<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for the info. You are correct that something is intermittent. I followed the steps here: <a href="https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2013/11/how_to_install_the_baofeng_usb_programming_cable_and_software_1.html">https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2013/11/how_to_install_the_baofeng_usb_programming_cable_and_software_1.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>and managed to get the download from the UV-5R working once. But after disconnecting, rebooting and trying again, I am no longer able to download from the radio getting <br></div><div>[Errno 16] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: <br></div><div>[Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/dev/ttyUSB0'</div><div><br></div><div>The output of <br></div><div>$ users <br></div><div>kheong</div><div><br></div><div>and <br></div><div><br></div><div>$ groups</div><div>kheong adm dialout cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare</div><div><br></div><div>I don't have access to anybody else's cable, I'm in Singapore right and I don't know any ham's around here. I'm thinking to buy another cable, but with this corona virus thing, it may take a long time for merchandise to arrive from China. <br></div><div><br></div><div>This setup, (the radios and cable) I bought many years ago and I was able to get it working back then on a different computer. But then I put it into storage until this COVID-2019 thing flared up recently causing people to panic-buying and I felt I should get my radios out of the closet and make sure everything is working properly again. Maybe after sitting in storage so long, the cable has deteriorated....</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:35 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net">n1ea@arrl.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>The problem with Prolific chip sets only affects Windows users.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Something's intermittent.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can you borrow someone's USB cable? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Send us the output of the command:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">users</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It should include dialout in that line as <span style="font-family:sans-serif">/dev/ttyUSB0 belongs to users in that group.</span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">73</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">DR</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">N1EA <br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 02:53 Kheong Sann CHAN <<a href="mailto:kheongsann@gmail.com" target="_blank">kheongsann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I read here: <a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php</a></div><div>that I need to use an old version of the USB driver to work with the Prolific chip set that I have in my cable. That web page gives details on what to do for Windows, but I couldn't find anything for Ubuntu. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone know how to make sure I am using the correct driver for Ubuntu 16.04, and how to get the correct driver if it isn't?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Kheong.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 2:30 PM K 0 L N Y Glenn <<a href="mailto:glennervin@cableone.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">glennervin@cableone.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Some folks have to trim off some of the plastic
allowing the connectors to go in further.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Glenn</font></div>
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CHAN</a> </div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] chirp
connecting to UV-5R from Ubuntu 16.04 on Lenovo Carbon X1</div>
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<div>Thanks for reply. <br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I've pushed the cable in at full-strength (into the UV-5R). When I got
those results.</div></div><br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 2:03 PM Jardy via
chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>>
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<div>Push the cable in VERY firmly, and try again. <br><br>
<div dir="ltr">Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
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<div>Message sent my....Oh, who the heck cares, anyway? Could be my
shoelaces, as far as I care!</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Feb 16, 2020, at 21:58, Kheong Sann CHAN <<a href="mailto:kheongsann@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kheongsann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div>
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<div>I'm trying to connect to a UV-5R using a USB cable that was bought
some time (maybe 5-10 years) ago, using chirpw on ubuntu 16.04.<br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The tty port is found when I plug it in:<br></div>
<div>$ dmesg | grep tty<br>[ 7527.188154] usb 1-2: pl2303 converter now
attached to ttyUSB0<br>[ 7548.490452] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now
disconnected from ttyUSB0</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>$ la /dev/ttyU*<br>crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb 17 13:49
/dev/ttyUSB0</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>When I start chirpw and try to download from radio, the error is not
consistent, it depends on whether I've tried it before or not. Sometimes I
get the error: <br></div>
<div>[Errno 16] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: <br></div>
<div>[Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/dev/ttyUSB0'</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>and /dev/ttyUSB0 disappears.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Another time after I unplugged and replugged the USB cable and
restarted chirpw, /dev/ttyUSB0 reappears and when I try to download from
radio I get:</div>
<div>[Errno 5] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: <br></div>
<div>[Errno 5] Input/output error: '/dev/ttyUSB0'</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Any advice on how to troubleshoot this?<br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Kheong.</div>
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