[chirp_users] Interface for Yaesu 8800

[Aubrey Turner]

Every cable I have from 409Shop seems to have a cloned Prolific chip in
it.  So you have to use the older drivers.

--Aubrey

[Sent from my phone... please excuse any typos.]
On Nov 21, 2013 5:05 PM, "Tom Morris" <blueneon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are the 409shop cables genuine PL-2303 or FTDI?
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Jens J. <kd4tjx at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>> -->
>>
>> 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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