<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437883774870_112319"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437883774870_112318">Thank you - that "clean up" is something I was wondering about as well.<br><br>I am now on port 1. I check in device manager but not control panel.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437883774870_110469" dir="ltr"><span>I used a Com Port" checker, and it says that "This port appears to be a cable without echo loopback"??? Shouldn't it have "echo loopback"?<br><br>I will continue trying, and do the "clean up".<br><br>Thank you</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:55 AM, Michael Walker <va3mw@portcredit.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7398535607"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Jeremy<div><br clear="none"></div><div>One of the key parts is that you have to know 100% which serial port the radio is connected to. Chirp is not able to figure this out on it own. It has to 100% be sure that if the radio is on the USB RS232 adapter that is labeled as Com 14, that you use that port and that port only. Otherwise, you will get the failure you are seeing.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Assuming you are using Windows, can you see Port 14 in Control Panel? If it isn't there, then Chirp won't be able to see it either.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I would recommend that you watch control panel while plugging in and removing the USB adapter you are trying to use. This way you can confirm 100% that it is com 14. It should come and go from control panel.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>You may want to also clean up the previous 13 that you may or may not be using. This procedure works: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/Removing-unused-COM-Ports-from-Windows">http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/Removing-unused-COM-Ports-from-Windows</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Don't bother testing with Com 3, 4 or any other port if that isn't the one the radio is connected to. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Do you have another computer you can test with?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I hope that helps.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Mike</div></div><div class="yiv7398535607yqt8764376531" id="yiv7398535607yqt61855"><div class="yiv7398535607gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7398535607gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Jeremy Dieringer <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net">jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv7398535607gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">Perfect example. It just did it again. <br clear="none">I switched to port 4, and COM4 Disappeared from the list in CHIRP.<span></span></div> <br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="yiv7398535607"> </span><div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:24 AM, Mike va3mw <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net">va3mw@portcredit.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div><div class="yiv7398535607h5"><div><div><div><div>The problem is the port. Try changing the port number in control panel to something lower than 8. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Chirp has to see the same port number as the cable you are using for it to work. That is your problem. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Mike</div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div><div><br clear="none">On Jul 26, 2015, at 7:58 AM, Jeremy Dieringer <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net">jdieringer1028@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">I am on my 2nd day of trying to program this TYT TH-9800 plus.<br clear="none">I installed the correct USB driver.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tried in CHIRP repeatedly with various ports and keep getting "Communication" error. (Failed to communicate with the radio: Unable to communicate with the radio)</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">My radio is currently Port 14 - however this does not show up in the list in CHIRP. Even When I manually put it on port 3,4,5, no success.<br clear="none">Same with TYT software, it seems like it ONLY wants port 3, however when I place on port 3, no success.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Very frustrating.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">By the way - this link doesn't work (404 error) <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/beta/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/beta/</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I'd appreciate any help - Thank you</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br clear="none"><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt8764376531" id="yqt76551">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe, send an email to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>