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I reprogram my Baofeng HTs all the time not sure why you can’t….<br><br>Sent using the free mail.com iPhone Appki<br><br>On 7/16/23 at 12:26 PM, James Howell wrote:
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From: "James Howell" <howelljames1153@gmail.com><br>Date: July 16, 2023<br>To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com><br>Cc: <br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2
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<div dir="auto">Boafeng can’t be reprogrammed once you program them it is set</div>
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<div style="line-height:1;padding:0.5em">Years ago, I bought a 5 dollar cable to program my Baofeng. It didn't work. I was informed many cloned FTDI cables don't work.<br>I bought the Baofeng cable, about $20 at the time. Always works. <br><br>--<br>Sent from my Android phone with <a href="http://mail.com" target="_blank">mail.com</a> Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</div>
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I tried under Windows 10, which reports the cable as being COM5. I could not connect to the radio. Now I've tried on another laptop running Ubuntu 22.04LTS. Still no dice. The "Help me" under port says "Your cable appears to be on port: FT231X USB UART - FT231X USB UART (/dev/ttyUSB0)"
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Maybe the cable is bad?
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>> wrote:
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How are COM Ports tested in Linux? I know in Windows, Device Manager can be used.
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Check comm ports. Usually 3 or 4. Should show the chip in your cable.
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I hear nothing. No sign that anything is being received.
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I get "Error reading data from radio" I'm using this cable: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG</a> It is plugged in all the way!
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I cannot find a debug.log There is no option for one in my CHIRP (CHIRP next-20230712 on Python 3.8.10 wxPython 4.0.7 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.0.4) And none is created in ~/.chirp While CHIRP is still running:
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joliver@blinky:~$ ls .chirp/
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<br>02:52:04 PM: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'backspace', accel string ignored.
<br>ERROR: Failed to clone: Error reading data from radio
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<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", line 369, in _rawrecv
<br> raise errors.RadioError("No data received from radio")
<br>chirp.errors.RadioError: No data received from radio
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<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/wxui/clone.py", line 68, in run
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<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", line 758, in sync_in
<br> data = _download(self)
<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", line 533, in _download
<br> _do_ident(radio, status)
<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", line 447, in _do_ident
<br> ident = _rawrecv(radio, 50)
<br> File "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", line 377, in _rawrecv
<br> raise errors.RadioError("Error reading data from radio")
<br>chirp.errors.RadioError: Error reading data from radio
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