[chirp_users] BF 888s and UV5R

[Jim Unroe]

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Nate Alvin
<mypersonalspamfilternc at gmail.com> wrote:
> About 6 weeks ago, i purchased the 2 radios listed in the subject line to
> test them out for work.  I programmed them both to the frequencies assigned
> to our license.  We were assigned a corporate license recently, with
> different frequencies, vs our stand alone site license which is going to
> expire.  Using the same computer, same "fake prolific" Baofeng cloning cable
> and the updated daily CHIRP software i was able to reprogram the UV5R, but
> when i went to read the BD888S i received the error message "radio refused
> to enter programming mode".  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks
>

Did you change the device driver? There seems to be a change that has
taken place in the recent BF-888s radios. It has been reported that
several radios are purchased in a batch, some program and some do not.
One radio that did not program was sent to me for testing.
Unfortunately it programmed fine here (programming cable containing a
counterfeit Prolific chip and Windows 7 64-bit with older Prolific
v3.2.0.0 device driver). So the recommended older driver works. The
person that sent me the radio, Mark, solved his problem by purchasing
a programming cable with an FTDI chip.

Jim