[chirp_users] New user, and question on diagnosing new radio

[John LaMartina]

The digital version of the Baofeng is not supported by CHIRP. 

John 

http://www.miklor.com/DMR/ 
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> On May 12, 2018, at 3:24 AM, Matthieu Lochey <mat at lochey.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Amnon Zohar
> It's not the same radio.
> This new one have:
> Mode DMR, TDMA, Tier 2, 2 TimeSlot.
> 
> 
>> Le 12/05/2018 à 09:05, Amnon Zohar a écrit :
>> you could have bought the same radio for much less
>> 
>> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BAOFENG-UV-5R-Walkie-Talkie-UHF-VHF-Dual-Band-CB-Radio-uv5r-VOX-Flashlight-Dual-Display/32803983251.html?spm=2114.search0104.6.5.20c07690FJP3cG&s=p
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-Baofeng-UV-5R-VHF-UHF-400-520Mhz-Two-way-Radio-Walkie-Talkie-Earpiece/222720479758?epid=218831019&hash=item33db2cd20e:g:iKIAAOSwPzhaAWdX
>> 
>> 2018-05-12 9:29 GMT+03:00 Tim Lavoie <tim.lavoie at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:tim.lavoie at gmail.com>>:
>> 
>>    Hello all,
>> 
>>    Call me new to everything - brand new ham (VA7TJL), new Chirp user,
>>    and have a new radio. I've read docs, but please let me know if the
>>    questions are too dumb.
>> 
>>    I've picked up a Baofeng DM-5R, V3 as seen here:
>>    https://www.fleetwooddp.com/products/pre-order-baofeng-dm-5r-v3-2018-digital-dmr-dual-band-amateur-ham-radio
>>    <https://www.fleetwooddp.com/products/pre-order-baofeng-dm-5r-v3-2018-digital-dmr-dual-band-amateur-ham-radio>
>> 
>>    It shows up as BF-5R on the boot screen, but neither that nor DM-5R
>>    are listed as supported. I did see though that there are other
>>    Baofeng radios under new and unusual names, that might be supported
>>    as a variant of one that is known. If there is a way to tell if this
>>    is the case, I'm open to suggestions.
>> 
>>    The Windows software from the manufacturer does detect and read the
>>    config from the radio, but the USB device (radio with supplied
>>    cable) shows up in settings Win 10 settings as, "MCU MOUSE DEMO",
>>    under the "Bluetooth and other Devices" section. When I try to read
>>    from the radio in Chirp, there is nothing shown under Ports in the
>>    drop down. I can select Baofeng as the vendor, and a number of other
>>    models are listed. Similarly, under Linux (current x64 Mint, based
>>    on Ubuntu)
>>    , there is no known port that the software is looking for.
>> 
>>       Ideas?
>> 
>>       Cheers,
>>       Tim
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Amnon
>> 
>> 
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