[chirp_users] works fine with Baofeng_UV-5R

[Gary]

but does not download from radio with my FT60R (with a different cable, 
of course.  ExpertPower although in Win7 it says Prolific)

Here are the conditions running under a Ubuntu derivative OS (Zorin).

chirp Daily-20120111
GTK 2.24.4
PyGTK 2.22.0
Python 2.7.1+

And the debug log last entry is

User selected Yaesu FT-60 on port /dev/ttyUSB0
Clone thread started
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
Trying again...
-- Exception: --
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/clone.py", line 225, in run
     self.__radio.sync_in()
   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 196, in sync_in
     raise errors.RadioError("Failed to communicate with radio: %s" % e)
RadioError: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding
------
Clone failed: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding
Clone thread ended
--- Exception Dialog: Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not 
responding ---
None

Beats me...acts like the magic word isn't recognized by the radio. Or 
the brand new cable is B/O.

tia

Gary WA6DTX