[chirp_users] FTDI drivers

[John LaMartina]

Jim,
I don’t believe your issue is driver related.
When you stated Win7 stated the cable was recognized and everything was working, I believe that is correct.
The cable and driver are not the issue.

The GT3 is more than likely the issue.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1
Radio did Not Respond is stating the radio isn’t seeing the cable.

You may need to trim the cable or the yellow rubber on the case.
The lip on the yellow GT3 edge may be preventing some cables to plug in completely.

I hope this assists.

John

Miklor



 

From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Pruitt
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 7:19 PM
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: [chirp_users] FTDI drivers

 

I set up my pc for the latest build of Chirp this past weekend.  I ran into trouble as I went out and grabbed the (latest) drivers from FTDI as suggested.  When I tried to upload the current list from my GT3's it reported that they were not responding.  Windows 7 said the cable was recognized and everything was working.  I fought this for several minutes then switched cables.  Then it worked so the first cable had to have been a clone even though it had the Baeofeng stamp on it.

I see some other posts with new users having trouble and it looks similar to what I was experiencing until I changed cables.  This cable cost $21 (Amazon) compared to $3 for the other cables so I am sure others will have the non FTDI cables and not know it.  I know that there has been a lot of discussion on here in the past about this.  I didn't see a link on FTDI's site to get the older drivers that work with clone cables.

Does anyone have that link for the older FTDI drivers that still work with FTDI clone cables?  Is there any problem with replacing the new drivers with the older ones?

Thank you.

Jim Pruitt

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