Jim, I'll give it a try. In the process of returning the Valley FTDI cable now and nice to know I won't have to go the RT route even though I like them for my newer radios. Just don't want to spend that much on an older radio.
Mark On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 1:06 PM Jim Unroe <rock.un...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 3:06 PM Mark Smythe <mark.smy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Once I deleted old Chirp and reinstalled run as administrator I finally > got the window to select vendor and radio (Icom 2100H) after selecting > "download from radio". The port is defaulted to COM6 which is verified to > be the one selected in the FTDI driver. However when I click OK, I get "An > error has occurred - Failed to communicate with the radio. Unexpected > response from radio". It doesn't matter if I run Chirp normally or as > administrator.. same result. > > > > I read the beginners guide. The cable TRS plug is firmly seated in the > speaker jack, there is no antenna connected and I'm tuned to a clear > frequency. I have tried with squelch both open and closed and with volume > settings from 0 - 100%. > > > > At the bottom of Bug #1113 for a similar issue with Icom 2100H, I read: > "Some Icom radios are known to deny cooperation with FTDI cables (even > genuine ones). Please try a cable with a genuine Prolific chip. > > Unfortunately cables with fake "Prolific" chips make the vast majority > of cables on the market; genuine Prolific cables are on the more expensive > side." > > > > Can anyone confirm this to be the case? If so, who makes "genuine > Prolific cables"? > > > > Mark WA7URJ > > > > Programming cables with an unauthorized copy of a Prolific chip will > work, you just have to download, install and select the old Prolific > v3.2.0.0 device driver. This is exactly what I have been doing for > over 8 years. Since the majority of programming cables being supplied > with a radio being submitted for inclusion with CHIRP have been of the > unauthorized copy variety, I just keep the older device driver > installed and selected on the Windows computer that I program radios > with. > > I do have one rare programming cable sporting a genuine Prolific > USB-to-Serial chip. Back when I bought it, I used it to check all of > the Prolific device drivers that I could find in order to determine > which was the last available Prolific driver before they became > cripled. That turned out to be v3.3.2.105. It works great with CHIRP > but is incompatible with some OEM programming software. Falling back > to v3.2.0.0 was necessary to work with both. > > Page with link to V3.2.0.0 driver and instructions for installing and > selecting: https://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Mark Smythe at mark.smy...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >
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