[chirp_users] Error Programming Kenwood TM281

[Steve Thomas]

yes. yes. Actually com4.  It works with Kenwood Software using the same 
com port.

On 2/25/2019 3:40 PM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users wrote:
> Did you verify in Device Manager that the cable is actually Comm 3? 
>  Did you press firmly on the cable when plugging into the radio?
>
> Jardy Dawson
> WA7JRD Ham Radio
>
> Sent three weeks from now through a newly discovered worm hole in the 
> space-time continuum.
>
> On Feb 25, 2019, at 12:56, Tom Marinello <tmarinello at gmail.com 
> <mailto:tmarinello at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem Steve Thomas has:
> Windows 10 PC
> Radio Kenwood TM-281
> Cable - Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM3)
> Driver 3.2.0.0 7/31/2007
>
> Run CHIRP daily-20190222
> Select Download from Radio
> Confirm Radio & Port
>
> No response from CHIRP after 5 minutes
> Re-select Download from Radio
> Error popup reads An error has occurred
> could not open port COM3: [Error 5] Access is denied
>
> Quit CHIRP
>
> Open MCP-1A
>
> Select Read>All
> Reading the data from the transceiver, and data is displayed in window
> Select File>Open - choose "test" mcp file. Full programming data is 
> displayed
> Select Write>all
> Popup asks "Do you want to write the data to the transceiver?" Select Yes
> Writing the data to the transceiver, and radio is programmed with 
> contents of "test" mcp file
>
>
> So the problem does not seem to be with the cable or the radio, since 
> MCP-1A can talk to the radio.
> So it appears that Steve and I have exactly the same problem with 
> CHIRP. Except Steve's is first time programming and mine is after a 
> reset or after the radio has been programmed with MCP-1A
>
> Can any TM-281 users offer other suggestions, or CHIRP experts/developers?
>
> /Tom
> K6IGY
>
>
>     ------------------------------
>
>     Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:00:17 -0600
>     From: Steve Thomas <stevet at alertcpr.com <mailto:stevet at alertcpr.com>>
>     Subject: [chirp_users] Error Programming Kenwood TM281
>     To: chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
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>     I am trying to program my Kenwood TM281 for the first time. I'm using
>     Windows 10.? I previously ran Chirp to program a Wouxon hand held
>     and it
>     worked fine with that cable.
>
>     I have a Prolific cable I got from BlueMax49ers.?? The
>     instructions said
>     it was a genuine Prolific chip and to use the latest drivers.? So I
>     checked and it is using the latest drivers (3.8.28.0).? When I
>     started
>     Chirp, I plugged in the radio, and selected "Download from
>     Radio".?? It
>     gave me a dialog with Com3 preselected, and I selected Kenwood and
>     TM281. When I clicked OK in the dialog, I get this message:
>
>     _*An ERROR Has Occurred*__*
>     *__*could not open port COM4: [Error 5] Access is denied.*_
>
>     I tried Com3, and got the same error.
>
>     _*An ERROR Has Occurred*__*
>     *__*could not open port COM3: [Error2] The System Cannot find The
>     File
>     specified.*_
>
>     (this may be the original error, I don't know. I changed the com
>     port to
>     Com4 before writing down what the original error was when it
>     originally
>     went to Com3)
>     **_**_
>
>     I looked into Device Manager, and under Ports (Com and LPT) It
>     says the
>     Prolific USB to Serial Comm Port (Com4)
>
>     I looked at the Properties and it says this:
>
>     Does this sound familiar?
>
>     Steve
>
>
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