<p dir="ltr">Sorry but that's just FUD. I got all my cables from Chinese sellers on eBay and they all work flawlessly. That counts two Baofeng models, a TYT UV8000E and the great FT-60 from Yaesu. On contrary, I've got varying experience with local shops in EU, where the 'experts' occasionally are not that great :) One should simply do a proper research before buying something online. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers, <br>
rad0 </p>
<div class="quote">On Jul 27, 2016 7:00 AM, kc6iih via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:<br type='attribution'><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>It doesn't pay to be cheap with the cables .</div><div>I have found thru experience that good cables like those from www.rtsystems are the best .</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO</div></div><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 <br /><br /><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large">Hello John.<br /><br /></div><div style="font-size:large">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.<br /><br /></div><div style="font-size:large">I also have an XP machine that I have to set up as well and that will be fun.<br /><br /></div><div style="font-size:large">Thank you.<br /><br /></div><div style="font-size:large">Jim Pruitt<br /><br /></div></div><div><br /><div class="elided-text">On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:21 PM, John LaMartina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JohnLa@usa.net">JohnLa@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><p><font color="black" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'calibri' ,;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">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<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p><font color="black" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'calibri' ,;color:black">Miklor<br /><br /><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p><font color="black" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'calibri' ,;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in"><p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'tahoma' ,;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'tahoma' ,"> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">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<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">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?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">Jim Pruitt<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></div></div></div><br />_______________________________________________<br />
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