[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 137, Issue 18

Mark Lassman
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>    1. No USB Port Error (Glenn K0LNY)
>    2. Re: No USB Port Error (Jim Unroe)
>    3. Re: No USB Port Error (Glenn K0LNY)
>    4. Re: No USB Port Error (Tony Fuller)
>    5. Re: No USB Port Error (Glenn K0LNY)
>    6. Re: No USB Port Error (Tony Fuller)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 12:04:21 -0500
> From: "Glenn K0LNY" <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Subject: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> Hi,
> I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I get the message:
> error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> or something similar.
> I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able to do this.
> I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that they purchased.
> I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and keep using Chirp.
> Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables, since I'm Blind.
> But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> Thanks.
> Glenn
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:51:48 -0400
> From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> > So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I get the message:
> > error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> > or something similar.
> > I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able to do this.
> > I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that they purchased.
> > I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> > At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and keep using Chirp.
> > Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> > I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> > I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables, since I'm Blind.
> > But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
>  
> Hi Glenn,
>  
> >From what you are describing it sounds like you Linux user doen't have
> permission to access the port. Either run CHIRP as root or as your
> Linus user to the dialout group.
>  
> I also have a Kenwood TH-F6a. CHIRP programs it in "live" mode.
>  
> Jim KC9HI
>  
>  
> ------------------------------
>  
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 12:57:34 -0500
> From: "Glenn K0LNY" <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Message-ID: <0ebd01d63062$79aeb7b0$7001a8c0 at NUCPPYH>
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>  
> I wondered about that, but I have used this computer and this Chirp program
> to program other radios, but do you suppose the dialout thing needs to be
> run with a different cable?
> This is a live instance of Ubuntu and I already added Ubuntu as the user in
> dialout I am sure, because the CSV files for my other radios are there as
> well.
> That is what has me puzzled.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
>  
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> > So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into
> > "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I
> > get the message:
> > error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> > or something similar.
> > I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other
> > radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able
> > to do this.
> > I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using
> > a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that
> > they purchased.
> > I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> > At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and
> > keep using Chirp.
> > Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> > I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> > I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables,
> > since I'm Blind.
> > But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
>  
> Hi Glenn,
>  
> >From what you are describing it sounds like you Linux user doen't have
> permission to access the port. Either run CHIRP as root or as your
> Linus user to the dialout group.
>  
> I also have a Kenwood TH-F6a. CHIRP programs it in "live" mode.
>  
> Jim KC9HI
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 18:15:31 +0000
> From: Tony Fuller <goldstar611 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> Adding your user to dialout group only takes effect after you log out and log back in which is not practical for a live environment IIRC.
>  
> You can use something like the following for live environments:
>  
> sudo -g dialout chirpw
>  
> This gives the dialout group permission to chirpw program while running as the current user. But I don't see any advantage to doing that over plain "sudo chirpw" (what Jim recommended) unless you get X11/Wayland/Mir errors.
>  
> Tony
> ________________________________
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:57:34 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
> I wondered about that, but I have used this computer and this Chirp program
> to program other radios, but do you suppose the dialout thing needs to be
> run with a different cable?
> This is a live instance of Ubuntu and I already added Ubuntu as the user in
> dialout I am sure, because the CSV files for my other radios are there as
> well.
> That is what has me puzzled.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
>  
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> > So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into
> > "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I
> > get the message:
> > error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> > or something similar.
> > I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other
> > radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able
> > to do this.
> > I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using
> > a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that
> > they purchased.
> > I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> > At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and
> > keep using Chirp.
> > Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> > I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> > I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables,
> > since I'm Blind.
> > But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
>  
> Hi Glenn,
>  
> >From what you are describing it sounds like you Linux user doen't have
> permission to access the port. Either run CHIRP as root or as your
> Linus user to the dialout group.
>  
> I also have a Kenwood TH-F6a. CHIRP programs it in "live" mode.
>  
> Jim KC9HI
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:47:40 -0500
> From: "Glenn K0LNY" <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>  
> Hi Tony,
> I should have mentioned, that this is a live version of Ubuntu on a USB drive with a persistence file, so it should save settings between uses.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Fuller
> To: Discussion of CHIRP
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
>  
> Adding your user to dialout group only takes effect after you log out and log back in which is not practical for a live environment IIRC.
