<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><img src="cid:ii_14354ca4bf9ca4cf" alt="Inline image 1"><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><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 8:06 PM, John LaMartina ☀ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JohnLa@usa.net" target="_blank">JohnLa@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Mike,</div><div>Not sure if this applies or not, but with some of the software, when it is unzipped, one of the files is a language file, ie. Chinese.ini, English.ini, etc.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Delete the Chinese.ini file and only leave the English.ini</div><div>This forces the program to open with the only .ini file it finds.</div><div><br></div><div>Worth a try...</div><div><br></div><div>John K3NXU </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="Http://www.miklor.com" target="_blank">Http://www.miklor.com</a></div><div><div><div><br><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Dec 28, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Michael Walker <<a href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Bill<div><br></div><div>That is likely the answer, but no joy their either. I have yet to find a button for language changes or anything else that gets me closer. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks all, this was just a shot in the dark.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike va3mw</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:57 PM, william coulson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wcoulson730@gmail.com" target="_blank">wcoulson730@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div><font face="Tahoma">You have to switch it to English by selecting English on
the radio buttons. Then the question marks will disappear eh?</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma">I hope I understand your issues, if not good
luck!</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma">Bill</font></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px"><div><div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>
<a title="va3mw@portcredit.net" href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank">Mike
va3mw</a> </div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">Discussion of CHIRP</a>
</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">Discussion of CHIRP</a>
</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:52
PM</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng
V6</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Jack and I are seeing the same thing. We don't have the right software
for the right radio. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I know 100% in my case that the computer, ports and cable are
functional. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Boafeng own software has language localization issues. The software
loads but all the icons are full of question marks. .???</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The failure is that the program tries to talk to the radio and the radio
does not respond, so it times out. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Sorry for the bandwidth on the chirp reflector, but this was the best
collection of these type of users I know. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Sadly there is no BF-v6 listed on their download site. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Mike va3mw</div>
<div><br>On Dec 28, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Amnon Zohar <<a href="mailto:amnon.zohar@gmail.com" target="_blank">amnon.zohar@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<p dir="ltr">are you sure widows did. not automaticaly upgrade the driver to
the newer not compatible version?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">בתאריך 28 בדצמ 2013 21:34, "w4grj" <<a href="mailto:w4grj@satterfield.org" target="_blank">w4grj@satterfield.org</a>> כתב:<br type="attribution">
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">I
am using the Baofeng software, error message cannot connect to
radio<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">It
is not a cable or port issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Jack<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">W4GRJ<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<div>
<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>John LaMartina<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 28, 2013 2:29
PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Discussion of CHIRP'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[chirp_users] Baofeng V6<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'">Is
the programming of the UV-6 software or a driver/cable
issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'">What
error messages are you getting?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'">John
K3NXU . . . <a href="http://www.miklor.com" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif'"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<div>
<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>w4grj<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 28, 2013 2:15
PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Discussion of CHIRP'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[chirp_users] Baofeng V6<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">I
have a UV-6, also cannot get it to program with the Baofeng
software.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Has
anyone successfully programmed the UV-6?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Jack<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Tahoma','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Michael Walker<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 27, 2013
10:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[chirp_users] Baofeng V6<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, it isn't a port issue. <u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>
<div>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt" class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Amnon Zohar <<a href="mailto:amnon.zohar@gmail.com" target="_blank">amnon.zohar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>could you comunicate with any other radio?<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">בתאריך 28 בדצמ 2013 05:07, "Michael Walker" <<a href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>> כתב:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I know that this is a little off topic and this radio
isn't supported by Chirp, but has anyone actually been able to program
one?<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a 16 Channel VHF only
unit.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've tried just about all the software from Baofeng
that I can find, but I have not found anything that will talk to the
radio.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am 'assuming' it is using a Kenwood cable
configuration as well.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike va3mw<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u> </p></div></div>
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