[chirp_users] help

[Marty Hartwell]

Hi Bob

See response inbedded.

On 10/8/2013 2:30 PM, Bob 2E0EBA wrote:
> In Chirp, don't you go to the Radio menu and choose "download from
> Radio" which brings up the little menu to choose the radio make, model
> and com port. Then, for my Yaesu FT-897, at least, I have to have it in
This is where I don't get the little window for choosing com port and 
the other things, it just never comes
up.
> Clone mode (on that radio, I turn it on whilst pressing both arrow keys)
> and then set Chirp to listen by pressing OK (or whatever) and then press
> the "Send" key (there is a label on the screen above the three keys).
> After a moment the transfer takes place and a table appears in Chirp...
>
> Bob
> M0TMT
> London, UKb

Marty kd8bj
> On 08/10/2013 20:14, Tom Hayward wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Marty Hartwell <mhartwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My Rig is the VX5R and according to the FAQ for Yaesu it says to put
>>> the rig in Clone mode, then launch Chirp and click on "Download from rig".
>>> When I do that I get nothing.
>> You should get *something*, either a prompt asking what COM port and
>> radio you want to download from, or an error message. If you don't get
>> *anything*, the only thought I have is that maybe you don't have any
>> COM ports. Your debug.log should provide a clue.
>>
>> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_To_Report_Issues#Getting-your-debug-log
>>
>>> I may have to go back to using my other PC which has Linux, or use the
>>> VX commander.
>> If it works with VX5 Commander, it will work with Chirp. They both
>> require the same COM port and USB/serial driver. Trying with VX5
>> Commander would be a good test. (Note: You can import VX5 Commander
>> .vx5 files into Chirp)
>>
>> If you have Linux available, certainly try it there. It doesn't suffer
>> from the same complicated driver issues as Windows, so things tend to
>> just work.
>>
>> Tom KD7LXL
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