[chirp_users] Cannot read Baofeng BF-888S

[Jim Unroe]

On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Herb Gerhardt <hgerhardt at wavecable.com> wrote:
> 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/

There is no need to disable updates. If Windows does update your
Prolific driver, the previous driver is still installed. All you have
to do is go into Device Manager and re-select the driver version that
you want to use. I keep several Prolific driver versions installed and
switch between then at will for testing purposes.

Jim KC9HI
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