<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">I've read all the references in this string of e-mails (Wikipedia and sometimes further) and believe that I understand the scope of the problem. I am though a few levels too lightweight to work this out myself. Many thanks for the effort getting to this point.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Instead of just booting Windows and getting on with it I would like to solve this problem. You guys can probably gauge how much hand-holding I would require. Off-list I'd be glad to tell you about my background. I'd be glad to document the solution. (I don't know anything about Wikis but I can read.) I'm not in a hurry and can work with people who work 80 hour days and take vacations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">If this is worth pursuing I am available.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">thanks,,,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"> Alan,,, n4lbl</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Tom Hayward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@tomh.us" target="_blank">tom@tomh.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Aubrey Turner<br>
<<a href="mailto:aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com">aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I finally found the driver installer and unpack it (using WINE on Ubuntu so<br>
> as not to mess up my Windows laptop).<br>
><br>
> What I found is that the Windows driver is just a repackaged version of the<br>
> FTDI drivers using the vendor and device IDs that RATOC has assigned to the<br>
> cable.<br>
><br>
> So, you might be able to try using modprobe to load the the FTDI driver<br>
> (ftdi_sio) and the RATOC IDs. It's not guaranteed to work, but it may be<br>
> worth a try.<br>
<br>
</span>You should be able to automate this with a udev rule, too. There's<br>
more information here:<br>
<a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide_FTDI_OEM_Cables" target="_blank">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide_FTDI_OEM_Cables</a><br>
<br>
Who was that complaining about the Chirp website?<br>
<br>
Tom KD7LXL<br>
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