He's got the correct cable, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG for BTECH PC04 FTDI USB Programming Cable for BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2 He's just plugging it into the wrong jack in the back. The back has two jacks one says 'DATA" that's the one he needs to use.
See this: [image: BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2.jpg] He also doesn't seem to be using a updated version of chirp-next. 73 DR On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 5:32 PM John Wuest <[email protected]> wrote: > He doesn't have the correct cable. > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 4:58 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I reprogram my Baofeng HTs all the time not sure why you can’t…. >> >> Sent using the free mail.com iPhone Appki >> >> On 7/16/23 at 12:26 PM, James Howell wrote: >> >> From: "James Howell" <[email protected]> >> Date: July 16, 2023 >> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2 >> Boafeng can’t be reprogrammed once you program them it is set >> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:17 PM Rich Gilbertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> I bought the Baofeng cable, about $20 at the time. Always works. >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android phone with mail.com Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> On 7/16/23, 10:13 AM John Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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)" >>>> >>>> Maybe the cable is bad? >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rich, >>>>> How are COM Ports tested in Linux? I know in Windows, Device Manager >>>>> can be used. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:31 PM Rich Gilbertson <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Check comm ports. Usually 3 or 4. Should show the chip in your cable. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sent from my Android phone with mail.com Mail. Please excuse my >>>>>> brevity. >>>>>> On 7/16/23, 9:27 AM John Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I hear nothing. No sign that anything is being received. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 9:22 PM K0LNY <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi John, >>>>>>>> Might the tuned frequency be receiving traffic while you are >>>>>>>> connected? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If so, make sure it's on a quiet channel. >>>>>>>> HTH. >>>>>>>> Glenn >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> *From:* John Oliver <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 15, 2023 4:54 PM >>>>>>>> *Subject:* [chirp_users] Can't connect to BTECH UV-25X2-Gen2 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I get "Error reading data from radio" I'm using this cable: >>>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017MT7IFG It is plugged in all the >>>>>>>> way! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> joliver@blinky:~$ ls .chirp/ >>>>>>>> chirp.config stock_configs >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In the terminal I launched CHIRP: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> joliver@blinky:~$ ./.local/bin/chirp >>>>>>>> 02:52:04 PM: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'backspace', accel >>>>>>>> string ignored. >>>>>>>> ERROR: Failed to clone: Error reading data from radio >>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", >>>>>>>> line 369, in _rawrecv >>>>>>>> raise errors.RadioError("No data received from radio") >>>>>>>> chirp.errors.RadioError: No data received from radio >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/wxui/clone.py", >>>>>>>> line 68, in run >>>>>>>> self._fn() >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", >>>>>>>> line 758, in sync_in >>>>>>>> data = _download(self) >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", >>>>>>>> line 533, in _download >>>>>>>> _do_ident(radio, status) >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", >>>>>>>> line 447, in _do_ident >>>>>>>> ident = _rawrecv(radio, 50) >>>>>>>> File >>>>>>>> "/home/joliver/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirp/drivers/btech.py", >>>>>>>> line 377, in _rawrecv >>>>>>>> raise errors.RadioError("Error reading data from radio") >>>>>>>> chirp.errors.RadioError: Error reading data from radio >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> chirp_users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>>>>>>> This message was sent to K0LNY at [email protected] >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> To report this email as off-topic, please email >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> Searchable archive: >>>>>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> chirp_users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>>>>>>> This message was sent to John Oliver at [email protected] >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> To report this email as off-topic, please email >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> Searchable archive: >>>>>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing >>>>>>> list [email protected] >>>>>>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This >>>>>>> message was sent to Rich at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an >>>>>>> email to [email protected] To report >>>>>>> this email as off-topic, please email >>>>>>> [email protected] Searchable archive: >>>>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> chirp_users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>>>>> >>>>> This message was sent to D.J.J. 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