<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Kenneth, for your time and help. Jim's instructions were enough to get me in.<div><br></div><div>This is the cable that D.J.J.Ring Jr. advised me to get in place of the other. Amazon had it for $22.xx. Until I looked at the listing more closely, just now, I had no idea what chip was in it. Now I see that the name contains FTDI. </div><div><br></div><div>"Once you have the correct driver loaded, plug your cable into a USB port, in Device Manager,</div>look under Ports (Comm and LPT) to find which port Windows has assigned to your cable."<div><br></div><div>I've looked in Device Manager several times in this process and have never seen Ports...</div><div>This last time, the only one that showed up when I clicked on the Find Radio or Download from Radio command was COM3, and no error messages. Then it started to clone</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, again!</div><div><br></div><div>Chuck K7CFB</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 5:00 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <<a href="mailto:kgordon2006@frontier.com" target="_blank">kgordon2006@frontier.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">On 6 Jun 2021 at 16:11, Chuck Barnett wrote:<br>
<br>
> Instructions ask and answer the question "My computer did not automatically install the driver..." <br>
> the Answer was to go to <a href="http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm</a> and download the latest FTDI <br>
> driver...<br>
<br>
That would ONLY be true IFF your cable contained the FTDI chip. <br>
<br>
Most cheap cables (under $20.00) usually contain the Prolific (trade name) chip, or a <br>
Chinese rip-off of it, and NOT the FTDI chip. Rarely, the cable could contain some other <br>
make of interface chip, as Jim Unroe mentioned<br>
<br>
If it contains the Prolific chip, you must download and install an older version of the driver for <br>
that chip when you are using Windows because the driver that Windows automatically loads <br>
for it won't work.<br>
<br>
> I found that search quite confusing. finally downloaded something called CH341ER.ZIP and <br>
> extracted and clicked on 64 bit setup and got a pop up which I couldn't manipulate.<br>
<br>
Yes. Windows does that. But there is a fairly simple way around that.<br>
<br>
> Opened Device manager and still cannot find com ports. Tho I see under "Other devices", <br>
> something called 'FT232R USB UART. Didn't get anywhere with that.<br>
> <br>
> This isn't going well.<br>
<br>
Yes. We can see that. You have to be somewhat more familiar with computer hardware and <br>
software, and with the internal workings of Windows than you presently are in order to do <br>
what you wish to do.<br>
<br>
Following Jim Unroe's advice would be an EXCELLENT place to start.<br>
<br>
Once you have the correct driver loaded, plug your cable into a USB port, in Device Manager, <br>
look under Ports (Comm and LPT) to find which port Windows has assigned to your cable.<br>
<br>
Click on the > symbol to the far left of the Ports entry to see your cable. <br>
<br>
If you can't easily determine which USB port Windows assigned to your cable, watch that <br>
Ports window, then unplug your cable, then look again at Ports. One in the list shown will <br>
have disappeared. That should tell you which one it is. Or you can plug your cable back in <br>
and look to see which one suddenly appears.<br>
<br>
Good luck.<br>
<br>
Ken W7EKB<br>
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