[chirp_users] iMAC (latest OS) Baofeng UV-5RE Plus USB Supplied cable

[mats.g.roos at gmail.com]

Jim,
Call and u can help

Mats
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> On Oct 14, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Jim Hofmann <jimhofmann12 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Users,  I'm a complete newbie to Ham and Chirp.  Fairly savvy wrt to software.  
> 
> This is the first time connecting UV-5R to Mac.  Chirp starts fine and I do have Python installed.  
> 
> When starting up Chirp, debug.log spits out...
> 
> Icon /usr/share/pixmaps/chirp.png not found
> Initialized MacOS support
> /Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/chirp/chirpw:128: PangoWarning: error opening config file '../Resources/etc/pango/pangorc': No such file or directory
> 
> Two items from that output...
> 	-  I don't see a chirp.png in the /Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app tree.
> 	-  I don't see a pangorc in the /Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app tree.
> 
> I'm attempting to "Download from radio", I try the four port selections.  I do have the USB cable plugged in and radio on.  Also...
> 
> bash-3.2# pwd
> /dev
> bash-3.2# ls cu.Bluetooth-*
> cu.Bluetooth-Modem
> 	cu.Bluetooth-Serial-1
> cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync	cu.Bluetooth-Serial-2
> 
> I do have the vendor and model selected properly.  It attempts to clone and then I see...  "An error has occurred"  "Radio did not respond".  From debug.log I see...
> 
> User selected Baofeng UV-5R on port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Serial-1
> Clone thread started
> Sending Magic: 000: 50 bb ff 01 25 98 4d 00   P...%.M.
> 
> Radio did not respond
> Sending Magic: 000: 50 bb ff 20 12 07 25 00   P.....%.
> 
> Radio did not respond
> -- Exception: --
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirpui/clone.py", line 225, in run
>     self.__radio.sync_in()
>   File "/Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/uv5r.py", line 456, in sync_in
>     self._mmap = _do_download(self)
>   File "/Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/uv5r.py", line 345, in _do_download
>     data = _ident_radio(radio)
>   File "/Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/uv5r.py", line 341, in _ident_radio
>     raise error
> RadioError: Radio did not respond
> ------
> Clone failed: Radio did not respond
> Clone thread ended
> --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not respond ---
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Applications/chirp-0.3.1.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/chirp/chirpw", line 71, in <module>
>     langs += os.getenv("LANG").split(":")
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'
> 
> Any thoughts for a newbie?  A video guide to watch for the first time?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jim
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