[chirp_users] Uv-5001 won't connect

[Jim Unroe]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Justin <700hpvette1 at cox.net> wrote:
> So I made Y- harness per the wiring on the Miklor.com page. I've continuity
> checked it a thousand times and all I get is about 3 seconds of status bar,
> then, "radio didn't entered (sic) in the clone mode". I can connect fine
> with the same cable (no Y-harness) to my UV-82hp. I tried to attach a photo
> of the harness but it got rejected. Unless I'm reading the diagrams wrong, I
> don't know what the issue is. One wire going to the 3.5mm socket, 2 going to
> the 2.5mm socket, those 3 into the 3.5mm male. Am I missing something?

Swap the RX and TX wires at the plug. The schematics usually just say
RX Data and you don't know if it is RX data at the cable connecting to
TX data at the radio or RX data at the radio going to TX data at the
cable. You have to try both ways.

Jim