[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R

[Charles Albert]

Failed to mention that I have no idea what to do with the files inside the
tar.gz files...python isn'y my forte.


On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Charles Albert <kc6ufm at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I suspect that using the daily build will solve the problem, but the
> installation of the deb file for the daily build fails broken pipe errors
> from the command line, the software manager, and manually from the deb
> installer.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Gordon DeWitte <kf5jwl at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> I just programmed my Baofeng UV-5RE+ using the latest daily build and it
>> worked fine.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gordon KF5JWL
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 9:36 PM, John LaMartina <JohnLa at usa.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Charles,
>>> Try the Latest Daily Build. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php
>>> On the CHIRP page it mentions that 0.4.1 Stable is no longer recommended.
>>> That release is well over a year old, and the Latest Daily Build is
>>> actually current as of today.
>>>
>>> This may be what you are experiencing.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> - http://www.miklor.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:
>>> chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] *On Behalf Of *Charles
>>> Albert
>>> *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2015 8:54 PM
>>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP
>>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to John and Paul for their help. I can't get the daily updates to
>>> work (I get errors from the ppa file) but I installed the latest stable
>>> version (0.4.1) and trimmed the cable.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now when I try to read from the radio, the LED flashes a few times I get
>>> an error that "Radio refused to send block 0x0000".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if this is due to the failure of the daily update install.
>>> From the first  error to the end of the output of the "apt-get install
>>> chirp-daily" command is:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> dpkg: error processing archive
>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/chirp-daily_20150814~trusty~1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>>>
>>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/chirp/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/CHIRP.mo',
>>> which is also in package chirp 0.4.1-1.0~kamal~trusty
>>>
>>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>>>
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>
>>>  /var/cache/apt/archives/chirp-daily_20150814~trusty~1_amd64.deb
>>>
>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care & 73
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> KC6UFM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:52 AM, John LaMartina <JohnLa at usa.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> The ‘Radio did not Respond’ message can be caused by several
>>> possibilities. None are serious.
>>> Solution can be found at *http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php
>>> <http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php>*
>>>
>>> Also, you are running an old version of CHIRP.
>>> It’s very possible your radio is not supported.
>>> Always run the Latest Daily Build.  *http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php
>>> <http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php>*
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> *- http://www.miklor.com <http://www.miklor.com>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:
>>> chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] *On Behalf Of *Charles
>>> Albert
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:15 PM
>>> *To:* chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
>>> *Subject:* [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello, All...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have the above radio and I'm trying to get CHIRP 0.3.1 on Linux to
>>> connect to the radio.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using an USB cable that shows up as ttyUSB0. None of the lights on
>>> the radio change (LED should blink, right?) and CHIRP errors that the radio
>>> is not responding.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas where I should start looking?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care & 73
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> KC6UFM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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