[chirp_users] Cannot read Baofeng BF-888S

[Rich Baker]

Unsubscribe me from this list NOW.

On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> chirp_users mailing list
> chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
> This message was sent to Rich at rbakedq at gmail.com
> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@
> intrepid.danplanet.com
>



-- 
S. Richard Baker
250 Furnace Dock Road
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

Home: 914-736-1350
Cell:    917-922-2463
Email:  rbakedq at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20170520/3ef22303/attachment.html