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

[Milton Hywatt]

He's using an FTDI cable. And has since figured out it is a daily build bug. 




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 From: Brad NK8J <nk8j at juno.com>
To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Problems with Yaesu -- FT60 and FT-8800
 

If you are using windows 7 use the 3.2.0.0 version drivers. Do not update it.

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Basil Copeland <blcjr2 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the prompt reply.  At least with respect to the FT-60, Commander
>was not open; at that point, it had not even been installed.  IAC, I just
>went through the whole process again with the FT-60.  Same error.
>
>Seems curious to me that this would happen with two different cables
>connected to two different radios.  I really do not see how it could be a
>cable issue.  Driver issue, perhaps.  That would be the only common
>denominator.  The driver is FTDI 2.8.30.0, dated 7/12/13, and installed
>using COM4, as COM1/3 is reported "in use" (that would be for a Prolific
>driver/USB cable used with the UV-5R).
>
>Basil
>KE5GAE
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Tom Hayward <esarfl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
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