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[Nigel Johnson]

A very simple way to test if the cable is good is to short pins 2 and
3.  Run a terminal program such as putty at any speed with no modem
control and you should see characters being echoed back as you type. 
Simple, quick and effective.

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Nigel
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On 03/31/2015 06:21 AM, Bry Carling AF4K wrote:
> 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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