<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>CHIRP worked fine on my 7800, and I have a cable that goes from the 6 way din to USB. <br><br><div>Jardy Dawson</div><div>WA7JRD Ham Radio</div><div><br></div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Message relayed from secret Hillary Clinton server, located in the basement of her house. OOPS, you aren't supposed to know that!</span></div><div><br>On Feb 18, 2017, at 05:33, Tom Consodine via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span><br><span>I think you need a different cable. It sounds like you are trying to </span><br><span>feed USB to the radio. The radio doesn't have USB.</span><br><span>I use a USB to RS-232 serial dongle then the radio cable converts </span><br><span>RS-232 to TTL.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Also be aware that Chirp does not work properly with the FT-7800R.</span><br><span>Some of the tone modes that the radio has are not supported in Chirp.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom ND5Y</span><br><span>On 02/17/2017 11:30 PM, Brian O' Martin wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>ok, Im not really good with computers. I have a yaseu ft 7800 and a hp</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>laptop with no serial ports. I have a ps2 male to ps2 male cable and a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ps2 to usb adapter. I had to run a virtual com port program and then</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp. I followed the on screen directions for my radio. I on the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>radio it says tx for 2 or 3 seconds and then error. the pc says</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cloneing, then error occured, unabe to communicate with radio. failed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to read header (0)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Im thinking its my com port. before i used the virtual port i look</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>under device manager and there is no section + ports. oh yea Im using</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>windows xp sp3 media version.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Please help.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>73's</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ke7azd</span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br><span>This message was sent to Jardy at <a href="mailto:jardy72@yahoo.com">jardy72@yahoo.com</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></div></body></html>