[chirp_users] FT-60 and CP2102

[Steve Whitehead]

Thanks for the response Jim.  I wish it as easy as finding a short.
I have three of the converted 6-in-1 cables and the behavior is the same.
I will keep playing with it.  I did not order the cheapest available CP2102
available from China and notice there are several different styles.
Perhaps this one is somehow different in levels or buffering from the
others.  I have read online others have had success programming the
FT-60 with the CP2102 so something is different.  One thing of note is
this is one of the CP2102s that John said has the TXD and RXD switched.

​On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Steve Whitehead <nv7vham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using one of the 6-in-1 programming cables with the
counterfeit
> Prolific chip in it.  After reading John Miklor's article about using the
> CP2102
> in place of the Prolific counterfeit I replace the chip with the CP2102.
>
> The cable works perfectly with the UV-5R radios but no longer works with
the
> Yaesu FT-60.  It is the same with my MacBook Pro or if I use FT-60
> commander.
> I thought before I start spending several hours chasing this down I would
> ask
> if anyone else has run into this.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

Steve,

>I assume that this is one of those 6-in-1 programming cables that you
>must plug in the correct adapter based on the radio that you are going
>to program. That would mean that you use a different adapter for the
>UV-5R than you do the FT-60. My guess is that the adapter for the
>FT-60 has gone bad. It is probably only a coincidence that it happened
>when the USB end was swapped out with a module containing a CP2102
>chip. You might check the FT-60 adapter with a volt-ohm-meter for
>shorts or opens.

>Jim KC9HI


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