<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unsubscribe</span></p><br>Sent from Tom's iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 30, 2017, at 4:40 AM, Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:33 PM, Shon Edwards <<a href="mailto:sre.1966@gmail.com">sre.1966@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sorry, I haven't used the site for several years and can't remember how to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>find whether Chirp works for a specific radio, in this instance a Jingtong</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>JT-5988HP, a 12 W dual band HT, which I have a cable for, but have talked</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>several times with the company and they seem to be telling me if I don't</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have Windows 7 or earlier, it won't work.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Does anyone have any experience concerning this radio?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>73 de K6QT, Shon</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The CHIRP home/wiki page has an extensive list of "Supported Radio</span><br><span>Models". If you visit the CHIRP website and somehow don't land on the</span><br><span>home page (<a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com">chirp.danplanet.com</a>), then click the "Wiki" tab. I want to</span><br><span>say "you can't miss it", but for some reason many people do.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The programming cable itself is hardware and does not care which</span><br><span>operating system you are using. It is the device driver that</span><br><span>interfaces between the USB-to-Serial (UART) chip in the programming</span><br><span>cable and the operating system that must be compatible with both.</span><br><span></span><br><span>In the case where a programming cable contains a Prolific type UART,</span><br><span>the device driver that is automatically installed by Windows (for</span><br><span>nearly 10 years) is intentionally incompatible with counterfeit chips.</span><br><span>If the driver on the CD supplied will work with Windows 7, it will</span><br><span>work with Windows 10. It just has to be a Prolific device driver with</span><br><span>a version of v3.3.2.105 or before. But I recommend that you ignore the</span><br><span>driver CD provided by the vendor and get the Prolific v3.2.0.0 device</span><br><span>driver from a link on the <a href="http://miklor.com">miklor.com</a> website. Then follow the guide to</span><br><span>get it installed. This Windows Vista device driver from 2007 will work</span><br><span>with both counterfeit and genuine Prolific UART chips from Windows</span><br><span>Vista through Windows 10. You need v2.0.2.1 for Windows XP.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Jim</span><br><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 <a href="mailto:tbkell@mchsi.com">tbkell@mchsi.com</a> at <a href="mailto:tbkell@mchsi.com">tbkell@mchsi.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></blockquote></body></html>