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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>I initially had a bear of a time with my cable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>There’s a page on a UV5R website that might help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Go to the USB Driver Cables section.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="http://www.miklor.com/uv5r">http://www.miklor.com/uv5r</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>My cable with the Prolific clone chip drove me crazy until I loaded the correct driver. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>John K3NXU<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Creede Lambard<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 23, 2012 2:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] Schedule for Support of Radios<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Right, I should have been a bit more clear. As Dan says there are a lot of knockoff Prolific chips out there. In an effort to cut down on piracy Prolific altered their drivers so that they would work with genuine Prolific chips, but would throw errors and show up with the dreaded yellow triangle icon in Device Manager if you try to use them with knockoffs. Many many users have reported this problem on the various lists I subscribe to, and there are workarounds, but all of them are more painful than just buying a cable with a genuine Prolific chip (or with an FTDI chip, which doesn't seem to have this problem). <br><br>If you have one of these knockoffs no software will work with your cable. And again, if the problem is something different, let us know and we'll see if we can get you through it.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>-- Creede WA7KPK<br><br>On 07/23/2012 10:36 AM, Dan Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Let me ask you a question first: Are you trying to program the radio<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>with a USB cable that has a Prolific chipset? (This is the most common<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cause of not being able to update a radio using Chirp. Not all USB<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cables cause this problem, but a significant number do.)<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Just for clarification here:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>There is no conflict between CHIRP and Prolific devices. Since the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>prolific device is the most prolific (pun intended) it is the most often<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>copied, and thus there are a *lot* of copies, fakes, and broken drivers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>floating around out there. In most cases, a flaky driver or device will<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>not work for the OEM software, much less CHIRP.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>chirp_users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>