[chirp_users] HELP
Tom Maynard
Sat Dec 6 10:36:48 PST 2014
On 06-Dec-14 09:15, Shon Edwards wrote:
> This is a very good explanation and should work fine. I usually just
> use the "official" cables myself and have no problem, so this is
> another option in case things don't pan out.
I just went through this process for the first time myself, just last
night. Both my radio and my programming cable came from Banggood (China).
After a bit of struggling I got my systems communication smoothly. My
configuration:
* Laptop: Windows 8.1
* Radio Baofeng UV-82
I did try using the USB cable driver that came with Windows and it did
not work. I downloaded the drivers from the Miklor site and they also
did not work. As a last resort I used the drivers from the mini-disc
supplied with my cable. Again: No luck at all.
Then I realized that Windows was automatically updating the USB cable
driver the instant I plugged in the cable.
I discovered this by drilling down deep within Device Manager and
looking at the Date/Version of the installed driver. As soon as the
cable was inserted (with or without radio connected), Windows upgraded
the driver instantly (Fail).
The solution for me — and YMMV, of course — was to re-enter Device
Manager and to click on the “Roll Back Driver” button, after assuring
the O/S that this was in fact my intention the driver reverted to the
one that /I/ had installed. Immediately thereafter everything was golden
and CHIRP worked perfectly.
I confess that it took me close to an hour to realize, diagnose, and
correct the problem but I got mine working.
Thereafter I went back to the CHIRP Wiki page with the hope of being
able to edit in my Windows 8 approach (since Win8 isn’t specifically
mentioned there). Alas, although it is a Wiki page, I found no way to
edit it — despite having registered/authenticated.
Instead, I post this here, hoping it will help someone. I can provide
more detailed info, even a step-by-step procedure, if someone with Write
authority on the Wiki would publish it there.
Tom Maynard WZ9U
P.S. I am actually using the driver that came with my cable on the
mini-disc. I'm sure the download from Miklor would also work, but once
I had a working solution I opted not to experiment further. (If it
ain't broke, right?)
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