[chirp_users] FT-2900r won't upload

[Dave ve3wej]

when mine was unable to upload, I found I had it chirp installed in
multiple places.   removed program files version, and the one left worked
fine after.




Dave Garber
VE3WEJ / VE3IE

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Rich Cochran/AG6QR <ag6qr at sonic.net> wrote:

>
> I wrote most of the FT-2900 driver, and I'll maintain it as needed.  It
> has been pretty stable for quite some time now, and I've had good
> reports
> from people who have used it, so I'm confident it's basically working,
> but there's probably room for improvement.
>
> Thanks, David, for the suggestion about the lock button.  I haven't
> tried that, and I'm away from my radio right now, but there may be
> something I can do to the driver to make it at least give a better
> error message when that situation is encountered.
>
> Al: If you can download from the radio, then your cable is almost
> certainly working.  Downloading requires communications in both
> directions.  There's a remote chance that the cable length,
> impedance, or some other analog characteristic is such that it's
> producing intermittent problems, but I doubt it.
>
> If it's not the lock issue which David suggested, then contact
> me off list, and send me the file you're trying to upload.  I'll
> take a look and see what I can discover.
>
> --Rich, AG6QR
> ag6qr at sonic.net
>
>
> >
> > Al, I don't know if this is your problem or not but it is something to
> > check.  The last time I tried to program my 2900 the radio wouldn't
> > accept
> > the upload.  Then I realized that I had the lock turned on when I had
> > used
> > it the time before.  As soon as I unlocked all was good.  I haven't had
> > the
> > 2900 long and it took be a couple of minutes to notice the lock icon.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David, kd7uch at arrl.net
> > On Dec 9, 2015 5:07 PM, "Al Cohan" <alcohan at mailserversusa.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, I just joined this list and I am pulling out my hair trying to
> >> figure out why CHiRP won't upload to my new Yaesu FT-2900r.
> >>
> >> I am on my third cable. It is a Valley Enterprises FTDI cable using
> >> the
> >> proper driver software. I can download after following the procedure
> >> to
> >> hold the A/N Low button in while powering on the radio then reading
> >> from
> >> radio.
> >>
> >> I have great success with using CHiRP with all my other radios, but
> >> the
> >> FT-2900r cannot be written to.
> >>
> >> Please, any thoughts. I tried looking at a CHiRP forum, but something
> >> was wrong with my account.
>
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