[chirp_users] BF 888s and UV5R

[Nate Alvin]

Hi Jim,

   Yes i did roll the driver back.  Not sure whats up, but i decided to try
the baofeng software that came with my cable.  I just finished up reading
the radio and writing the new freqs/tones to it....tried chirp one last
time and i still get an error message....

On May 1, 2017 17:02, "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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