<p dir="ltr">I had that problem with one of mine.. seemed the plug in at radio wasn't plugged in all the way.. had to hold it in with left hand while sending or reading from radio.. that was my issue, it may be the same with yours.. maybe not but worth the effort to try</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 28, 2015 1:10 PM, "Stan" <<a href="mailto:k8ll.ham@gmail.com">k8ll.ham@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi all.<br>
<br>
This has been my experience with a UV5R. Maybe a little help?????<br>
<br>
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>On 5/28/2015 3:00 PM,
<a href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre>I picked up a UV-B5 and am unable to program it with chirp. The console
<span>> </span>output is as follows:
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<span>> </span>%chirpw
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<span>> </span>ERROR: -- Exception: --
<span>> </span>ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
<span>> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 238,
<span>> </span>in run
<span>> </span> self.__radio.sync_in()
<span>> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span>> </span>315, in sync_in
<span>> </span> self._mmap = do_download(self)
<span>> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span>> </span>202, in do_download
<span>> </span> do_ident(radio)
<span>> </span> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/uvb5.py", line
<span>> </span>181, in do_ident
<span>> </span> raise errors.RadioError("Radio did not ack programming mode")
<span>> </span>RadioError: Radio did not ack programming mode
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<span>> </span>ERROR: ----------------
<span>> </span>ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not ack programming mode
<span>> </span>ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not ack programming mode ---
<span>> </span>ERROR: None
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<span>> </span>ERROR: ----------------------------
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<span>> </span>I've tried two different cables to no avail, and yes I had them seated.
<span>> </span>Not a windows environment so I don't think the IP hindrance is the
<span>> </span>issue. The radio's xmit light comes on but it seams to not be able to
<span>> </span>communicate with chirp.
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