[chirp_users] Error Programming Kenwood TM281

[Steve Thomas]

Ok, with help from Mark at BlueMax49ers, I found a workaround for the 
Kenwood TM281.  Use the TM271 profile instead.  It works.

Steve

On 2/25/2019 4:46 PM, Steve Thomas wrote:
>
> 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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