I've had issues using a Retevis-branded programming cable, too, although in
my case, the problem was on Windows! It's always been a bit of a challenge
to find a Prolific USB/Serial driver version that actually works with a
given Prolific-based programming cable, but under Windows 11, it pretty
much seems none of the drivers work. I would have expected you to have had
more success under Linux than Windows!

Regardless, using a FTDI-based cable should be much more reliable. I've had
no issues with mine. I would imagine that using BlueMax49ers from France
won't be particularly easy or cheap, but you should be able to find a few
FTDI programming cables on Amazon (I got mine from Amazon UK). Yes, they
are approaching twice the price of the Prolific cables, but they do
work....which makes them a lot more valuable in my opinion. The cable I
bought had the description "DTech USB Programming Cable FTDI Chip for
BaoFeng UV-5R BF-F8HP UV-82HP UV-82 BF-888S H777 TH Series K1 Kenwood 2 Pin
Connector Two Way Ham Radio Cord" - just ensure it states that it uses the
FTDI USB to serial converter chip.

Good luck.

Adam


On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 at 15:39, Dan Smith via Users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: new full-speed USB device number
> 11 using xhci_hcd
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: device descriptor read/64, error
> -32
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: device descriptor read/64, error
> -32
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: new full-speed USB device number
> 12 using xhci_hcd
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: device descriptor read/64, error
> -32
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9.4: device descriptor read/64, error
> -32
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:17 2024] usb 1-9-port4: attempt power cycle
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: new full-speed USB device number
> 13 using xhci_hcd
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: Device not responding to setup
> address.
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: Device not responding to setup
> address.
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: device not accepting address 13,
> error -71
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: new full-speed USB device number
> 14 using xhci_hcd
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:18 2024] usb 1-9.4: Device not responding to setup
> address.
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:19 2024] usb 1-9.4: Device not responding to setup
> address.
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:19 2024] usb 1-9.4: device not accepting address 14,
> error -71
> > [sam. 17 août 11:22:19 2024] usb 1-9-port4: unable to enumerate USB
> device
> >
> > Have you any idea how can I get the communication between my computer
> and the radio is possible with Linux ?
>
> This means the drivers in linux are not recognizing the chip in your
> cable. That makes this not a CHIRP problem.
>
> Many of the chinese manufacturers (yes even the radio OEMs) use
> counterfeit or otherwise undesirable chipsets in their cables, and are a
> constant challenge.
>
> > I also checked https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide
> and i think i need a specific cable but not sure to understand well
>
> Regardless of the OS, you want an FTDI-based cable from BlueMax49ers and
> all your problems will go away. This cable will work for almost all the
> chinese radios out there that use the kenwood style plug:
>
>
> https://bluemax49ers.com/product-explorer/retevis-ra89-ftdi-programming-cable-pc28/
>
> --Dan
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