[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R

[Galen Thurber]

two other things to check,
plug the radio into said cable, turn it on
# lsusb
to see if it listed

and
check that your linux user is added to the dialout group
# groups
if not add your self to that group.


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:30 AM, IZ1TGH Roberto Waha <iz1tgh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Paul.
> Linux is CASE-SENSITIVE, so /dev/ttyusb0 is different from /dev/ttyUSB0
> Check the port name in Chirp and fix those pesky lowercase "usb" with
> uppercase "USB".
> Since dmesg says that the port name is /dev/ttyUSB0 and Chirp looks for
> /dev/ttyusb0.
> I wonder how it could work before.
>
> 73 de IZ1TGH
>
> Il giorno mar 26 giu 2018 alle ore 07:47 Paul Snyder <
> wallapai127 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> *Platform:*  I5 Laptop running Ubuntu 14.04.  Prolific PL2303 USB to
>> Serial programming cable.
>>
>> In the past, I have been able to access the UV-5R radio's configuration.
>>
>> The laptop's OS is up to date as well as the Chirp Daily Builds
>>
>> *dmesg:*
>>
>> [ 1900.825659] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
>>
>> [ 1900.842467] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b,
>> idProduct=2303
>>
>> [ 1900.842475] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
>> SerialNumber=0
>>
>> [ 1900.842480] usb 3-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller
>>
>> [ 1900.842485] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
>>
>> [ 1900.943247] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
>>
>> [ 1900.943264] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
>>
>> [ 1900.943278] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
>>
>> [ 1900.967300] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
>>
>> [ 1900.967333] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
>>
>> [ 1900.967357] pl2303 3-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
>>
>> [ 1900.968085] usb 3-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
>>
>>         #System sees the interface device#
>>
>> *Attempt to read radio's configuration:*
>>
>> "Due to the fact that the manufacturer continues to release new versions
>> of the firmware with obscure and hard-to-track changes, this driver may not
>> work with your device. Thus far and to the best knowledge of the author, no
>> UV-5R radios have been harmed by using CHIRP. However, proceed at your own
>> risk!"
>>
>> And then results in:
>>
>> "could not open port /dev/ttyusb0: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
>> '/dev/ttyusb0"
>>
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