[chirp_devel] Failure Communicating with Wouxun KG-UVD1P

[Tyler Tidman]

Well, I'll be... It turns out that this was, in fact, a "user too stupid error".  Maybe my punishment should be writing the "how to plug in a cable" section of the users' guide which will also include a "hey, did you try cleaning the metal conductors yet?" tip as well.

The helpful advice received here from Jon and Jim did the job though and I successfully got stuff working for my Wouxuns again--I really need to clamp down on that poor little thing now and twist it to one side to make it work.  Maybe this kind of plastic shrinks a fair bit over 5 years.

At any rate... Woohoo!  Thanks a bunch.


Tyler
VA3DGN

On August 4, 2014 7:28:26 PM EDT, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Tyler Tidman <tyler.tidman at draak.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear Chirp Developers:
>>
>> Back in 2009, I purchased a few Wouxun KG-UVD1P units (firmware
>version
>> unknown) and they used to work quite well with Chirp "stable" up
>until
>> around 2012 or 2013 or so.  Now, on various versions of Ubuntu and
>> Debian machines I have tried, Chirp can no longer communicate with
>these
>> radios either to download new data or to upload anything based on an
>old
>> image file.  I suspected my programming cables--the drivers and/or
>the
>> firmware faeries.
>>
>> {snipped}
>
>>
>> Thank you and 73,
>>
>>
>> Tyler Tidman
>> VA3DGN
>>
>
>Tyler,
>
>I agree with Jon. There is no indication of communication in the
>debug.log.
>If you left the cable out of the radio you would get the same error.
>I'd
>say double check the connection between the programming cable and the
>KG-UVD1P. You might try a little pressure on the plug while you attempt
>the
>download.
>
>Jim KC9HI