[chirp_users] Chirp Data transfer

[Ken Simpson, W8EK]

I am at a loss to figure why it will not work!

I tried installing CHIRP on my laptop, under Win XP, SP3.  It 
installed fine.  I do not have a "real serial port" on the laptop, so 
have no choice but to use the USB cable.  I installed it, and it 
appeared on COM 5.  So far, so good.

I tried downloading from the VX-3 to CHIRP, and have the same problems 
that I had on my main computer.  The VX-3 says it is sending data, but 
eventually times out and displays "error".  The CHIRP program gets 
nothing.  This is exactly the same as I got before.

I thought maybe it did not like the CHIRP 0.1.11 I downloaded, so I 
downloaded ver 0.1.10 and used the VX-7 setting (just to see if I 
could get any data to transfer -- I know it won't be right).  Still 
nothing.

At this point, I have done the following:
used 2 different computers
used 2 different cables (real serial, and USB)
used two different VX-3 HTs
Installed CHIRP 0.1.10 and used VX-7 settings
gotten frustrated!

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

73,

Ken, W8EK


Richard Farina wrote, On 7/4/2011 10:47 AM:
> On 07/04/11 08:13, Ken Simpson, W8EK wrote:
>> Thanks for the info.
>>
>> I will try it on another computer and see what happens.
>>
>> I don't know why you can not find me in the FCC data base.  I have
>> only been there almost 50 years!  I am using the USA version of the HT.
>>
> Ken,
> 
> Unlucky I guess, qrz had you but wanted a login to show your info, lame.
> 
> Dan,
> 
> Sounds to me like he is doing the right thing, and has a supported 
> model, any ideas about potential windows related fail here?  I'd like to 
> go in order of most likely and frankly, windows failing always seems 
> most likely to a linux user :-)
> 
> -Rick
>> Thanks.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Ken, W8EK
>>
>>
>> Richard Farina wrote, On 7/3/2011 10:33 PM:
>>> On 07/03/11 21:07, Ken Simpson, W8EK wrote:
>>>> What you describe is the way I am doing it.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I have plugged and unplugged the cable several times.  Same
>>>> result.  I am sure it is in all the way.
>>>>
>>>> I am using ver 0.1.11
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I am using Win XP with SP3.
>>>>
>>>> Since I wrote this, I also got an older serial cable (as in 9 pin D
>>>> connector and not usb) that I had for a VX-5, and tried it.  Same
>>>> result (although it is on Com 1).
>>> If I had to guess, and I do, this may be a windows issue.  Perhaps there
>>> is a conflicting library or something? It certainly sounds to me like
>>> you are doing it right.
>>>
>>> The only other thing I can think of, since I can't find you in the fcc
>>> database, are your radio models US version or something else?  If you
>>> have the European models of the radios it may not work (but can pretty
>>> easily be modified with your help).
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> Rick
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Ken, W8EK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dan Smith wrote, On 7/3/2011 8:55 PM:
>>>>>> It says Com 3 OK, and appears that it is trying to download the data
>>>>>> from the VX-3.  I have the VX-3 in clone mode, and it says it is
>>>>>> transmitting data (I pushed "Band" after getting into clone mode, and
>>>>>> the display says "Tx").  That sounds like it should work, but it times
>>>>>> out after about 30 seconds or so.  Nothing happens.
>>>>> Just so we're clear, the radio is in clone mode, you click "OK" on the
>>>>> computer and see it say "downloading from radio", and then you push the
>>>>> band button, right? That should be the procedure.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you sure that the cable is pushed all the way into the jack? Some of
>>>>> them are hard to seat fully.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which version are you using? 0.1.11 or a daily?
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe Rick can offer some suggestions here, as he wrote and has the most
>>>>> experience with the VX3 driver.
>>