[chirp_users] UV-82, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, can't connect...

[Jim Unroe]

On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:06 AM, David McGuire <leviticus25_9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.  I need some help with getting my UV-82 to talk with my laptop.  I'm
> using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Chirp.
>
>
> It had been working prior to the upgrade to 16.04.  Don't know what
> happened.
>
>
> Here is the message I receive: Failed to communicate with radio: 'Serial'
> object has no attribute 'setTimeout'.
>
>
> Here are my settings for the radio:
>
> - Port: /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> - Vendor: Baofeng
>
> - Model: UV-82
>
>
> I am using a genuine Baofeng USB cable.
>
>
> This was working very nicely, so I am sure it is a setting someplace.
>
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
>
> 73 de David AE4LH

Just a guess but, it doesn't sound like you are running the latest
daily build of CHIRP and the version that you are running doesn't have
support for pyserial3.

Jim KC9HI