[chirp_users] Cannot read Baofeng BF-888S

[Joe Puma]

Rich do it yourself. Read bottom of email. 


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> On May 20, 2017, at 5:59 PM, Rich Baker <rbakedq at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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