On 05/09/2019 00:00, Jim Unroe wrote: > On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 6:14 PM Nick G4IRX <g4i...@nowindows.net> wrote: >> On 04/09/2019 22:02, Jim Unroe wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:49 PM Nick G4IRX <g4i...@nowindows.net> wrote: >>>> On 04/09/2019 21:08, Jim Unroe wrote: >>>>>> Hi Jim, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately neither of those models work. >>>>>> >>>>>> BTech/UV-5X3 = "Error reading data from radio: not the amount of data we >>>>>> want." >>>>>> >>>>>> Radioddity/UV-5RX3 = "Radio did not respond" >>>>>> >>>>>> Nick. >>>>> Then you most likely have a driver/cable issue to solve. >>>>> >>>>> If you are running Windows and bought a cheap programming cable >>>>> manufactured with a Prollific chip, have you downloaded, installed and >>>>> selected the older Prolific V3.2.0.0 device driver? The device driver >>>>> that is automatically installed by Windows is crippled when used with >>>>> a counterfeit Prolific chip >>>> I'm familiar with the above issue. Chirp and the programming cable (FTDI >>>> USB serial adaptor and Kenwood compatible cable) work fine with >>>> everything else I have and is set to COM4. >>>> >>>>> Does the factory programming software work? >>>> So far I've not managed to find this anywhere. I've contacted the seller >>>> and awaiting their response. https://baofengradio.co.uk is the site >>>> where I saw some of the software available but it's offline today. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help so far Jim. >>>> >>>> 73, Nick. >>>> >>> I would try the Radioddity website. Choose the programming software >>> for the UV-5RX3. >>> >>> https://www.radioddity.com/pages/baofeng-download >>> >>> The UV-5R factory software should also work. There is no difference in >>> the cloning protocol between a UV-5RX3 type radios and a UV-5R and >>> both use the same driver. It just doesn't have support for editing 220 >>> MHz frequencies. >>> >>> Jim KC9HI >> Success! >> >> I finally managed to get Chirp to read it using the Baofeng A58 driver. >> It doesn't report the firmware version under settings->other settings >> but if I power on with the 3 key held down it displays >> >> Ver >> >> T60V02 >> >> I've not tried writing back yet though, I'd like to get hold of the >> manufacturer's software before I do that. Can I submit my .img file >> anywhere if it's of use to the developers? >> >> 73, Nick >> > Nick, > > Good detective work. That means the radio requires a different "magic" > and driver. > > Usually the reason that the "settings" tab doesn't show up is due to a > setting being out-of-range. Would you email your downloaded image to > me? I'll be able to use it to figure out what that setting is. > > Email: rock.un...@gmail.com >
Sent you an .img dump Jim. I downloaded the A58 software from 409shop.com. That will also read the radio although the file is in a different format to Chirp and it's installed as WP790I software, another different model! File dates are 2014. 73, Nick. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to arch...@mail-archive.com at arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com
