<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">He's using an FTDI cable. And has since figured out it is a daily build bug. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Brad NK8J <nk8j@juno.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:51 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Problems with Yaesu -- FT60 and FT-8800<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>If
you are using windows 7 use the 3.2.0.0 version drivers. Do not update it.<br><br>Sent from my LG Mobile<br><br>Basil Copeland <<a ymailto="mailto:blcjr2@gmail.com" href="mailto:blcjr2@gmail.com">blcjr2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>>Thanks for the prompt reply. At least with respect to the FT-60, Commander<br>>was not open; at that point, it had not even been installed. IAC, I just<br>>went through the whole process again with the FT-60. Same error.<br>><br>>Seems curious to me that this would happen with two different cables<br>>connected to two different radios. I really do not see how it could be a<br>>cable issue. Driver issue, perhaps. That would be the only common<br>>denominator. The driver is FTDI 2.8.30.0, dated 7/12/13, and installed<br>>using COM4, as COM1/3 is reported "in use" (that would be for a Prolific<br>>driver/USB cable used with the
UV-5R).<br>><br>>Basil<br>>KE5GAE<br>><br>><br>>On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Tom Hayward <<a ymailto="mailto:esarfl@gmail.com" href="mailto:esarfl@gmail.com">esarfl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Basil Copeland <<a ymailto="mailto:blcjr2@gmail.com" href="mailto:blcjr2@gmail.com">blcjr2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> > windows, with a final error message saying something about being unable<br>>> to<br>>> > "read echo" and then "bad cable?"<br>>><br>>> This error means that Chirp tried to send something out over the<br>>> serial port and didn't get a response. With Yaesu cables, everything<br>>> sent should echo back to the serial port, because the tx and rx lines<br>>> are connected together. The cause of this is usually, as reported, a<br>>> faulty cable or driver. My only other idea is that another program
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