<div><div dir="auto">Hello Rich,</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is Bob Burkett, K5DCZ</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have limited knowledge on this subject ... but, do have some experience programming the UV-5R.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The biggest problem I have had is having the right interface cable. Wrong cable ... no workee. A lot of the cheap knockoff cables just don’t work. Most of the cables are radio specific ... even with RT Systems software as well as CHIRP.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">CHIRP works fine for me with Windows 10.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto">Hope this helps</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bob Burkett K5DCZ</div><div dir="auto">972-839-9652</div><div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:MathIsFun.Bob@hmail.com">MathIsFun.Bob@hmail.com</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Canon City RGARC</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 1:54 PM Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 3:43 PM Rich Freeman <<a href="mailto:r-chirp@rich0.org" target="_blank">r-chirp@rich0.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I just purchased a UV-5R EX off of Amazon and am having trouble<br>
> getting it to communicate with CHIRP. The same hardware/software<br>
> config works just fine with my BF-F8HP. I get the problem whether I<br>
> select Raddiodity/UV-5R EX or Baofeng/UV-5R. This is on linux, and I<br>
> have the problem with the latest Mercurial commit as well as 20180906<br>
> and 20181018. I've also reproduced the problem on Windows, which also<br>
> communicates just fine with the BF-F8HP just fine. I just unplug the<br>
> one radio from the mic connection and plug in the other and it<br>
> starts/stops working, so I'm pretty certain it isn't a<br>
> driver/permissions/etc issue. This is with an FTDI-based USB cable.<br>
><br>
> The radio reports its firmware version (when holding down 3) as<br>
> BFS001. I couldn't tell you whether this is correct as it isn't<br>
> communicating with CHIRP so I'm not getting more than that.<br>
><br>
> I also tried fiddling with the baud settings on the serial device in<br>
> linux and it didn't make any difference.<br>
><br>
> Has anybody run into issues with newer radios? Is it possible there<br>
> was a firmware change not handled by the software?<br>
><br>
> I'm happy to debug or test patches/etc if helpful. The radio is just<br>
> in factory config so I don't really care about losing any settings as<br>
> long as it isn't bricked.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Rich<br>
<br>
Hi Rich,<br>
<br>
I would be helpful if you would share the exact error message or<br>
attach a debug.log file. Without that information I am going to guess<br>
that the connection between 2-pin plug of the programming cable is not<br>
fully connected to the socket of the radio. This is a common problem<br>
with these radios. No programming software can clone a radio without a<br>
full and working connection between the computer and radio. Sometimes<br>
the workaround can be as simple as pressing on the plug to make the<br>
connection to the socket during the cloning process.<br>
<br>
Jim KC9HI<br>
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