[chirp_users] Serial Cable not Found on Max

Peter J. McClosky
Tue Jun 27 04:44:38 PDT 2017


Click on the USB section and fid the cable. The not the name and model number, do a search for that and down load it, and make sure that it installs. restart you computer and you should be able to program you radio.

Good luck,
Peter
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Peter J. McClosky, N7IY
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> On Jun 26, 2017, at 4:58 PM, John Laiosa <jlaiosa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So I went into System Information and I can see "USB Serial Controller" under Hardware/USB.  Now what driver do I need so Chirp will see the cable.
> 
> Thanks for the help. 
> 
> John 
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 8:47 AM Peter J. McClosky <pmcclosky at earthlink.net <mailto:pmcclosky at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Having programed about 150 of these radios (for my club, and most on a Mac), and using a multitude of different cables, I have never found a bad cable.
> 
> What I have found is you need to get the right driver.
> 
> On a Mac, this is done by plugging cable in, going to the “About this Mac”, getting a “System report”, and looking for your cable in the “USB” section of the “Hardware” section.
> 
> Download the driver.
> 
> Unless the Mac is really old, this should work.
> 
> Peter, N7IY
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> Peter J. McClosky, N7IY
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>> On Jun 26, 2017, at 2:08 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com <mailto:rock.unroe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
> 
>>> 
>>>  DI'm very curious how you came to that conclusion based on Jim's comment.
>>> 
>>> While Jim's suggestion will work fine, what I'm going to recommend
>>> (again) is the opposite. As described in the link in my last message,
>>> uninstall Apple's FTDI driver since it conflicts with FTDI's FTDI
>>> driver. The goal is to leave only FTDI's FTDI driver on your system,
>>> no conflicts.
>>> 
>>> Tom KD7LXL
>> 
>> Agreed. One way or the other, there should only be one FTDI driver installed.
>> 
>> Jim
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