<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16540">Oh, I sincerely apologize! Jerry, thank you for clarifying this issue and explaining the problem. I was not aware of the whole situation. I honestly hope I did not offend anyone.</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19612">Jerry, when you said "recent FTDI Drivers disabled these fake cables" below, were you referring to the drivers on the FTDI Website?<br></div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16289"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16787">In my humble opinion, the only way to solve the problem is to buy a known good FTDI cable. The one I purchased at Amazon works great and I've never had any problems with it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20022" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20021" dir="ltr">Please understand, I am not trying to offend anyone.<br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16863"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16862"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_17037"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16862"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_17039"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16862"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16290" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16296" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16295" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16294" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16293" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16292" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_16291" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jerry <jriechert@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 18, 2016 6:04 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] baofeng cable<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19610" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3769236548"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19686"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19685" dir="ltr">I think what the OP is concerned with is those that purchased an FTDI cable in good faith that turns out to have a fake FTDI chip in it. Recent FTDI drivers disable these fake cablex. He's asking for a way to cancel out the change made to the cable so it's usable again.<br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19718" class="yiv3769236548gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20064"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20063" class="yiv3769236548gmail_signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20062" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20061"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20060" dir="ltr">Jerry R<br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19789" class="yiv3769236548gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Dan Jolley via chirp_users <span dir="ltr"><<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> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19794" class="yiv3769236548gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv3769236548yqt1755847132" id="yiv3769236548yqt38133"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19793"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19792" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20065" dir="ltr">The best way to uninstall drivers is to go into the Device Manager, select the FTDI cable and uninstall the drivers.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20066" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_19791" dir="ltr">I purchased this FTDI cable from Amazon 3 weeks ago and I've never had any problems with it. When I plugged it into the USB port, Windows 10 automatically installed the drivers and I've never had any problems with it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20067" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20068" dir="ltr">I have been a computer technician for many years so if you have any problems or questions, please feel free to ask.<br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20069" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455835679858_20070" dir="ltr">This is the FTDI Cable I purchased at Amazon:</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00">Amazon.com : PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, Wouxun, AnyTone : Electronics</a><br clear="none"></div><div style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#ffffff;"><table class="yahoo-compose-table-card" style="width:450px;height:170px;display:block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="1" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;width:168px;height:168px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:168px;" align="center"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;"><img data-id="46bbe343-5167-2e98-33dd-f51bfae7f3eb" alt="image" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/7FxaXCQdW1ChOgFu.AHYaw--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MTY4O3c9MTY4/http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61B0W2ZarUL._SL1500_.jpg.cf.jpg" style="display:block;margin:auto;" width="168" height="168"></a></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:6pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:20pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;" width="1"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:135px;width:245px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span></span><span></span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block;"><span style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block;">Amazon.com : PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Prog...</span></a><div style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow:hidden;">Genuine FTDI Chipset - Works with the latest Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux Drivers If you are tired of messing with the "counterfeit prolific chips" in the 'other' c...</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:4px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:4pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div style="font-size:0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUB0ONK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00" style="color:black;text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;"><span style="display:inline-block;line-height:11px;max-width:145px;min-width:85px;overflow:hidden;max-height:13px;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;font-size:9px;line-height:11px;color:#999999;">View on <span style="font-weight:bold;">www.amazon.com</span></span></span></a></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;width:100px;font-family:'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div style="max-width:100px;min-width:80px;overflow:hidden;text-align:right;line-height:11px;max-height:13px;font-size:0pt;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;font-size:9px;line-height:11px;color:#999999;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="height:9px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:9px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="1" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span></span></div><div><div dir="ltr">Don't purchase any programming cable that comes with a CD, it is the wrong cable and there is a virus on the CD.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Please feel free to ask any questions I have failed to answer, or any questions you need clarification on.</div><span class="yiv3769236548"></span><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you,</div><div dir="ltr">Dan Jolley</div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com">oldhippie1955@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jim Unroe <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <<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>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:20 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] baofeng cable<br clear="none"> </div> <div><span class="yiv3769236548"><br clear="none">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Lreiher <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lreiher@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:lreiher@comcast.net">lreiher@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> is there any chance that someone is able to write the s/w necessary to<br clear="none">> [in WIN 10] DELETE the FTDI driver which renders the baofeng cable<br clear="none">> inoperative AND write the s/w which would REenable the baofeng cable<br clear="none">> after FTDI has trashed it so we can use it w/ CHIRP and WIN 10? tnx,<br clear="none">> larry KD9AVZ<br clear="none"><br clear="none">When you say "the boafeng cable", do you mean the programming cable<br clear="none">manufactured for Baofeng and has a Baofeng label? If you do, it has a<br clear="none">counterfeit Prolific type chip. It doesn't use FTDI drivers. All you<br clear="none">have to do to make it work is to download, install and select the<br clear="none">Prolific v3.2.0.0 driver that was released back in 2007.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">When you say "the baofeng cable", do you mean the Kenwood style 2-pin<br clear="none">programming cable that fits Kenwood, Wouxun, Baofeng and many other<br clear="none">radios? If you do, all you need to do is purchase a programming cable<br clear="none">with a genuine FTDI chip and no driver will render it inoperative.<br clear="none">There are plenty of sources, Baofeng Tech (a Baofeng radio dealer<br clear="none">based in the USA not to be confused with Baofeng the radio<br clear="none">manufacturer based in China).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jim KC9HI</span><div><span class="yiv3769236548"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none"><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><br clear="none"><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><br clear="none"></span>This message was sent to Dan Jolley at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com">oldhippie1955@yahoo.com</a><span class="yiv3769236548"><br clear="none">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><br clear="none"></span></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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