[chirp_users] ATR-22/BF-888 issues

[Kent Eichstaedt]

Oops! ATR-22   BTW, even though the advertising says "PC Programmable" I
couldn't find anything in the manual about programing.  The web page says
Call Amcrest  (888) 212-7538 <https://amcrest.com/contact-us/>

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Kent Eichstaedt <kent.eichstaedt at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The AR-22 manual has a link to Baofeng.  The BF site lists a line of
> Amcrest HT's.  AR-22  $19.99!
>   https://baofengradio.us/walkie-talkies.html
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:46 PM, Bernard Kersefarutz
>> <bernardkersefarutz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > First time posting on this subscription list.
>> > I'm fairly new to radio stuff, just got a handful of ATR-22s off of
>> Amazon
>> > by Amcrest.
>> >
>> > I am trying to program them through the CHIRP software but to no avail.
>> > I keep getting an error message of "No response from radio"
>> >
>> > Here's the error in the debug.log
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:00,760] chirp.ui.mainapp - DEBUG: User selected
>> Baofeng
>> > BF-888 on port COM3
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:00,792] chirp.ui.clone - DEBUG: Clone thread started
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:00,792] chirp.drivers.h777 - DEBUG: download
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,167] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting
>> exception
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,167] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: -- Exception: --
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,167] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: Traceback (most
>> recent
>> > call last):
>> >   File "chirp\ui\clone.pyo", line 249, in run
>> >   File "chirp\drivers\h777.pyo", line 288, in sync_in
>> >   File "chirp\drivers\h777.pyo", line 187, in do_download
>> >   File "chirp\drivers\h777.pyo", line 109, in
>> _h777_enter_programming_mode
>> > RadioError: No response from radio
>> >
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,167] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: ----------------
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,167] chirp.ui.clone - ERROR: Clone failed: No
>> response
>> > from radio
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,276] chirp.ui.clone - DEBUG: Clone thread ended
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,276] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting model
>> usage:
>> > Baofeng_BF-888,download,True
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,276] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting
>> exception
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,276] chirp.ui.inputdialog - ERROR: --- Exception
>> > Dialog: No response from radio ---
>> > [2016-11-30 19:28:01,276] chirp.ui.inputdialog - ERROR: Traceback (most
>> > recent call last):
>> >   File "chirpw", line 67, in <module>
>> > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'
>> >
>> > Would be appreciated if I could get some assistance.
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>>
>> My questions are..
>>
>> Is the programming cable working (compatible device driver installed
>> in the case of a Prolific type chip)?
>>
>> How do you know the ATR-22 is the same as a BF-888 (have you
>> programmed it with the Baofeng software)?
>>
>> Jim KC9HI
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