<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hello Marco,<br><br></div>Thank you very much for this quick answer! Grazie mille (-; (We spent this years summer holiday in Lecco)<br><br></div>I read that part of the manual (page 118) some weeks ago, but I didn't link it to my current problem today....<br>
</div>I'm going to try it this weekend.<br><br></div>73 de PA2AR (Antoon).<br><div><div><br><div><div><div><br>Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:53:59 +0200<br>
From: IZ3GME Marco <<a href="mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com">iz3gme.marco@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP and the Yaesu FT-857D<br>
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Hi Antoon<br>
the correct operation sequence to download from ft857 is:<br>
- switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to<br>
clone mode<br>
- prepare chirp for download selecting menu Radio - download from radio<br>
and setting the com port and radio type then press OK<br>
- start send on the radio pressing C button<br>
download (should) then start immediately and both radio and chirp show<br>
the operation via a progress bar.<br>
<br>
For upload the sequence is:<br>
- switch on the radio while pressing both <- > buttons to push it to<br>
clone mode<br>
- prepare chirp for upload selecting menu Radio - Upload to radio and<br>
setting the com port (do not press Ok yet)<br>
- start receive on the radio pressing A button<br>
- press Ok in chirp dialog to start upload<br>
<br>
You can find some info on the clone procedure at the end of ft857<br>
manual, chirp simulate the second radio: the receiving one when you<br>
download and the transmitting one when you upload.<br>
<br>
I also must destroy the myth that the CAT speed have to be set in any<br>
way: in clone the ft857 the serial communication always take place at<br>
9600 and there's no menu that can influence the protocol in any way.<br>
<br>
73 de IZ3GME Marco<br>
<br>
On 04/10/2013 10:20, Antoon Rubbens wrote:<br>
> This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a<br>
> new HAM in the Netherlands (since last Monday), I ask it one more time.<br>
><br>
> I have a Yaesu FT-857D (US model) and a cheap Chinese USB cable that I<br>
> bought from Ebay.<br>
> I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the<br>
> radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in<br>
> Win7.<br>
><br>
> Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with<br>
> radio: Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 0'<br>
><br>
> I searched the internet and found some hints:<br>
> - Press the send button on the radio after clicking OK in CHIRP (I<br>
> wondered what is 'the send button'? This radio has a million buttons)<br>
> - Press the A button under the screen after cliking OK in CHIRP (the A<br>
> button has manny functions on the 857, so which menu should be selected)<br>
> - Set the CAT speed to 9600bps (did that)<br>
><br>
> So basically the question is which menu I should select before pressing<br>
> the A button. Or a step by step for the FT-857D is also welcome.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your help!<br>
> Antoon (PA2AR).<br>
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