[chirp_users] Baofeng cable

[Jim Unroe]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Rick Osgood <rposgood at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I bought a Baofeng branded cable and have now tried it on two different
> Windows laptops. Neither one sees the device. What cable really works with
> the F8HP?
>
> --
> Rick Osgood

Hi Rick,

The Baofeng branded cable has an unauthorized copy of the Prolific
USB-to-TTL chip in it. The automatically installed driver is
(intentionally) not compatible. You have to downgrade your Prolific
driver to an older, compatible driver

v3.2.0.0 (Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1)
v2.0.2.1 (Windows XP)

See the miklor.com website for the driver and installation instructions.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

Jim KC9HI