<div dir="ltr"><div>It&#39;s a USB cable, and shows up as /dev/ttyUSB0  There&#39;s even a green light on the cable that turns on!</div><div><br></div><div>This is an FTDI cable.  I&#39;m running Ubuntu 20.04LTS  <br></div><div><br></div><div>/var/log/kern.log.1:Jul 15 14:37:25 blinky kernel: [784841.691583] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio<br>/var/log/kern.log.1:Jul 15 14:37:25 blinky kernel: [784841.691733] ftdi_sio 2-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected<br>/var/log/kern.log.1:Jul 15 14:57:41 blinky kernel: [    4.155316] usbcore: registered new interface driver ftdi_sio<br>/var/log/kern.log.1:Jul 15 14:57:41 blinky kernel: [    4.155391] ftdi_sio 2-2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 9:30 AM Rich Gilbertson &lt;<a href="mailto:na7rg@email.com">na7rg@email.com</a>&gt; 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 style="word-break:break-word"><div style="line-height:1;padding:0.5em">Check comm ports. Usually 3 or 4. Should show the chip in your cable.<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><div style="line-height:1;padding:0.3em"><div>On 7/16/23, 9:27 AM John Oliver &lt;<a href="mailto:jnojr1@gmail.com" target="_blank">jnojr1@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0.8ex 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">

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   I hear nothing.  No sign that anything is being received.
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    On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:22 PM K0LNY &lt;glenn@ervin.email&gt; wrote:
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       <font size="2" face="Arial">Might the tuned frequency be receiving traffic while you are connected?</font>
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       If so, make sure it&#39;s on a quiet channel.
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       <b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:jnojr1@gmail.com" title="jnojr1@gmail.com" target="_blank">John Oliver</a> 
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       <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" title="chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> 
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       <b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 15, 2023 4:54 PM
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       <b>Subject:</b> [chirp_users] Can&#39;t connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2
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        I get &quot;Error reading data from radio&quot;  I&#39;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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        In the terminal I launched CHIRP:
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        <br>joliver@blinky:~$ ./.local/bin/chirp
        <br>02:52:04 PM: Debug: Unrecognized accel key &#39;backspace&#39;, accel string ignored.
        <br>ERROR: Failed to clone: Error reading data from radio
        <br>Traceback (most recent call last):
        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py&quot;, line 369, in _rawrecv
        <br>    raise errors.RadioError(&quot;No data received from radio&quot;)
        <br>chirp.errors.RadioError: No data received from radio
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        <br>During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
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        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/wxui/clone.py&quot;, line 68, in run
        <br>    self._fn()
        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py&quot;, line 758, in sync_in
        <br>    data = _download(self)
        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py&quot;, line 533, in _download
        <br>    _do_ident(radio, status)
        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py&quot;, line 447, in _do_ident
        <br>    ident = _rawrecv(radio, 50)
        <br>  File &quot;/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py&quot;, line 377, in _rawrecv
        <br>    raise errors.RadioError(&quot;Error reading data from radio&quot;)
        <br>chirp.errors.RadioError: Error reading data from radio
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