<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div dir="ltr">I am just starting out with my radio, I had this problem and I did not have my radio in frequency mode. </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477794509206_3741">Thank You Robert</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: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, October 29, 2016 4:54 PM, Richard <richard.cs@gmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6380801719"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Geographically?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Southampton, UK.<br clear="none"><div class="yiv6380801719gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv6380801719gmail_quote">On 29 October 2016 at 14:27, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net">nigel@ngunn.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv6380801719gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Where are you?<br clear="none">
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> On 29 October 2016 at 07:20 Richard <<a href="mailto:richard.cs@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:richard.cs@gmail.com">richard.cs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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> I know this is a common problem but I have tried all the "usual" things<br clear="none">
> with no success. I am on my second programming cable after the first one<br clear="none">
> just didn't get recognised as a USB device, and first attempt I was able to<br clear="none">
> download the contents of my radio. Since then however it's not worked again.<br clear="none">
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> The cable works OK and the drivers are loaded, as confirmed by opening a<br clear="none">
> serial terminal, linking the TX and RX pins and observing loopback. The<br clear="none">
> radio goes into TX when powered on with the cable attached and some vicious<br clear="none">
> connector trimming doesn't help - I am sure it is going all the way in.<br clear="none">
> Following the order in the Chirp pop-up instructions (cable is already<br clear="none">
> connected to PC and correct serial port selected, radio off, connect cable,<br clear="none">
> radio on with volume right up, check no activity, click OK) doesn't help.<br clear="none">
> The radio goes into TX as soon as it's booted and after a few seconds I get<br clear="none">
> "Radio did not respond".<br clear="none">
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> The radio does *not* go into TX if I have that port open in a serial<br clear="none">
> terminal when I turn the radio on, and presumably if Chirp opened the port<br clear="none">
> when the instructional message is displayed (before the radio is turned on)<br clear="none">
> but still waited for the user to click OK before trying to communicate all<br clear="none">
> would work?<br clear="none">
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> I think that the one time it did work it might have been TX-ing and I just<br clear="none">
> got lucky that it didn't interfere with communications - I do remember some<br clear="none">
> interference on my monitor which I now know happens when the radio<br clear="none">
> transmits.<br clear="none">
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> Anyone got any good ideas? Given that the radio doesn't go into transmit<br clear="none">
> mode when the serial port is open I can't see how it can be bad cable /<br clear="none">
> poor connections.<br clear="none">
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> This is on Linux Mate 1.12.1, with the current daily Chirp build. My user<br clear="none">
> is in the dialout group and has serial port access.<br clear="none">
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> Thanks<br clear="none">
> Richard<br clear="none">
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