<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Don <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dbwjr1949@verizon.net" target="_blank">dbwjr1949@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:24px;font-family:Arial"><div>I have three <span>Baofeng</span> transceivers: UV-5RA; UV-82X; GT-3. I have been unable to program any of them and I was wondering if there are CHIRP fixes or suggestions? I've purchased two sets of programming cables and deleted Windows 8 and installed Windows 7 Pro since Windows 8 did not seem to work on any of these radios. Will wait until I hear from Chirp for my next approach.</div>
<div> </div><div></div><div>Thank you,</div><div> </div><div>Don, K3DBW </div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Don,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">There are no fixes needed. CHIRP works fine as-is for all three of these radios and with both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For the UV-82X, you must be using a daily release and not the stable release.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Your most likely issue is not having the necessary driver installed. Most programming cables purchased for the radios that you have are made with a chip inside that is an unauthorized copy of a Prolific chip. The Windows Vista/7/8 automatically installed Prolific driver is intentionally written to not work with these unauthorized chips. You either have to purchase a cable with a genuine Prolific chip, or purchase one with a chip from a different vendor (like FTDI) or downgrade to an older Prolific driver that is compatible (my recommendation).<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A link for the driver and instructions for installing it are on the <a href="http://miklor.com">miklor.com</a> website (there are lots of other help for these radios on this website, too).<br>
<br><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Instructions for getting started with CHIRP are here.<br><br><a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide</a><br>
<a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>73,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Jim KC9HI<br></div></div>