[chirp_users] Another way Chirp can be tripped up by the OS

[Niklas Johnson]

The cables my company got from Baofeng directly when buying a few
hundred private labelled UV-5Rs do not keep the radio keyed when inserted
or reading/writing. It keys it momentarily when plugged in, but it should
not when fully inserted. It does not have a series PTT (its the sleeve on
the 3.5mm), so your cable is incorrectly wired. Additionally, the cables we
purchased were counterfeit Prolific chip-based so they required the older
3.2.0 driver (sourced from Miklor).

--Niklas




On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Stephen Hersey <n1xnxham at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've just started using Chirp with a Baofeng UV-5R and a USB serial
> adapter that Amazon claims is from Baofeng. The adapter has a genuine
> Prolific chip (or a darn good counterfeit), and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
> recognizes it as a serial port; in addition, I can connect TxD to RxD at
> the radio plugs, open PuTTY, and see looped-back characters I have typed on
> the console. So far, so great.
>
> However, neither Chirp nor baoclone could open the serial port the USB
> adapter was assigned to: COM19. Hmmm, 19? Sounds way high for a serial port
> enumeration. I reassigned the USB adapter to the vacant COM2, and hey
> presto! Both utilities are able to talk to the radio.
>
> Sooo, beware of high-numbered COM ports.
>
> Incidentally, is it normal for the UV-5R to key up when the serial cable
> is present? I'm going to make a practice of always having a dummy load
> connected when programming this radio.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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