[chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2

Sun Jul 16 10:26:06 PDT 2023

Boafeng can’t be reprogrammed once you program them it is set

On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:17 PM Rich Gilbertson <na7rg at email.com> wrote:

> Years ago, I bought a 5 dollar cable to program my Baofeng. It didn't
> work. I was informed many cloned FTDI cables don't work.
> I bought the Baofeng cable, about $20 at the time. Always works.
>
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> On 7/16/23, 10:13 AM John Oliver <jnojr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I tried under Windows 10, which reports the cable as being COM5.  I could
>> not connect to the radio.  Now I've tried on another laptop running
>> Ubuntu 22.04LTS.  Still no dice.  The "Help me" under port says "Your cable
>> appears to be on port: FT231X USB UART - FT231X USB UART (/dev/ttyUSB0)"
>>
>> Maybe the cable is bad?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Rich,
>>> How are COM Ports tested in Linux?  I know in Windows, Device Manager
>>> can be used.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:31 PM Rich Gilbertson <na7rg at email.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>> Check comm ports. Usually 3 or 4. Should show the chip in your cable.
>>>>
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>>>> brevity.
>>>> On 7/16/23, 9:27 AM John Oliver <jnojr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I hear nothing.  No sign that anything is being received.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:22 PM K0LNY <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>> Might the tuned frequency be receiving traffic while you are
>>>>>> connected?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, make sure it's on a quiet channel.
>>>>>> HTH.
>>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> *From:* John Oliver <jnojr1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> *To:* chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
>>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 15, 2023 4:54 PM
>>>>>> *Subject:* [chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I get "Error reading data from radio"  I'm using this cable:
>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG  It is plugged in all the way!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cannot find a debug.log  There is no option for one in my CHIRP
>>>>>> (CHIRP next-20230712 on Python 3.8.10 wxPython 4.0.7 gtk3 (phoenix)
>>>>>> wxWidgets 3.0.4)  And none is created in ~/.chirp  While CHIRP is still
>>>>>> running:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> joliver at blinky:~$ ls .chirp/
>>>>>> chirp.config  stock_configs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the terminal I launched CHIRP:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> joliver at blinky:~$ ./.local/bin/chirp
>>>>>> 02:52:04 PM: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'backspace', accel string
>>>>>> ignored.
>>>>>> ERROR: Failed to clone: Error reading data from radio
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py",
>>>>>> line 369, in _rawrecv
>>>>>>     raise errors.RadioError("No data received from radio")
>>>>>> chirp.errors.RadioError: No data received from radio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/wxui/clone.py",
>>>>>> line 68, in run
>>>>>>     self._fn()
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py",
>>>>>> line 758, in sync_in
>>>>>>     data = _download(self)
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py",
>>>>>> line 533, in _download
>>>>>>     _do_ident(radio, status)
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py",
>>>>>> line 447, in _do_ident
>>>>>>     ident = _rawrecv(radio, 50)
>>>>>>   File
>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py",
>>>>>> line 377, in _rawrecv
>>>>>>     raise errors.RadioError("Error reading data from radio")
>>>>>> chirp.errors.RadioError: Error reading data from radio
>>>>>>
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