The cable I have ends in a female DB9 and physically connects to the radio 
fine. One thing I observed was when I entered the Radio Download menu it keyed 
my Flex 6600; there's no reason for that as the Flex doesn't have that COM port 
in its CAT list. I've shut down the Flex and all other apps and rebooted the 
computer with the TM-D700 on and the FTDI cable connected at both ends. This 
time the Radio Download action in Chirp resulted in the fan coming on for about 
2 minutes on the TM-D700, and then still no results on the screen. Could you 
tell me how to generate a debug log? I've enabled Developer mode but that menu 
is still grayed out even after restarting Chirp.

Thanks,
Mark

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Subject: Re: [chirp_users] No Download from Kenwood TM-D700a

> I have the Kenwood TM-D700A powered on and connected to my computer via a 
> BlueMax49ers FTDI cable. Chirp correctly identifies the COM port confirmed as 
> the FTDI cable in Device Manager. The Radio à Download from Radio menu 
> selection opens the popup with the COM port, make, and model selections all 
> available. Clicking OK results in the FTDI lights blinking for a few seconds 
> and then nothing. What’s missing where there’s no download of the radio’s 
> memory, which has most all memory slots filled with something? 

Hard to say without a debug log (in a bug). I don't think you're missing 
anything, assuming that the radio is set to be controlled by the PC and you 
have proper cabling. The D700 is weird because it has a male DE9 on the front. 
IIRC, you need a gender changer but *not* a NULL modem to interface it to a 
normal PC DCE serial port. The hang you're seeing is the driver trying to 
quickly probe the baud rate of the radio, and I'm assuming, getting no 
response. But, if your cabling is indeed right a debug log will tell us if 
something else is happening.

--Dan

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