<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453127600812_24760"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453127600812_24788">I was having trouble with the same thing i found that if i unplugged the USB cord from computer and plugged it back in before u click on the OK where you set the radio description it would work. The last ones i did worked fine with the new build i installed tho.</span></div> <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: 16px;"> <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, January 17, 2016 8:16 PM, lofty don <loftydon@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9163954650"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Sir,<br><br></div>I recently purchased two of these radios, but am having trouble programming them using the purchased cable that interfaces with the radio and ends in a USB cable. I have tried with both a Windows 10 and a Windows 7 Home pc. I checked the firmware version and saw that it read: BFB297<br><br></div>I check the devices in Windows 10 and it shows com3 or com4, depending on the USB port and it looks good.<br><br></div>I click on new and then click on the radio tab and put in com1 or com2 or com3 or com4 and always get an error (vendor is Baofeng and UV-5R).<br><br></div>Thanks for any help you can give.<br><br></div>Don in sunny Florida<br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>