<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have programed over 100 of these radios, and using a large number of different cables, have never run into a bad one. I have had the following issues.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Not having the right driver.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Plug the driver in and open “About this Mac”, “System Report”, “USB HI-Spped Bus”, “Hub”, & “USB-Serial <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Controller”. This will give the the information you need to search for the right driver. After downloading it, install.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not having the cable pushed in far enough.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sometimes this is hard. Others have cut the cable housing down, but I have never had to do this. I just work it way <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>into the full “In” position.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not letting the computer have enough time between steps.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This is the hardest step for me. After giving either the “Download from Radio” or the “Upload to Radio” command, I <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>give a long 5 count between each further step. Sometimes it even me 10 seconds per step!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Using the above methods, I have gotten almost all of them programed in just a few minutes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck,</div><div class="">N7IY<br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:02 PM, kc6iih via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" class="">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Cheap cables with bad prolific chips rarely work.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">JOCK KC6IIH</div><div class="">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO</div><br class=""><br class="">-------- Original message --------<br class="">From: Ryan Tourge <ryan.tourge@gmail.com class=""> <br class="">Date:10/21/2015 7:31 AM (GMT-08:00) <br class="">To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com class=""> <br class="">Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Mac user - inconsistent ability to contact radio <br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Push real hard on the connector?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Paul Slootweg <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:paul.slootweg@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">paul.slootweg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have the latest of everything installed, the Prolific drivers show<br class="">
up as started in the Console, and the USB serial device shows up, but<br class="">
I can rarely download (never mind upload.)<br class="">
Radio is UV-5RA<br class="">
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Am I missing something?<br class="">
<br class="">
Paul<br class="">
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