[chirp_users] Baofeng 888s cable issue

[Jim Unroe]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Ronny Julian <k4rjjradio at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a couple of 888s UHF radios and the cable I have for them is coming
> up on COM 3  Problem is the radio goes into transmit when connected to the
> cable and turned on.  The cable has worked on my UV-5R radios before but now
> also puts them into transmit.  The only thing that has changed is i have
> gone to a laptop (Windows 10) to a desktop machine (Also Windows 10).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Ronny
> K4RJJ
>

This is a common problem. Your programming cable most likely has an
unauthorized copy (aka counterfeit) Prolific chip in it. The driver
auto installed by Windows for this chip is intentionally incompatible.
You must download, install and select the older, but compatible,
v3.2.0.0 driver.

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

I have several installed for testing cables, but keep the v3.2.0.0
driver selected most of the time because it works with genuine and
not-so-genuine Prolific type chips.

Jim