[chirp_users] Icom ID-880H Macintosh Interconnectivity

[Guy Teague]

that nl driver on osx 10.7.4 using a wouxun usb cable works about once out
of 20-40 times for me. next week i'm trying some other drivers. like you, i
see the driver loaded and available and i can 'connect' to it via zterm or
scrt.

/guy

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:25 AM, Mike Hannibal <pelorus32 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. Can you use the Icom OPC-1529R cable with Chirp and a USB-serial
>    adapter?
>
>
> Yep, should be able to.
>
>
> Thanks for the response Dan.
>
> OK I've tried both the OPC-1529R with the Belkin adaptor and the OPC478UC
> - the USB cable with absolutely no luck. Both these cables are recommended
> by ICOM for the ID-880H, but ICOM only supply drivers for Windows.
>
> I downloaded the Prolific driver which they say works with Mac OS 10.8
> ...and I can't get it to load. I then downloaded the Netherlands driver
> (osx-pl2303.kext) and I've got it loaded and a serial port available.
>
>
> However when I choose "Download from Radio" Chirp simply says "Cloning"
> very briefly and then "An error has occurred. Unexpected response from
> radio"
>
> Important to note that the serial port does not show up in Network Prefs
> but when I issue kextstat I get this back: 131    0 0xffffff7f81eb6000
> 0xb000     0xb000     nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303 (1.0.0d1) <122 33 5 4
> 3>
>
> So it's loaded.
>
> I'd really appreciate it if there is anyone out there using Mac OS 10.8.1
> and ID-880H and Chirp if they could tell me just exactly what they do to
> get it to work (it's not _that_ unusual a combination ;)).  I really don't
> want to have to go the whole memory hogging VMWare route.
>
> Kind regards
> Mike
> VK3ZMH
>
>
>
> 2. If not which cable do I use - is it the Icom OPC-478UC and if so
>    does this work without any drivers on the Mac OS? I'm not after
>    cheap eBay cables - just reliable connectivity.
>
>
> The OPC-478 is the older cable, which has a TTL converter in it. Their
> newer radios have started to support cloning via the regular RS-232 port
> that they now have. I can't say I've tried it with the 880, but as
> consistent as the Icoms are, I'd expect no issues. I have an 880 here, I
> guess I should check it :)
>
> 3. If I can use the OPC-1529R then does anyone have a USB-serial
>    adapter which they are using on Mac OS 10.8.x with that cable which
>    works well? If so which one?
>
>
> From my experience, the KeySpan is the best one for your platform. It's
>
> big (although I wouldn't call it clunky), but it has a removable cable
> and does a lot of neat stuff that the others won't.
>
> What chip/driver is in your Belkin? They're usually prolific, which is
> the most common, but also the most commonly problematic on MacOS, in my
> experience. I think Tom would argue for FTDI-based gear, but I'll let
> him speak up.
>
> Just with respect to a current discussion on the list about Mac where it
> was suggested it is a "boutique platform" - I'm not sure that you can
> say that about the biggest selling laptop platform in the US for the
> last quarter ;)
>
>
> Heh, I hadn't heard that, and I'm certainly skeptical of such a claim.
> However, regardless of growth, there's a lot of ground to make up.
> Further, due to Windows' architecture, some of the driver cores have
> been around longer than OSX has been a commercial product.
>
> Yikes, I sound like a Windows advocate. Ya'll know I don't own a single
> machine with Windows on it, right?? :)
>
> --
> Dan Smith
> www.danplanet.com
> KK7DS
>
>
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