Thanks! Somehow, I'm in!
I'll not go into all the issues and frustrations the lack of knowledge/information raised for me in this process. Suffice it to say that 'simple instructions' leave a lot of stuff out which is vital for the non-tech Chuck K7CFB On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:23 PM Jim Unroe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 7:11 PM Chuck Barnett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > If you don't already know which chip is in your programming cable, > then your best course of action is to download and install all the > drivers for the most common USB-to-Serial chips (FTDI, Silicon Labs, > WCH and Prolific). They are all available from links on the miklor.com > website. > > https://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php > > Then when you plug your programming cable, the chip will be detected, > the correct driver will load and you will be able to access Device > Manager to see which chip it is and what COM port has been assigned to > the programming cable by the driver. Then the only additional thing > will be if the chip is a Prolific type, you will have to install and > select the older Prolific v3.2.0.0 driver. > > Jim KC9HI > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > 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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