[chirp_users] Unable to read/write Wouxon KG-UV8D

[Phil - w2lie]

I'm not all that savvy at reading hex, but this is what I see in the 
debug.log file:

[2016-10-26 16:24:14,257] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Server reports 
version daily-20161018 is latest
[2016-10-26 16:24:29,444] chirp.ui.mainapp - DEBUG: User selected Wouxun 
KG-UV8D on port COM1
[2016-10-26 16:24:29,546] chirp.ui.clone - DEBUG: Clone thread started
[2016-10-26 16:24:29,546] chirp.drivers.kguv8d - DEBUG: Sent:
000: 7d 80 ff 00 7f 00 00 00   }.......

[2016-10-26 16:24:30,055] chirp.drivers.kguv8d - ERROR: Unknown error 
during download process
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "chirp\drivers\kguv8d.pyo", line 391, in _download
   File "chirp\drivers\kguv8d.pyo", line 353, in _identify
   File "chirp\drivers\kguv8d.pyo", line 321, in _read_record
TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 0 found
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,056] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: -- Exception: --
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,056] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting exception
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,056] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: Traceback (most 
recent call last):
   File "chirp\ui\clone.pyo", line 249, in run
   File "chirp\drivers\kguv8d.pyo", line 375, in sync_in
   File "chirp\drivers\kguv8d.pyo", line 397, in _download
RadioError: Failed to communicate with radio: ord() expected a 
character, but string of length 0 found

[2016-10-26 16:24:30,056] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: ----------------
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,056] chirp.ui.clone - ERROR: Clone failed: Failed 
to communicate with radio: ord() expected a character, but string of 
length 0 found
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,065] chirp.ui.clone - DEBUG: Clone thread ended
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,065] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting model 
usage: Wouxun_KG-UV8D,download,True
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,066] chirp.ui.inputdialog - ERROR: --- Exception 
Dialog: Failed to communicate with radio: ord() expected a character, 
but string of length 0 found ---
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,066] chirp.ui.inputdialog - ERROR: Traceback (most 
recent call last):
   File "chirpw", line 67, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

[2016-10-26 16:24:30,066] chirp.ui.inputdialog - ERROR: 
----------------------------
[2016-10-26 16:24:30,066] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting exception