[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33

[Grant Cunningham]

Problem solved - I'd left the radio in crossband mode! I would have thought that entered the initial set menu (where the clone function is located) would have suspended crossband, but it doesn't.

I turned off xband, and the download went without a hitch. Now I can experience the inevitable problems editing and uploading the image file - yippee!


On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request at intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700
> From: Tom Hayward <esarfl at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw at me.com> wrote:
>> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio"
>> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice)
>> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800)
>> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window
>> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission.
>> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message.
> 
> When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen?
> 
> There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable
> attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed
> by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the
> FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4
> for "Download from Radio" in Chirp.
> 
> Tom KD7LXL

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