[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-7900R driver needed. I think :)

[Apple //GS]

Hello Dan  :)

The cable is CT29B Radio Cable:

CT29B Radio Cable:

  Product ID:	0x9e54
  Vendor ID:	0x2100
  Version:	 6.00
  Serial Number:	RTWA39NN
  Speed:	Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:	RT Systems
  Location ID:	0xfa123000 / 8
  Current Available (mA):	500
  Current Required (mA):	90



My computer is an iMac Mid 2011 with a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

I run Windows 7 from Bootcamp in a separate partition.

Thank you very much.

-Mark

 

On Mar 11, 2013, at 1:03 PM, chirp.cordless at xoxy.net wrote:

> The driver has to do with the USB/serial chip in your cable, not so much
> with the radio type. I've got two Yaesu radios working with chirp on a Mac,
> so I'll try to help there. I don't do Windows. 8-)
> 
> But once you find your Mac driver, you can likely get a Windows driver
> from the same place.
> 
> Plug in the cable and look at
> About this Mac -> More Info ... -> System Report ->  USB.
> Find your cable in the device tree and select it.
> It's probably either Prolific or FTDI. Tell us which, and we can move
> forward with identifying what driver you need.
> If you can't figure it out from the deice display, copy/paste that.
> 
> -dan
> 
> 
> On Mar 11, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Apple //GS - apple2gs at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Well here is what I did.  I have tried the daily version of CHIRP in both Mac and Windows.  Neither one can see my 7900.
>> I have tried to use the 7800 in the list of Yaesu list, and it is a no go.
>> I have looked for the driver that I think is missing form CHIRP to see this radio, and I am at a loss to find one.
>> If anyone else has CHIRP working in either Mac or Windows with the 7900R Please let me know how you did it.
>> I really really love CHIRP and want to use it with my radio.
>> 
>> Thank you all in advance.
>> 
>> Mark Fernandez
>> Manchester, MI USA
> 
> 
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