is plugged in I can see the description in device manager.
Some suggestions about where to go from here would be appreciated.
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On July 21, 2018 04:32:25 am Tom Henderson wrote:
Since it worked with another radio, I'd focus on the connection between the radio and cable. Is it seated well? anything keeping it from going all the way in?
Have you been able to test the radio that won't work with someone else's PC?
Tom Henderson Yes, in fact it worked here under Win7. And it works with a different
computer as well.
On 07/21/2018 12:05 AM, Robert Smits wrote:
I’ve been having trouble getting Chirp to work with my Baofeng GT3 and a Windows 8 machine. Chirp just cannot read the usb port and the radio. I have tried a different cable (that ironically worked under Win 7) and this cable worked with a different radio (same model) and Win 10. The software I have installed is chirp-daily-20180707-installer.exe. When the cable is plugged in I can see the description in device manager.
Some suggestions about where to go from here would be appreciated.
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On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 1:05 AM, Robert Smits bob@rsmits.ca wrote:
I’ve been having trouble getting Chirp to work with my Baofeng GT3 and a Windows 8 machine. Chirp just cannot read the usb port and the radio. I have tried a different cable (that ironically worked under Win 7) and this cable worked with a different radio (same model) and Win 10. The software I have installed is chirp-daily-20180707-installer.exe. When the cable is plugged in I can see the description in device manager.
There are many reasons that can keep CHIRP from doing its job. Most are related to the programming cable. No programming software can work if there is not a complete and working connection between the radio and computer.
It would help if you could provide a debug.log file and/or the exact error message. Without these, I will run through the most common things that most Baofeng encounter.
The #1 cause of trouble for Baofeng radios used with Windows is that most low cost programming cables purchased with these low cost radios are manufactured with a counterfeit version of a Prolific USB-to-TTL chip. The device driver automatically installed by Windows is intentionally incompatible with unauthorized copies of Prolific chips. The work around is download, install and select an older device driver. This page shows you how to check for which device driver is installed and also provided the steps to downgrade the device driver if necessary.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
The #2 cause of trouble for Baofeng radios is the 2-pin plug is not fully inserted into the speaker/mic socket of the radio. This is especially common for radios with the GT-3 style case. There is a raised ridge around the socket well that contacts the plastic shell of the 2-pin plug which keeps the pins from being fully inserted. The work around for this is to trim away the part of the plastic shell that the ridge of the case is interfering with. This page (scroll down to the GTE section) has pictures of the problem and they show needs to be done to eliminate the interference (click on the picture to see a larger version that is easier to see).
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1
Jim KC9HI
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