[chirp_users] Trouble loading Chirp on a laptop

[Scott Raines]

Yep, I realize that. I’m running  Windows 8.1 and I have made some progress. I touched the WINDOWS key on the key pad and typed CHIRP. That brought me to a screen that is blank but, has choices up at the top. One being “RADIO”. I click on that one and it then says, “Download from radio”. I click on that one and, the small screen comes up in the middle of my screen and has three places to fill out.


  1.
Com port
  2.
Vendor
  3.
Model.

I fill out all those and hit download and, an error comes up each time. I don’t know which com port is which on my laptop so, I keep trying to move the radio from one to the other to see if that will help. So far, no luck. But, I’m a lot farther than I was. Thanks for your assistance, I’m still trying.
Scott

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From: Anthony Crespo<mailto:ajcscan at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎February‎ ‎9‎, ‎2019 ‎2‎:‎16‎ ‎PM
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Scott, be aware that if you are using Windows 10, you'll have to look for Chirp in your programs. It does not load an icon on your desktop.

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 2:24 PM Scott Raines <TRUCK28ENG at live.com<mailto:TRUCK28ENG at live.com>> wrote:
Well Sir,
I most certainly appreciate you trying to help me here. I see there is an attached file to your email. Well, if I click  on that, I get a blank page, that’s it. So, not sure what you might have been trying to display there. As for the rest of your instructions to load Chirp, same thing. I get to a point where, I  click on the highlighted section of “windows installer exe. then, the next screen has the smaller box that asks if I want to install it. I do and, click install. And, as usual, the green graph goes across the top of that text box and when the graph is complete, the only thing I can click on is “close”. When I click close, THAT’S IT. There is no other screens that pop up for further instructions, no direction to anyplace, etc. Chirp is still not loaded. Thanks again, I’ll keep trying.
Scott

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Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎February‎ ‎9‎, ‎2019 ‎6‎:‎20‎ ‎AM
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this link takes me nowhere? file 404 not found

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:11 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net<mailto:n1ea at arrl.net>> wrote:
Hello Scott,

Here is the link to download the latest CHIRP.
https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe

Paste that into your browser, and then press ENTER.

Hopefully your browser will ask you what to do with the file
chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe -- the answer is you want to SAVE
AS.  I put my download files in a folder called "Downloads".

Note:  CHIRP runs on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10. Older
versions of Windows are not supported


When it is finished saving, using Windows Explorer (the file explorer)
go to Downloads, and find chirp-daily-20190206-installer.exe.  Select
it with the mouse arrow, then use the right mouse button and click the
button and there will be a menu, you want to use "Open As
Administrator".  Open or Run is the same meaning so if it says "Run As
Administrator" that's OK - I just cannot remember which it says. Click
Open (or Run) as administrator with the left mouse button.

Follow the prompts and install CHIRP.

Here is the page on problems with Drivers under Windows - if you have
the cable sold by your radio maker's company, you won't have a problem
but "cheap" cables often are counterfeit.
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

This page will help you find which COM port your cable is hooked up to:
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ  Under Windows you
need to use Device Manager.  How to is on this page.

Hope this helps.

73
David N1EA
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