That pesky fake prolific chip sure causes a lot of problems. The cable works fine with an easy fix once you know the deal. Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 9:17 PM Jardy via chirp_users < [email protected]> wrote: > Use Device Manager to check if your cable shows up under Ports. If it > does, it will say which Comm Port to use. Then check under Driver. This > will tell you if you have a FTDI cable or a Prolific cable, and what driver > version is loaded. Unfortunately, most Prolific cables actually have a fake > Prolific chip in them. The cables work just fine if you roll back your > driver to 3.2.0.0. More info can be found at www.miklor.com under > drivers. > > This web site is a very good reference to the Baofeng radios a a bunch of > others, too. Spend some time on the website to learn all kinds of things > when it comes to radios. You do not need to buy a FTDI cable if you know > what to do with a Prolific cable. > > Jardy Dawson WA7JRD > Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies using the Universal > Translator. > > > On Jun 28, 2019, at 17:12, John Ulrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I haven’t used my UV-5R or the old PC used for it’s programming in some > time. I decided to download CHIRP to my Windows 10 PC and bring the UV-5R > back to life. After connection, CHIRP asks you to fill in the empty box > with a port number. I thought it would be something like Com3 or Com4. > Nope. I get error message 3, saying no such location. > I’m sure this is a newbie issue but I can’t find a solution. Anything to > do with Windows 10? > > Thanks, > John W6LRM > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Jardy at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Dennis Wage at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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