[chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2
John Oliver
Sun Jul 16 17:20:26 PDT 2023
This. I was plugging into the Y cable because it looked just like my
UV-5[RG]s. I just need to lick the power cable while plugging it in...
On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 4:46 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> He's got the correct cable, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG for
> BTECH PC04 FTDI USB Programming Cable for BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2 He's just
> plugging it into the wrong jack in the back.
> The back has two jacks one says 'DATA" that's the one he needs to use.
>
> See this:
> [image: BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2.jpg]
> He also doesn't seem to be using a updated version of chirp-next.
>
> 73
> DR
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 5:32 PM John Wuest <jhwuest at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> He doesn't have the correct cable.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 4:58 PM <don.goodrich at cheerful.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I reprogram my Baofeng HTs all the time not sure why you can’t….
>>>
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>>> On 7/16/23 at 12:26 PM, James Howell wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "James Howell" <howelljames1153 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: July 16, 2023
>>> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>>> Cc:
>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sent from my Android phone with mail.com Mail. Please excuse my
>>>> brevity.
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Sent from my Android phone with mail.com Mail. Please excuse my
>>>>>>> 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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