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Hi all.<br>
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This has been my experience with a UV5R. Maybe a little help?????<br>
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When I plug in my cable and turn on the radio (UV5R), <u>it comes
on in transmit mode</u>, and stays key-down. As soon as I <u>send
the updated data</u> to the radio, it will fail, but the <u>radio
will come out of transmit mode . . . USUALLY</u> . . . BUT
sometimes I have to send the data 2 or 3 times before it comes out
of transmit mode. Then, <u>after it's come out of transmit mode</u>,
it will accept the data OK. So, I try to tune to a frequency that
most likely will not be in use when I turn the radio on, that way,
when it starts up in transmit mode it won't interfere with someone
else's QSO.
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<br>
Also, and I'm not sure what chipset is in my cheap cable, I had to
just roll the driver back to the previous driver BEFORE it would
work. The next update made it fail again, so I rolled it back again
and stopped it from updating the driver again and it has worked OK
ever since.
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<br>
Just my 2Hz worth!
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73<br>
Stan K8LL<br>
NW Ohio<br>
10-10# 76801<br>
FP# 3255<br>
Propagation is our master . . . but sometimes the master is cruel!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/28/2015 3:00 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.1.1432839602.21689.chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I picked up a UV-B5 and am unable to program it with chirp. The console
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>output is as follows:
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>%chirpw
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: -- Exception: --
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 238,
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>in run
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> self.__radio.sync_in()
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>315, in sync_in
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> self._mmap = do_download(self)
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>202, in do_download
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> do_ident(radio)
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>181, in do_ident
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> raise errors.RadioError("Radio did not ack programming mode")
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>RadioError: Radio did not ack programming mode
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: ----------------
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not ack programming mode
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not ack programming mode ---
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: None
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ERROR: ----------------------------
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I've tried two different cables to no avail, and yes I had them seated.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Not a windows environment so I don't think the IP hindrance is the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>issue. The radio's xmit light comes on but it seams to not be able to
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>communicate with chirp.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span></pre>
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