>  
>  
> You can use something like the following for live environments:
>  
>  
> sudo -g dialout chirpw
>  
>  
> This gives the dialout group permission to chirpw program while running as the current user. But I don't see any advantage to doing that over plain "sudo chirpw" (what Jim recommended) unless you get X11/Wayland/Mir errors.
>  
>  
> Tony
>  
>  
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:57:34 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
> I wondered about that, but I have used this computer and this Chirp program
> to program other radios, but do you suppose the dialout thing needs to be
> run with a different cable?
> This is a live instance of Ubuntu and I already added Ubuntu as the user in
> dialout I am sure, because the CSV files for my other radios are there as
> well.
> That is what has me puzzled.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
>  
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> > So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into
> > "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I
> > get the message:
> > error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> > or something similar.
> > I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other
> > radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able
> > to do this.
> > I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using
> > a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that
> > they purchased.
> > I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> > At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and
> > keep using Chirp.
> > Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> > I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> > I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables,
> > since I'm Blind.
> > But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
>  
> Hi Glenn,
>  
> >From what you are describing it sounds like you Linux user doen't have
> permission to access the port. Either run CHIRP as root or as your
> Linus user to the dialout group.
>  
> I also have a Kenwood TH-F6a. CHIRP programs it in "live" mode.
>  
> Jim KC9HI
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> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 18:53:20 +0000
> From: Tony Fuller <goldstar611 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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> Hi Glenn,
>  
> I always forget about persistence partitions on live USB drives! You can disregard most of what I said since it is probably not applicable ;)
>  
> Tony.
> ________________________________
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 1:47:40 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
> Hi Tony,
> I should have mentioned, that this is a live version of Ubuntu on a USB drive with a persistence file, so it should save settings between uses.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Fuller<mailto:goldstar611 at hotmail.com>
> To: Discussion of CHIRP<mailto:chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
> Adding your user to dialout group only takes effect after you log out and log back in which is not practical for a live environment IIRC.
>  
> You can use something like the following for live environments:
>  
> sudo -g dialout chirpw
>  
> This gives the dialout group permission to chirpw program while running as the current user. But I don't see any advantage to doing that over plain "sudo chirpw" (what Jim recommended) unless you get X11/Wayland/Mir errors.
>  
> Tony
> ________________________________
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:57:34 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
> I wondered about that, but I have used this computer and this Chirp program
> to program other radios, but do you suppose the dialout thing needs to be
> run with a different cable?
> This is a live instance of Ubuntu and I already added Ubuntu as the user in
> dialout I am sure, because the CSV files for my other radios are there as
> well.
> That is what has me puzzled.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No USB Port Error
>  
>  
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 PM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin at cableone.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > I just got a new used radio, a Kenwood TH-F6.
> > So I plugged in the radio using a non-Kenwood cable and I went into
> > "radio" and download from radio and selected my radio model and USB0 and I
> > get the message:
> > error no 2 cannot open tty/usb0 error cannot locate tty/USB0.
> > or something similar.
> > I have used this cable and that Ubuntu with Chirp in the past for my other
> > radios, and other than different brands of radios, I have always been able
> > to do this.
> > I know a guy who has done this to this model using the Baofeng cable using
> > a different software in Windows, not the Kenwood software, but one that
> > they purchased.
> > I don't recall the name, but I think it starts with an R.
> > At any rate, I'd sooner buy a Kenwood cable than that other software and
> > keep using Chirp.
> > Hopefully I didn't get it mixed up with the Radioddity cable.
> > I thought I had the right cable with the Radioddity when I sent it off.
> > I don't know if they put the name of the associated radio on the cables,
> > since I'm Blind.
> > But any who, would this be an error for the wrong cable?
> > Thanks.
> > Glenn
>  
> Hi Glenn,
>  
> >From what you are describing it sounds like you Linux user doen't have
> permission to access the port. Either run CHIRP as root or as your
> Linus user to the dialout group.
>  
> I also have a Kenwood TH-F6a. CHIRP programs it in "live" mode.
>  
> Jim KC9HI
> _______________________________________________
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