[chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

[Dave Matthews]

Strange, I don't remember needing to do that for my FT-65.  I did have a
Yaesu cable for it and am using Ubuntu so no driver silliness.

Dave
W2IJL

On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> > Try just turning it on without going into clone mode.  Then tell chirp
> to connect.  If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are
> correct it should connect.
>
> No, that's not how Yaesu radios work. They have to be in clone mode and
> they require the user to do a coordinated dance to trigger the process at
> the right time. It's almost exclusively a Yaesu behavior and, yes, it is
> supremely annoying.
>
> We had to add the instruction box to chirp purely for Yaesu radios, as for
> basically every other brand it just works like you describe.
>
> > Then, you hit the band key and it tries to communicate
> > with the radio.
>
> Jim, make sure you have clicked OK on the chirp instruction box before you
> hit the band key. CHIRP has to be "waiting" before you press the band
> button on the radio to send the image, and it's not ready until you click
> pass the instruction box.
>
> --Dan
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