[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV8E

[W Paul Mills]

You seem to be leaving lots out here.

Is this a linux distro, or Mac? Could make a big difference. Linux
should work with no problems. Linux is usually group dialout. If Mac,
drivers become a problem. You have to find the proper drivers for the cable.

On Windows 10 this is almost always a driver problem. You will most
likely have to use an OLD driver. Windows will tend to fight you on
this. Largely has to do with counterfeit PL2303 chips.

This can also be caused by a cable that does not properly seat into the
radio.

On 08/19/2016 08:55 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> A friend has a new Wouxun KG-UV8E.
> 
> Someone said it would work with the Wouxun KG-UV8D selection of the
> daily build of CHIRP.
> 
> dmesg tail reveals that the Wouxun programmiing cable is using
> /dev/tty/USB0 which is owned by root and group uucp.
> So I added uucp to my user's groups.
> 
>  ls /dev/ttyUSB0 -l
> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Aug 19 14:09 /dev/ttyUSB0
> 
> [djringjr at laptop ~]$ groups
> sys adm wheel uucp audio users
> 
> Daily Build -
> chirpw --version
> CHIRP daily-20160802 on Linux laptop 4.7.0-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug
> 8 22:24:23 CEST 2016 i686 (Python 2.7.12)
> 
> Here's what happens.
> 
> [djringjr at laptop ~]$ chirpw
> 
> (process:2492): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
>     Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> ERROR: -- Exception: --
> ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249,
> in run
>     self.__radio.sync_in()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line
> 375, in sync_in
>     self._mmap = self._download()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line
> 391, in _download
>     self._identify()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line
> 353, in _identify
>     _chksum_err, _resp = self._read_record()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line
> 315, in _read_record
>     raise errors.RadioError('Radio did not respond')
> RadioError: Radio did not respond
> 
> ERROR: ----------------
> ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not respond
> ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not respond ---
> ERROR: None
> 
> ERROR: ----------------------------
> 
> I tried the same cable and radio on Windows 10 using the CHIRP latest 
> daily build
> 
> Same error - could not communicate with radio.
> 
> 
> Using the Wouxun software with correct driver on Win10, same error.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> David N1EA


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