<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">my problem was as single as the cable was nt fully pushed into the radio, mine was very 'stiff' to connect, <br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Jon Spriggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@sprig.gs" target="_blank">jon@sprig.gs</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Check to make sure you've got the right TTY device, mine wasn't<br>
/dev/ttyUSB0, it was something else... Also, make sure you're in the<br>
dialout user group, otherwise you probably won't have the rights to<br>
use the device (use "ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*" to be sure).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
--<br>
Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs<br>
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On 16 August 2013 14:15, CWA <<a href="mailto:cwa@qso.com">cwa@qso.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I see others are able to us Chirp with the UV-5RA but I cannot and I can<br>
> only guess why.<br>
><br>
> I also have the UV-3R and I have no problem with it. When I select which<br>
> radio to program the listing for UV-5 is all there is for the UV-5 series. I<br>
> have the proper programming cable, turn the radio on, then try to download<br>
> from the radio, and it tries but times out and I am told the radio is not<br>
> responding.<br>
><br>
> I am running Chirp under Ubuntu and I keep everything updated, including<br>
> ‘daily-build’ for Chirp. One thing bothers me though; when I look at the<br>
> “about” and check the revision level of Chirp, it shows 20130802 (8/2/2013)<br>
> yet when I try to update, it says I have the latest version. I am not sure<br>
> about that one.<br>
><br>
> Anyhow, the bottom line is my Chirp works great with the UV-3R but not with<br>
> the UV-5RA, using the proper programming cables of course. Same computer,<br>
> same software, different programming cables.<br>
><br>
> Any clue to what is wrong with my set-up?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Warren Andreasen – K7CWA<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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