[chirp_users] Error Trying To Download From FT-1D

[Brian Carling]

I wish they would put all the stuff on the chirp website so we can actually use it!

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On Feb 11, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Amber Fechko <amber at dendriticspine.com> wrote:
> 
> Make sure you're not running through an external USB hub or anything; connect directly to the computer.
> 
> Try disconnecting the cable, and then running:
> 
> user at host:~$ dmesg
> (a ton of system messages should stream by)
> 
> Then reconnect your cable, turn on radio/volume up (shouldn't be necessary for dmesg output, but might as well do it now), and run the same command:
> 
> user at host:~$ dmesg
> (all of the previous system messages, and hopefully something new indicating a usb->serial device like below)
> [430941.789785] usb 2-1.7: new full-speed USB device number 49 using ehci-pci
> [430941.883258] usb 2-1.7: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
> [430941.883267] usb 2-1.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> [430941.883272] usb 2-1.7: Product: USB-Serial Controller
> [430941.883277] usb 2-1.7: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
> [430941.883801] pl2303 2-1.7:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
> [430941.885384] usb 2-1.7: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> 
> Assuming your system registers the usb->serial cable, you should see it in dmesg w/the device it was assigned (/dev/ttyUSB0 in my case -- vdir /dev/ttyUSB* is faster if you just need the device ID, but if vdir isn't showing anything, dmesg might give you a hint as to why). 
> 
> I had to enter /dev/ttyUSB0 manually in the "Port" section of CHIRP -- it didn't show by default unless I restarted CHIRP after the cable was connected.
> 
> -Amber
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:11 PM, n4lbl <alan.schulman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks.  I suspect that this is interesting:
>> n4lbl at eel:~$ vdir /dev/ttyUSB
>> vdir: cannot access /dev/ttyUSB: No such file or directory
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:10 PM, W Paul Mills <AC0HY at wpmills.com> wrote:
>>> Should be showing as /dev/ttyUSB0 or something similar. From a text box
>>> or terminal screen type "vdir /dev/ttyUSB*" and see what the results
>>> show. If nothing shows, your cable is not being recognised. If it shows,
>>> but not in chirp text box, type it in, and it should work.
>>> 
>>> On 02/11/2015 02:49 PM, n4lbl wrote:
>>> > When trying to download I get the message:
>>> >
>>> >     An error has occurred
>>> >     Could not configure port: (5, 'Input/output error')
>>> >
>>> > ​The environment is Ubuntu 14.04, Chirp daily -20150210, cable SCU-18
>>> > with power light on, HT in CLONE mode.
>>> >
>>> > ​The Radio box presents port choices /dev/ttyS0 thru /dev/ttyS31 and I
>>> > have tried many of these but not all, and always received the same exact
>>> > message.  There were no USB possibilities presented.​
>>> >
>>> > The message said nothing of permissions.  I did check anyway and saw:
>>> >
>>> >     n4lbl at eel:~$ groups n4lbl
>>> >     n4lbl : n4lbl adm dialout fax cdrom floppy tape audio dip video
>>> >     plugdev fuse scanner lpadmin netdev sambashare
>>> >
>>> > ​so that seems OK.​
>>> >
>>> > The HT's internal code is ancient:  from when I bought it in Nov. or
>>> > Dec. '13.  My intention was to back it up before upgrading the code.
>>> >
>>> > This is sure to be a knuckleheaded mistake or something I didn't read or
>>> > forgot.
>>> > ​  Thanks,,,
>>> >
>>> > Alan,,,   n4lbl​
>>> >
>>> >
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