<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">What is your operating system and cable driver version? Stephen was able to <br>roll back his Prolific driver to 3.2.0.0 for Windows 7 and now the PTT <br>does not activate when using the software. <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> Michael Rathbun <KL7F@kl7f.us><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, March 27, 2014 11:51 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] Transmit activated when trying to do a transfer (was Re: Another way Chirp can be tripped up by the OS)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:08:04 -0400, Stephen Hersey <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">>Incidentally, is it normal for the UV-5R to key up when the serial cable is<br clear="none">>present? I'm going to make a practice of always having a dummy load<br clear="none">>connected when programming this radio.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It is the case here, with two (non-counterfeit) cables. The rig keys up as<br clear="none">soon as the software (any software) activates the serial port.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have identified two solutions:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">1. Connect the unit to
the cable (power off!), prepare Chirp so that you<br clear="none">only need to click the OK button in order to start the transfer, power the<br clear="none">unit on, and click the OK button as soon as the rig's display lights up.<br clear="none">The transfer begins and the transmitter doesn't turn on.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">2. Put in a receive-only channel (I have local NWS in channel 1, with<br clear="none">transmit disabled), set the rig to that channel, plug stuff in, run Chirp,<br clear="none">everybody happy.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">mdr KL7F<br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"> Sometimes half-ass is exactly the right amount of ass.<br clear="none"> -- Wonderella<div class="yqt0868212510" id="yqtfd45727"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect"
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