[chirp_users] Cannot read Baofeng BF-888S

[Amnon Zohar]

I guess some update of win10 change some part of the driver without
changing the driver version number. Redowngrading probably fix this. But
this just a wild guess. The solution is important. The reason is less
important

בתאריך 20 במאי 2017 18:09,‏ "Herb Gerhardt" <hgerhardt at wavecable.com> כתב:

> I have been fighting similar problems on Win10 on my Baofeng UV-5R+.  I too
> rolled back the driver to 3.2.0.0 to get my "genuine" cable that I purchase
> from HRO to work once I upgraded to Win10.  It worked fine on Win7 and
> never
> had a problem with the latest driver but would not work on Win10 till I
> rolled the driver back.  I then turned off the auto driver updates for this
> device.  Everything worked fine after rolling the driver back.
>
> A few months later when I tried to read the radio again, it would not
> connect.  I checked the driver and it was still the 3.2.0.0 driver in my
> listing.  It took me several days till I updated the driver to the latest
> driver which of course did not work, but when I rolled it back again the
> 3.2.0.0 driver from the pick list for this device, it began to work again.
> Don't ask me what is going on but then set it back for auto updates.  I
> will
> now just roll the driver back every time I want to use this cable.
>
> I suggest you try to update your driver and then roll it back again to
> 3.2.0.0 to see if that works for you.  I know it sounds stupid but it is
> worth a try since it worked for me.
>
>
> Herb, KB7UVC
> NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator
> Our WEB Site:  http://blog.nwaprs.info/
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>
>
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> I have strange issue with Windows 10, prolific serial adapter and BF-888S.
> It reports unable to download from radio.
>
> Driver is proper (version 3.2.0.0, update is disabled), and Chirp works
> fine
> with the same adapter and other radio (Baofeng UV-B5) reading and writing.
>
> I tried four different BF-888S and neither can be read.
>
> However, when I use the same USB adapter on my old Windows XP computer,
> Chirp easily reads and writes those BF-888S.
>
> Has anyone met with this problem?
>
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