[chirp_users] Chirp vs. Win8.1

[Pete Mackie]

Is your Prolific cable a Chinese clone—with know bugs in the serial chip—or a Prolific cable built and sold by Prolific?

there is a big difference between these two Prolific cables.

73 for the evening.
Pete

On May 29, 2014, at 7:46 PM, Jeff Grantham <jeff at kb5wck.com> wrote:

> Yes the hardware will not support Maverick.  I have a prolific cable and I finally got it to see the cable and radio but it errors out and tells me it might be a bad cable.  I am using the same cable that I use with my vx-1r.  May be wrong cable?
> 
> From: Pete Mackie <pete at seaquest.com>
> Reply-To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:29 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp vs. Win8.1
> 
> I forgot to ask, what is the make and model # of your USB serial cable? This is something we must know before attempting anything.
> 
> Just as a heads up, the task is probably going to be finding the right serial driver for you and nothing to do with the CHIRP app.
> 
> I do observe that you are three OS X versions behind, which will makes things a bit harder. Is the reason you have not upgraded your OS X is that your Mac hardware does not support OS X beyond Lion?
> 
> Pete
> 
> On May 29, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Jeff Grantham <jeff at kb5wck.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks.  I have 10.7.5 on OSx and am trying to clone a Yaesu FT-60R.  I finally saw the instructions to install the python runtime.  Did that and it loads now, just can't get the radio to clone to the software though.
>> 
>> From: Pete Mackie <pete at seaquest.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:10 PM
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp vs. Win8.1
>> 
>> Glad to help. First there are two questions:
>> What version of Mac OS X are you using?
>> What is the make and model number of the Ham radios?
>> On May 29, 2014, at 5:53 PM, Jeff Grantham <jeff at kb5wck.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> This doesn't have anything to do with Windows 8.1 but I have Chirp on Osx
>>> 10.7.5 and I can't get it to open.  It acts like it is opening but then
>>> jus disappears.  I have tried 0.4 and 0.3.1.  Same thing happens.  Anyone
>>> have a clue what to do?
>>> 
>>> Thanks ahead for the reply.
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> KB5WCK
>>> 
>> 
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