[chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio

paul.slootweg at gmail.com
Sat Oct 24 06:46:52 PDT 2015


Done that too - if it worked. 

The issue is connectivity to the radio. 


> On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:35, Kearney <mbk7 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Have you tried to download to a new file?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <paul.slootweg at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 6:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio
> 
> 
>> Nope. Same radio. (One of the times that download did work!)
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>>> On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:12, Kearney <mbk7 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Paul, was your original img. file created on a different radio?
>>> 
>>> Mike KG7KIQ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Paul Slootweg" <paul.slootweg at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact 
>>> radio
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I would have assumed that if the was a compatibility problem, then the
>>>> cable/drivers would work 'never', not 'sometimes'.
>>>> 
>>>> As for FTDI cables - unobtanium in the UK.
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
>>>> 
>>>>> On 21 October 2015 at 17:00, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg 
>>>>> <paul.slootweg at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show
>>>>>> up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but
>>>>>> I can rarely download (never mind upload.)
>>>>>> Radio is UV-5RA
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>> 
>>>>> Paul,
>>>>> 
>>>>> When it comes to Prolific drivers, you don't want the latest. They are
>>>>> incompatible with the unauthorized Prolific chip copies that are in
>>>>> most programming cables (including the "genuine" Baofeng programming
>>>>> cable). Try the generic drivers on the MacOS_Tips page or purchase the
>>>>> 3rd party driver.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.mac-usb-serial.com/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Or to avoid the hassle of finding and installing a compatible driver,
>>>>> get a programming cable with the FTDI chip.
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim KC9HI
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