<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>If the cable is Prolific based 2303 chip the proper tried and true driver</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>is build 3.2.0.0. Others may work but this is what we all use for Prolific</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>2303 and Win7. </span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Antoon Rubbens <antoonr@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 4, 2013 4:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] CHIRP and the Yaesu FT-857D<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3263102822"><div dir="ltr">This question must have been asked a million times already, but as I'm a 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 bought from Ebay.
<br>I have insalled HamRadioDeluxe and this program can communicate with the radio over COM3. The cable is recognized as USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM3) in Win7.
<br> <br>Now I installed CHIRP and I get the error 'Failed to communicate with 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 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 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 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></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>