[chirp_users] Cannot get BF-F8HP Radio to communicate with Mac OS 10.8.5

beachwoodpeter at gmail.com
Wed Jul 6 22:29:50 PDT 2016


What brand cable are you using?

Beachwood Productions
Peter Wilcox


> On Jul 7, 2016, at 12:57 AM, Tom Massoll <flywheel at flash.net> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> Where would I start, I've tried chirp on two different Mac's and I believed I was using the correct drivers for each machine (each has different OS versions). I've gone to Miklor.com as well and believed I had the correct drivers per each respective operating system. Any other source I overlooked?
> 
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> 
>> On Jul 6, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Bob Nielsen <n7xy at n7xy.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Those are all bluetooth ports.  The correct port will probably say something like /dev/cu.USB-Serial.  Perhaps you need to find and install the correct driver.
>> 
>>> On 7/6/16 9:39 PM, Tom Massoll wrote:
>>> I am new to Hand Held HAM radio and have a ton of trouble getting the radio to connect with the computer. Radio is BF-F8HP
>>> Operating system is Mac 10.8.5
>>> I have installed everything Instructed to from the Chirp site.
>>> including the osx-pl2303 installer and the python runtime files
>>> 
>>> I start Chirp
>>> plug in the cable, and then the radio, and finally turn on the radio
>>> I then select Radio > Download from radio
>>> select Port (and there are several to select from:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1. /dev/cu.Bluetooth-modem
>>> 2. /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Serial-1
>>> 3. /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Serial-2
>>> 4. /dev/cu.Bluetooth-(myname)-Wireless-iAP
>>> 5. /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All of which result in 
>>> 1. Chirp starts processing a gives error 16 Resource busy could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
>>> 2. for serial-1 it appears to start cloning and then reports: radio did not respond
>>> 3. for serial-2 it appears to start cloning and then reports: radio did not respond
>>> 4. for Bluetooth (myname) Wireless-iAP it appears to start cloning and then reports: radio did not respond
>>> 5. could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync'
>>> 
>>> Could anyone help me here,
>>> thanks,
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> 
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