[chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC

[Jean-Paul Louis]

Please let’s not start another OS war.
I use Mac OS X by choice, and I do not criticize Windows or Linux users.

Here the problem is not an OS problem, but a driver problem. To me it looks like Prolific has trouble to support OS X.
I remember going through hoops when I tried to use a Prolific chip in my MacBook. I remember that I had to pick a specific driver, and I tried to help the Mac users here, but it looks like now with High Sierra, it has become a lost battle.
To program my radios, I use a cable that has an FTDI chip, so I do not have any problem with all the radios that I programmed.

I do not have the Prolific cable anymore, so I cannot help much anymore.

So to all Mac OS X users, I would suggest to buy an interface cable that has an FTDI chip instead of a Prolific chip.

Ham Radio is about helping each other, not blaming someone else.

my $0.02,
Jean-Paul
N1JPL


> On Apr 22, 2018, at 1:59 PM, NP3AR <NP3AR at GMX.COM> wrote:
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> All linux versions must have at least a free version. You can however, charge to service a Linux computer. Apple is proprietary and all is paid.
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> Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: aj4ck1 <aj4ck1 at gmail.com>
> Date: 4/22/18 1:56 PM (GMT-04:00)
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC
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> Linux is free at least Lubuntu is
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: NP3AR <NP3AR at GMX.COM> 
> Date: 4/22/18 12:33 (GMT-06:00) 
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> 
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC 
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> I use Linux and Mac's are a propietary variation of unix.
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> Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: al at aljones.us
> Date: 4/22/18 1:16 PM (GMT-04:00)
> To: 'Discussion of CHIRP' <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC
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> I have to agree with you – in part.  However, I – a Windows users – have friends who use Linux (and if I understand correctly the last version of Mac OS are a variation of Linux <?????>) so it’s convenient to be able to go to one place to find solutions to all our challenges with Chirp.
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> Possibly Prefixing the Subject line with Windows / Mac / Linux might help us by not having to look at items of which we know nothing and help those who have other O/S’s look at what they need.
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> Personally, there isn’t enough traffic here to really bother me any way
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> KG5HEJ
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> //al
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> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of NP3AR
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 10:34
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC
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> Maybe it's time to break out the Mac issues from the rest. That way those interested in Mac can discuss it to their hearts content and the other don't have to read about it.
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> -------- Original message --------
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> From: Bob Black <blackinksoftware at gmail.com>
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> Date: 4/22/18 11:24 AM (GMT-04:00)
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> To: chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
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> Subject: [chirp_users] Chirp not talking to radio on MAC
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> Hi All,
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> I have just recently purchased a Baofeng BF-F8HP and installed Chirp on my Mac Pro. I am unable to connect to the radio to download the initial configuration. 
> I played around with all of the suggested tip and tricks for the Mac (running High Sierra) and was not able to get the software to talk to the radio.
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> I pulled out an old Windows 7 laptop and installed the latest versions of Chirp and Prolific drivers for my USB-to-Serial cable and all works perfectly...
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> So, this tells me that the radio is working as designed and the cable is working with the latest Prolific drivers. 
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> Anyone else having an issue with Chirp on Macs?
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> -- 
> Bob
> K7BSB
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