<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Hello,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">In my recent experience programming an Yaesu FT60R, two issues popped up:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">1) finding the correct driver for the cable chipset, and 2) holding the PTT button long enough.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The chipset driver information was here:</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41">http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">About half way down the page, in red is a link to an app that identified the Prolific the chipset. Other chipset manufacturers may have similar tools.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">"</font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px">Run PL2303 CheckChipVersion tool..." </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">This helped tremendously in identifying the correct driver.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">Holding the PTT button long enough came from page 65 of the FT-60R manual, in the section on Cloning. After resolving these two issues, I was able to download memory contents to CHiRP, edit, and upload back to the HT.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">Hope this helps.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">73,</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">Ken</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000">KI7EIH</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;line-height:20px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#444444" size="2" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Ken Cone</font></div><div><a href="mailto:kencone@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="#444444" size="2" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">kencone@gmail.com</font></a></div></div><div><font color="#444444" size="2" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">KI7EIH</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jack Haverty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k3fiv@arrl.net" target="_blank">k3fiv@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Since I also just started using Chirp I'm no expert, but I had a similar<br>
first-time experience (Ubuntu 16.04 and Baofeng BF-F8HP). It turned out<br>
that all that I had to do was turn up the audio volume on the radio and<br>
everything started to work fine.<br>
<br>
Great program!<br>
<br>
73,<br>
/Jack de K3FIV<br>
<br>
On 07/22/2016 08:30 PM, CN85rq wrote:<br>
> These are my first attempts at using CHIRP and I'm not having much luck.<br>
> I've tried connecting to two different radios from two different<br>
> computers with a total of three different CHIRP versions and three<br>
> different cables. I could easily be missing some tribal knowledge known<br>
> to experienced users, so hopefully someone can point me in the right<br>
> direction for a solution.<br>
><br>
><br>
> CONFIGURATION #1<br>
> Computer: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P motherboard, MCS9865 serial card,<br>
> running Debian 7 (Wheezy)<br>
> Radio: Kenwood TM-V71, connected with Kenwood PG-5G PC Serial<br>
> Programming Cable<br>
> CHIRP Version: 0.1.12 (from the Debian repository)<br>
> Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio”<br>
> message<br>
> Additional Info: The timestamp on /dev/ttyS0 updates when the radio is<br>
> turned on.<br>
><br>
><br>
> CONFIGURATION #2<br>
> Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, running Raspian (Jesse) with Compass<br>
> mods by NW Digital Radio<br>
> Radio: Kenwood TM-V71, connected (first) with a generic USB-Serial<br>
> cable (unknown chipset) and (second) with a Sabrent CB-FTDI USB-Serial<br>
> cable (FTDI chipset)<br>
> CHIRP Versions: (first) 0.4.0 and (second) chirp-daily-20160717<br>
> Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio”<br>
> message<br>
> Additional Info: Tested with and without the “console=serial0,115200”<br>
> setting in the /boot/cmdline.txt file<br>
> Additional Info: Serial speed on radio tested at both 9600 and 19200<br>
><br>
><br>
> CONFIGURATION #3<br>
> Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, running Raspian (Jesse) with Compass<br>
> mods by NW Digital Radio<br>
> Radio: Alinco DR-235 MkIII, connected (first) with a generic USB-Serial<br>
> cable (unknown chipset) and (second) with a Sabrent CB-FTDI USB-Serial<br>
> cable (FTDI chipset)<br>
> CHIRP Versions: (first) 0.4.0 and (second) chirp-daily-20160717<br>
> Symptom: “Download From Radio” results in a “No response from radio”<br>
> message<br>
> Additional Info: Tested without the “console=serial0,115200” setting in<br>
> the /boot/cmdline.txt file<br>
><br>
><br>
> CONSOLE WINDOW OUTPUT captured for Configuration #2<br>
> root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717# ./chirpw<br>
><br>
> (process:911): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.<br>
> Using the fallback 'C' locale.<br>
> ./chirpw:135: GtkWarning: gtk_window_realize_icon: assertion<br>
> 'info->icon_pixmap == NULL' failed<br>
> a.show()<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> ERROR: Timeout waiting for data<br>
> ERROR: Giving up<br>
> Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/mainapp.py", line<br>
> 1430, in mh<br>
> self.do_download(*args)<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/mainapp.py", line<br>
> 691, in do_download<br>
> radio = settings.radio_class(ser)<br>
> File<br>
> "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/kenwood_live.py",<br>
> line 159, in __init__<br>
> radio_id = get_id(self.pipe)<br>
> File<br>
> "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/kenwood_live.py",<br>
> line 121, in get_id<br>
> raise errors.RadioError("No response from radio")<br>
> chirp.errors.RadioError: No response from radio<br>
><br>
> root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717#<br>
><br>
><br>
> CONSOLE WINDOW OUTPUT captured for Configuration #3<br>
> root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717# ./chirpw<br>
><br>
> (process:980): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.<br>
> Using the fallback 'C' locale.<br>
> ./chirpw:135: GtkWarning: gtk_window_realize_icon: assertion<br>
> 'info->icon_pixmap == NULL' failed<br>
> a.show()<br>
> ERROR: -- Exception: --<br>
> ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/ui/clone.py", line<br>
> 249, in run<br>
> self.__radio.sync_in()<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py",<br>
> line 196, in sync_in<br>
> self._mmap = self._download(self._memsize)<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py",<br>
> line 138, in _download<br>
> data += self._download_chunk(addr)<br>
> File "/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717/chirp/drivers/alinco.py",<br>
> line 116, in _download_chunk<br>
> raise errors.RadioError("No response from radio")<br>
> RadioError: No response from radio<br>
><br>
> ERROR: ----------------<br>
> ERROR: Clone failed: No response from radio<br>
> ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: No response from radio ---<br>
> ERROR: None<br>
><br>
> ERROR: ----------------------------<br>
><br>
> root@compass:/usr/local/bin/chirp-daily-20160717#<br>
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