[chirp_users] FT2DR connecting with Linux

[rick]

Who has tested the FT2DR radio with linux?

What USB cable did you use?

My spidey senses are telling me no one has tested this combination.

Chirp works fine with my FT7900 and a FTDI cable.

It appears the cable provided with the FT2DR is not a 232 converter.

I am also guessing that there is a PL2303 chip in the radio. (Yaesu 
provides PL2303 drivers for windows.)

Problem is it does not identify itself as such so Linux does not know 
what to do with it.

this is the output of lsusb with the radio plugged in and turned on

rick at rick-ham ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5111 
Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:7412 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 26aa:0001 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< this is the radio, no ID
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

NOTE - This device disappears when the send button on the radio is 
activated and the radio reports an Error.



This is the output of lsusb with the cord unplugged at the radio (cord 
still plugged into computer)

rick at rick-ham ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5111 
Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:7412 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Given this, I conclude this is an "empty" straight through USB cable.

I can't use 
https://github.com//torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c
because the chip does not identify.

Am I trying to use the wrong cable? It's possible I mixed up the cable 
with another or I received a defective cable.
Yaesu does not offer a cable as an accy, so I can't buy a new one retail.



This is the output of isusb with my FT7900 cable connected

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5111 
Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:7412 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices 
International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC <<<<This is it
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

This is my RT Systems cable connected

rick at rick-ham ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5111 
Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:7412 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 2100:9068 RT Systems
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

rick at rick-ham ~ $ ls /dev | grep tty
tty        tty0        tty1        tty10        tty11 tty12        
tty13        tty14        tty15        tty16 tty17
tty18    tty19       tty2        tty20        tty21 tty22        
tty23        tty24        tty25        tty26 tty27
tty28    tty29       tty3        tty30        tty31 tty32        
tty33        tty34        tty35        tty36 tty37
tty38    tty39       tty4        tty40        tty41 tty42        
tty43        tty44        tty45        tty46 tty47
tty48    tty49       tty5        tty50        tty51 tty52        
tty53        tty54        tty55        tty56 tty57
tty58    tty59       tty6        tty60        tty61 tty62        
tty63        tty7          tty8         tty9   ttyprintk
ttyS0    ttyS1      ttyS10    ttyS11      ttyS12      ttyS13 ttyS14      
ttyS15      ttyS16     ttyS17      ttyS18
ttyS19   ttyS2     ttyS20    ttyS21      ttyS22      ttyS23 ttyS24      
ttyS25      ttyS26     ttyS27      ttyS28
ttyS29   ttyS3     ttyS30    ttyS31      ttyS4        ttyS5    ttyS6    
     ttyS7       ttyS8       ttyS9

Not recognised

Also I see that Yaesu has different ADMS software for the new firmware 
version that was just released.
My spidey senses tell me that Chirp won't work with the new firmware. So 
this may all be for naught.

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