<div dir="ltr">The cables my company got from Baofeng directly when buying a few hundred private labelled UV-5Rs do not keep the radio keyed when inserted or reading/writing. It keys it momentarily when plugged in, but it should not when fully inserted. It does not have a series PTT (its the sleeve on the 3.5mm), so your cable is incorrectly wired. Additionally, the cables we purchased were counterfeit Prolific chip-based so they required the older 3.2.0 driver (sourced from Miklor). <div>
<br></div><div>--Niklas<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Stephen Hersey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I've just started using Chirp with a Baofeng UV-5R and a USB serial adapter that Amazon claims is from Baofeng. The adapter has a genuine Prolific chip (or a darn good counterfeit), and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit recognizes it as a serial port; in addition, I can connect TxD to RxD at the radio plugs, open PuTTY, and see looped-back characters I have typed on the console. So far, so great.<br>
<br></div>However, neither Chirp nor baoclone could open the serial port the USB adapter was assigned to: COM19. Hmmm, 19? Sounds way high for a serial port enumeration. I reassigned the USB adapter to the vacant COM2, and hey presto! Both utilities are able to talk to the radio. <br>
<br></div>Sooo, beware of high-numbered COM ports.<br><br></div>Incidentally, is it normal for the UV-5R to key up when the serial cable is present? I'm going to make a practice of always having a dummy load connected when programming this radio. <br>
<br></div>Regards,<br>Steve<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br>Steve Hersey N1XNX <br><a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a><br>-----<br>
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