I got the cable, plugged it in and nothing. went to the www.baofengtech.com/download page and grubbed around there awhile and figured out that I was to download CHIRP, which I alread had. Did that anyway. Nothing. Instructions ask and answer the question "My computer did not automatically install the driver..." the Answer was to go to http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm and download the latest FTDI driver... I found that search quite confusing. finally downloaded something called CH341ER.ZIP and extracted and clicked on 64 bit setup and got a pop up which I couldn't manipulate. Opened Device manager and still cannot find com ports. Tho I see under "Other devices", something called 'FT232R USB UART. Didn't get anywhere with that.
This isn't going well. Help? On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 11:01 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Please say which operating system, you are using. > > If you're using Windows, usually the problem is your USB cable uses a > counterfeit chip and Windows automatically upgrades the driver which then > will no longer work for counterfeit chips. Check "Device Manager" to see if > you have unrecognized USB serial port devices, if you do "roll back the > driver" and it should work at least temporarily. (Cure is to buy a USB to > serial port device with FTDI chip set like this one: > https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00HUB0ONK/) > > 73 > David > N1EA > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 7:12 PM Chuck Barnett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I can't get it to work. hangs up looking for a com port... ?? >> >> -- >> *Chuck Barnett* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 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 Chuck Barnett at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] -- *Chuck Barnett* (425) 530-0328
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