I hear ya Jim,<div><br></div><div>I couldn't use my track ball and had to switch to my finger pad, but I'm just happy I got the repeaters assigned to my channels now.</div><div><br></div><div>Found some info on how to manually input the repeaters directly on the HT and it seems a lot less complicated than using the cable!<br><br>Glad I found you guys....you've been a big help.</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Thomas Fancher <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'thomasf@nwi.net')">thomasf@nwi.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I use Windows XP on my computers. I have discovered that the procedure for<br>
> using CHIRP starts with going to the control panel and determining which<br>
> port is being used by the cable to connect to the radio. If you move the<br>
> cable between the USB ports on the computer, there needs to be a<br>
> corresponding check to determine the "new" correct port number.<br>
><br>
> I hope this will be of help. Thomas WD6AZA<br>
><br>
<br>
This depends on the USB-to-Serial chip in the programming cable. The<br>
Prolific chip behaves as you describe. Some of the other chips will<br>
retain the same com port number when the programming cable is moved to<br>
a different com port.<br>
<br>
I use mostly programming cables that have the Prolific type chip in<br>
them. I also have 2 USB ports on the front of my computer. Once I<br>
plugged my programming cable into the left USB port, I determined its<br>
port number as you described. Then I plugged my programming cable into<br>
the right USB port. I then went into Device Manager and change the com<br>
port that was assigned to the right USB port to be the same as the com<br>
port assigned to the left USB port (Windows complains but will still<br>
allow it). Now I can use either USB port at will without having to<br>
make and changes to the selected com port in CHIRP. The down side is<br>
that I cannot use 2 programming cables with Prolific type chips in<br>
these 2 USB ports at the same time.<br>
<br>
Jim KC9HI<br>
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