<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Mike,</div><div>Can you send me or post the link to the BF-480 software.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jack</div><div><br>On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Michael Walker <<a href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Jim<div><br></div><div>I did try Chirp and the BF-888, but I got a radio mismatch error (or something like that). I'm not near the computer at the moment.</div><div><br></div><div>Chirp does a hard check to make sure it is the radio it thinks it is.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike va3mw</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Jim Unroe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" target="_blank">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Michael Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">OK, I figured this out. A typical very stupid user error. <div><br></div><div>The correct software is their BF-480 software.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Setup up the com port, pick BF-480 and the VHF or UHF frequency range you want.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Select Read from Radio.</div><div><br></div><div>Next, pops up the 'BAR' that we are used to seeing. For old farts like me, I just sat their and stared at it. For a LONG time. Days, weeks. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>It never occurred to me to hit the OK button. I did get pretty good at hitting the Cancel button though. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Ok, head between legs. </div><div><br></div><div>As you were.... Mike va3mw</div>
<div><br></div><div><image.png><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Michael Walker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks John<div><br></div><div>I have seen that as well. For the one that I get a Chinese Character set, I have been able to change to English. The one program I think that can do it has Zero characters on it (english or chinese) and everything is replaced by a ???.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Again, I apologize for taking up the space on the Chirp reflector.</div><div><br></div><div>The best I can tell is that the actual program is called BF-480 based on what I found on 409Shoppe's site.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know the port and the cable work as I can use the same cable and same port (FTDI) to read my UV-5R with Chirp. I also know they aren't holding open the port as I do close down Chirp before testing. I have even tried after a reboot with the BF-480 software being the first code used. </div>
<div><br></div><div>My note to self will be to check the Chirp support hardware list first before ordering new hardware! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Mike va3mw</div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">Baofeng BF-888s radios used to be programmed with this same BF-480 software. So if the Baofeng BF-480 software works for the the UV-6, then it would be worth a shot to try the selecting the BF-888s driver in CHIRP. Let us know if it works or not.<br>
<br>Jim KC9HI<br></div></div>
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