<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">1. Can you use the Icom OPC-1529R cable with Chirp and a USB-serial<br> adapter?<br></blockquote><br>Yep, should be able to.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>Thanks for the response Dan.<br><div><br></div>OK I've tried both the OPC-1529R with the Belkin adaptor and the OPC478UC - the USB cable with absolutely no luck. Both these cables are recommended by ICOM for the ID-880H, but ICOM only supply drivers for Windows.<div><br></div><div>I downloaded the Prolific driver which they say works with Mac OS 10.8 ...and I can't get it to load. I then downloaded the Netherlands driver (osx-pl2303.kext) and I've got it loaded and a serial port available. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>However when I choose "Download from Radio" Chirp simply says "Cloning" very briefly and then "An error has occurred. Unexpected response from radio"</div><div><br></div><div>Important to note that the serial port does not show up in Network Prefs but when I issue kextstat I get this back: 131 0 0xffffff7f81eb6000 0xb000 0xb000 nl.bjaelectronics.driver.PL2303 (1.0.0d1) <122 33 5 4 3></div><div><br></div><div>So it's loaded.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd really appreciate it if there is anyone out there using Mac OS 10.8.1 and ID-880H and Chirp if they could tell me just exactly what they do to get it to work (it's not _that_ unusual a combination ;)). I really don't want to have to go the whole memory hogging VMWare route.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Mike</div><div>VK3ZMH</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><blockquote type="cite">2. If not which cable do I use - is it the Icom OPC-478UC and if so<br> does this work without any drivers on the Mac OS? I'm not after<br> cheap eBay cables - just reliable connectivity.<br></blockquote><br>The OPC-478 is the older cable, which has a TTL converter in it. Their<br>newer radios have started to support cloning via the regular RS-232 port<br>that they now have. I can't say I've tried it with the 880, but as<br>consistent as the Icoms are, I'd expect no issues. I have an 880 here, I<br>guess I should check it :)<br><br><blockquote type="cite">3. If I can use the OPC-1529R then does anyone have a USB-serial<br> adapter which they are using on Mac OS 10.8.x with that cable which<br> works well? If so which one?<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">From my experience, the KeySpan is the best one for your platform. It's<br></blockquote>big (although I wouldn't call it clunky), but it has a removable cable<br>and does a lot of neat stuff that the others won't.<br><br>What chip/driver is in your Belkin? They're usually prolific, which is<br>the most common, but also the most commonly problematic on MacOS, in my<br>experience. I think Tom would argue for FTDI-based gear, but I'll let<br>him speak up.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Just with respect to a current discussion on the list about Mac where it<br>was suggested it is a "boutique platform" - I'm not sure that you can<br>say that about the biggest selling laptop platform in the US for the<br>last quarter ;)<br></blockquote><br>Heh, I hadn't heard that, and I'm certainly skeptical of such a claim.<br>However, regardless of growth, there's a lot of ground to make up.<br>Further, due to Windows' architecture, some of the driver cores have<br>been around longer than OSX has been a commercial product.<br><br>Yikes, I sound like a Windows advocate. Ya'll know I don't own a single<br>machine with Windows on it, right?? :)<br><br>-- <br>Dan Smith<br><a href="http://www.danplanet.com/">www.danplanet.com</a><br>KK7DS<br></blockquote></div></body></html>