[chirp_users] error Programming FT897

[Don Weber]

its using 3.2.0.0 driver from 2007, still no luck


On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> If your cable has a fake prolific chip in it, try rolling your driver to
> 3.2.0.0. You can find it at www.miklor.com.  New drivers won't work on
> the fake chips.
>
> Jardy Dawson
> WA7JRD Ham Radio
>
> Message relayed through SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence,
> although no terrestrial intelligence has been found yet, either)
>
> On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:48, Don Weber <831forsale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yes, it goes into clone mode, where I press C (snd), after a bit i get an
> error, and no progress bar in Chirp
> i only have the single radio for this cable, unistalled the previous
> drivers, and installed from the CD that came with the cable, still no luck
> the computer does its beep beep and the com port does not show ! in device
> manager, so appears to be good
> what pins can i test to see if its getting the right voltage to the radio,
> someone mentioned it needs the 5 volts, I connected a meter to a stripped
> usb cable, red/black wires and it shows 5 volts, is that test sufficient
> for voltage to radio, or do i need to test to a couple of the pins on the
> specific cabe to the radio?
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Dave Nathanson <KG6ZJO at nathanson.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Don,
>> Does the radio display indicate "Clone mode"?
>> It ought to after you power it on holding down the < > buttons. This
>> picture is of my FT857D in clone mode, but it is pretty much the same as
>> your FT897.
>>
>> Alternately, your usb/serial cable might need a different software driver
>> than the other cables do. Driver problems are common. Way too common! Can
>> you tell if this USB/serial cable is working?
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave Nathanson
>> KG6ZJO
>>
>> <Yaesu 857D clone mode.jpeg>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Don Weber <831forsale at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>> so, I am in clone mode
>> cable plugged in
>> menu is set to CAT
>> press the <> buttons while power on
>> click OK on Chirp
>> press the snd (C) button on ft897
>> it sits there for a bit, then gets error,
>> eventually Chirp times out with error
>>
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Dave Nathanson <
>> k6gzjo.lists.chirpusers at nathanson.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Don,
>> The Yaesu radios require being in the correct "Clone" mode before they
>> will accept data transfer. You'll need to power up the radio while holding
>> down another button. Are you doing that? Does the radio say something about
>> "Clone" on the display?
>> CHIRP usually pops up a helpful message with the details just before the
>> clone operation begins. But people often dismiss all dialog boxes without
>> reading them, or they click the box to never tell me this again. ANyway,
>> that's probably the direction to look in.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave Nathanson
>> KG6ZJO
>>
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2015, at 10:25 AM, Don Weber <831forsale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Trying to program FT897
>> running win8, the prolific driver is good, I can use my other cables to
>> program baofeng radios fine. the cable for the 897 when plugged in results
>> in no errors, I have the latest Chirp daily build installed.
>> when trying to download from the radio, it does not communicate at all.
>> I set the baud rate on both the radio and the com port to make sure they
>> are the same
>> no luck, any other ideas for things i can try?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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