[chirp_users] UV-5R programming

[Dennis Wage]

That pesky fake prolific chip sure causes a lot of problems. The cable
works fine with an easy fix once you know the deal.
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)

245 Corum Hill Road
Castalian Springs, TN 37031
(615) 310-4242 Cell
(615) 562-5128 Home
http://hammondb3organ.net
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:17 PM Jardy via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> Use Device Manager to check if your cable shows up under Ports. If it
> does, it will say which Comm Port to use. Then check under Driver. This
> will tell you if you have a FTDI cable or a Prolific cable, and what driver
> version is loaded. Unfortunately, most Prolific cables actually have a fake
> Prolific chip in them. The cables work just fine if you roll back your
> driver to 3.2.0.0. More info can be found at www.miklor.com under
> drivers.
>
> This web site is a very good reference to the Baofeng radios a a bunch of
> others, too. Spend some time on the website to learn all kinds of things
> when it comes to radios. You do not need to buy a FTDI cable if you know
> what to do with a Prolific cable.
>
> Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
> Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies using the Universal
> Translator.
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2019, at 17:12, John Ulrich <shamrockrabbit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I haven’t used my UV-5R or the old PC used for it’s programming in some
> time.  I decided to download CHIRP to my Windows 10 PC and bring the UV-5R
> back to life.   After connection, CHIRP asks you to fill in the empty box
> with a port number.  I thought it would be something like Com3 or Com4.
> Nope.  I get error message 3, saying no such location.
> I’m sure this is a newbie issue but I can’t find a solution.  Anything to
> do with Windows 10?
>
> Thanks,
> John W6LRM
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