[chirp_users] Interface for Yaesu 8800

[Jens J.]

409shop also has cables, which work fine for me.
For a few bucks more, I got a multi-cable kit that had like 6-in-1 interchangeable tips that worked with my vx-2,3,6 and ft-7900 (should be same din plug as 7800/7900/8800/8900).

if you are so inclined to build your own cable (I think you can find these din plugs in pc junk bins), this is a good reference for pinout:
http://www.g4hfq.co.uk/links.html





On Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:09 PM, Aubrey Turner <aubrey.c.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
 
I presume you are referring to the FT-8800R?  
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http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=106&encProdID=FD01F8F398F2B94A9C9F4299F3D18732&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0

If you are wanting to use CHIRP with this radio, all you need is the
    right cable.  No need to build anything unless you are into
    tinkering with electronics, as there are plenty of them on the
    market.

If you are lucky enough to still have an RS-232 port, here's a
    serial version:
- 
http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/yaesu-programming-cable-ft7800-ft8800-ft8900-p-218.html

If all you have is USB, here's one that should work quite well:
- 
http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/yaesu-ftdi-programming-cable-ft7800-ft8800-feet-p-561.html

Note that the above cables are a little pricey, and you can find
    better prices on eBay.  But I picked this vendor in particular
    because they use the FTDI chipset in their USB cables, which usually
    just works for people as soon as the driver is installed.  The cheap
    cables on eBay often use cloned chips that are based on Prolific
    chips, and Prolific has booby-trapped the later versions of the
    driver to fail with these cloned chips, so you have to jump through
    some hoops to get them to work (i.e. load older drivers and disable
    automatic driver updates).  At least this is the case with Windows
    and USB.  This isn't an issue with the RS-232 version (as there is
    no need for a USB-to-serial chip).  It's also not an issue with USB
    on with Mac or Linux.





On 11/21/2013 03:43 PM, Randy Elliott wrote:

Greetings to the group Just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction to an interface I can build to communicate chirp with a Yaesu 8800 mobile radio. Randy Elliott Email: ve3jpu at me.com _______________________________________________
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