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[Bry Carling AF4K]

Thank you very much David,

After trying many other things...

I ran the cable loop back tester software, and set to COM3.
Ran the test and nothing happens. 

I have tried this with the radio just turned on.
I have tried this with hreadio in the CLONE mode.
I have tried this with the radio in the CLONE OUT mode.

I never get any response. I think perhaps I have a bad cable - sigh!

One other clue is that the cable makes the radio SCAN whenevr I plug it in normally
I have to fiddle with it and reinsert it numerous times before it will stop scanning and sit at a 
fixed frequency.

The supplier assures me these are not the fake chips but genuine FTDI
chips he is using, 
and charged a premium price for it.

The cable came from Mark Dunkle, KJ6ZWL. I will relay all of this information and see if he can send me another cable that works. 

Manufacturer: FTDI
on USB Serial Converter

Driver Provided: FTDI
8/26/2014

Driver Version:
2.12.0.0

Brian Carling



On 30 Mar 2015 at 20:33, David Ranch wrote:

> 
> Hello Bry,
> 
> 
>     
>     I set the radio per the cloning instructions and it says: CLONE and then CL OUT m.
>     Then I click on OK.
>     
>     "Failure to communicate with the radio: unexpected response from radio"
> 
> 
> It sounds right... are you sure this cable works?  I know you said it's FTDI based but there have 
> been counterfit versions of those too.  If you go into the Control Panel --> System --> Device 
> Manager   Does the serial port show up ok without any warning icons, etc?
> 
> 
> 
>     
>     Do I need to change the com port speed or something??
>     It's set for 8-N-1, 9600 baud
> 
> 
> I think chirp already knows what the serial port needs to be configured for.
> 
> 
>     
>     Unfortunately, nothing in the Icom manual specifies the data port settings for the CLONE 
>     function.
>     
>     I might just as well have bought a cheap Baofeng I suppose. 
> 
> 
> Naw, I'm sure things will work ok, we're just missing something simple.  Speaking of Baofeng, 
> push the connector into the radio REALLY hard (I mean HARD) and give it a try again.  That's a 
> very common problem with cheap cables.
> 
> 
>     
>     Like I said, I have been trying since january!
> 
> 
> This could be a bad cable.  I think you can connect the TX to RX and using a program like 
> Hyperterminal, type in characters and see if you see them back.  This is an easy way to see if 
> things aren't working right
> 
>    http://www.kc8unj.com/interface.html
> 
> --David
> KI6ZHD
> 
> 
>     
>     
>     
>     Same problem as before - failure to read radio...
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     On 30 Mar 2015 at 22:13, Jim Unroe wrote:
>     
> 
>     
>     On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Bry Carling AF4K <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>     
>     Looks like 0.4.1 is the latest version?
>     
>     STILL trying to figure out how to make it work with the Icom T70 here!
>     
>     Bry Carling Af4K
> 
>     
>     The CHIRP v0.4.1 daily build will be a year old in April. Use the
>     latest daily build.
>     
>     Jim KC9HI
> 
>     
>     
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