[chirp_users] Help please!

[Bry Carling AF4K]

Nothing happens.

Sometimes it will do nothing. Other times it says an error has occurred, cannot open th eport 
(COM3) Error 2



On 30 Mar 2015 at 17:54, Denis Dimick wrote:

> 
> Bry,
> What happens when you try to download from the radio?
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> On Mar 30, 2015 5:17 PM, "Bry Carling AF4K" <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>     I am trying again to get the CHIRP program to work with my Icom T70 and it Is NOT 
>     obvious.
>     
>     I have a nice FTDI from Mark Dunkle. KJ6ZWL. I have spoken with Mark and we ar enboth
>     mystified as to why this doesn't work.
>     
>     I got as far as to make it stop SCANNING all the time when I plug the cable in. I follow the
>     key presses to get the radio into CLONING mode. I set it to "CL out." Then I try to "read" the
>     radio into Chirp.
>     
>     The only thing I can see to do in CHIRP is to click on "RADIO" and then "DOWNLOAD
>     FROM RADIO."
>     
>     Is there something else I should be doing? I jhave been trying this since January and just
>     haven't had time to fool with it soince it is such a bad time-wasting failure.
>     
>     I wish people would either supply instructiuons with Chirp or make it so that ist is a bit more
>     obvious and user friendly!
>     
>     I will now try downloading the latest version and see if that helps.  I am on version 0.4.1
>     
>     Bry Carling, AF4K
>     
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