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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>To clarify, I’ve never gotten a bad cable from BaofengTech.<br>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John LaMartina<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:31 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'kc6iih'; 'Discussion of CHIRP'<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] FTDI drivers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Ahh, you are correct. I misread your email.<br><br>If you have a cloned chip, yes, like the cloned Prolific, you need the backdated driver.<br>Here is the link I have to the FTDI drivers.<br><a href="http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx">http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The clones FTDI chips were found in some of the Arduino products.<br>It looks like they’re slipping into the cable market. <br><br>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>kc6iih via chirp_users<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:57 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] FTDI drivers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It doesn't pay to be cheap with the cables .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have found thru experience that good cables like those from <a href="http://www.rtsystems">www.rtsystems</a> are the best .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Jim Pruitt <br>Date:07/26/2016 9:44 PM (GMT-08:00) <br>To: Discussion of CHIRP <br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FTDI drivers <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Hello John.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>What you missed (or I did not make clear) was that when I switched cables to the real FTDI cable (also says Baoefeng) it worked. When I went back to the other cable (FTDI clone) the same GT3 (UR5 definitions) then it said radio was not responding. The only change was the cable itself. It works now but none of the 4 cheap cables that appear to be FTDI clones do not work. That was why I was looking for the old drivers and info as to which drivers worked with the FTDI copies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>I also have an XP machine that I have to set up as well and that will be fun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Jim Pruitt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:21 PM, John LaMartina <<a href="mailto:JohnLa@usa.net" target="_blank">JohnLa@usa.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Jim,<br>I don’t believe your issue is driver related.<br>When you stated Win7 stated the cable was recognized and everything was working, I believe that is correct.<br>The cable and driver are not the issue.<br><br>The GT3 is more than likely the issue.<br><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_ErrorMess.php#error1</a><br>Radio did Not Respond is stating the radio isn’t seeing the cable.<br><br>You may need to trim the cable or the yellow rubber on the case.<br>The lip on the yellow GT3 edge may be preventing some cables to plug in completely.<br><br>I hope this assists.<br><br>John</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Miklor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Pruitt<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 26, 2016 7:19 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] FTDI drivers</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I set up my pc for the latest build of Chirp this past weekend. I ran into trouble as I went out and grabbed the (latest) drivers from FTDI as suggested. When I tried to upload the current list from my GT3's it reported that they were not responding. Windows 7 said the cable was recognized and everything was working. I fought this for several minutes then switched cables. Then it worked so the first cable had to have been a clone even though it had the Baeofeng stamp on it.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I see some other posts with new users having trouble and it looks similar to what I was experiencing until I changed cables. This cable cost $21 (Amazon) compared to $3 for the other cables so I am sure others will have the non FTDI cables and not know it. I know that there has been a lot of discussion on here in the past about this. I didn't see a link on FTDI's site to get the older drivers that work with clone cables.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Does anyone have that link for the older FTDI drivers that still work with FTDI clone cables? Is there any problem with replacing the new drivers with the older ones?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thank you.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jim Pruitt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a 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>This message was sent to Jim at <a href="mailto:jpruitt67@gmail.com">jpruitt67@gmail.com</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div></body></html>