[chirp_users] Problems with Yaesu -- FT60 and FT-8800

[Tom Hayward]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Basil Copeland <blcjr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> windows, with a final error message saying something about being unable to
> "read echo" and then "bad cable?"

This error means that Chirp tried to send something out over the
serial port and didn't get a response. With Yaesu cables, everything
sent should echo back to the serial port, because the tx and rx lines
are connected together. The cause of this is usually, as reported, a
faulty cable or driver. My only other idea is that another program may
have been using the serial port when Chirp tried to access it. Was
Commander still open?

Tom KD7LXL