Looking in DEVICE MANAGER my cables show up as [image: image.png]
and the driver info [image: image.png] on Win 10 for either the AR-5 or BF888 I still get refusal to go into programming mode. will try the other radios in the sed. Carlton Noles ------------------- On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 4:20 PM Nicolas Pike <nico...@jetblackjelly.com> wrote: > Hi,BF888 etc > I was given one that would not program, took it apart and found the radio > speaker/mike sockets were not actually soldered on to the board... > Nicolas > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 21:06, Tycen Stafford <ty...@tycen.com> wrote: > >> What radio type did you pick in Chirp? Arcshell AR-5 are BF-888S clones. >> I have some Arcshell AR-6 and some other BF-888S clones and they all work >> well with Chirp if I use the BF-888S radio type. >> >> HOWEVER...I did run into this issue with some of my BF-888S radios (3 out >> of 6 from the same Amazon order): https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/4249 >> >> I have no problems with my counterfeit prolific cables on Mac for my >> other radios - I'm past that issue. But like Jim details in that ticket >> (thanks Jim! - https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/4249#note-12) there >> are some BF-888S radios out there that just won't work with the counterfeit >> Prolific cables (even if you've overcome the driver issue in general). >> >> So, my solution was to finally pony up the ~$20 and get a FTDI cable (I >> still use my cheap $5 counterfeit Prolific cables for the rest of my >> Baofeng's). >> >> Good luck, >> Tycen >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 12:37 PM Carlton Noles <carlton.no...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am attempting to program these radios and get "radio refuses to enter >>> programming mode" when trying to download hte config from the radio. >>> >>> newbie if you couldn't tell >>> >>> Carlton Noles >>> ------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> chirp_users mailing list >>> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>> This message was sent to Tycen at ty...@tycen.com >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Nicolas at nico...@jetblackjelly.com >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Carlton Noles at carlton.no...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com
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