Re: [chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Dan Smith via chirp_users
> Strange, I don't remember needing to do that for my FT-65. I did have a > Yaesu cable for it and am using Ubuntu so no driver silliness. The FT-4 derived radios (of which the FT-65 is) may be different in this regard, as they are very different than typical Yaesus in general (and I think bas

Re: [chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Dave Matthews
Strange, I don't remember needing to do that for my FT-65. I did have a Yaesu cable for it and am using Ubuntu so no driver silliness. Dave W2IJL On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > > Try just turning it on without going into c

Re: [chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Dan Smith via chirp_users
> Try just turning it on without going into clone mode. Then tell chirp to > connect. If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are correct it > should connect. No, that's not how Yaesu radios work. They have to be in clone mode and they require the user to do a coordinated dance to

Re: [chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Probably not the correct device driver for your cable or the wrong com port (assuming you're using Windows... you didn't say) > On 03/03/2023 14:07 EST Jim Overstreet wrote: > > > I have tried everything in the instructions and cannot get > Chirp to communicate with the radio. As per the inst

Re: [chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Dave Matthews
Try just turning it on without going into clone mode. Then tell chirp to connect. If the radio is supported by chirp and your drivers are correct it should connect. Your first action after connecting is to download an image from the radio. Dave W2IJL On Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 14:08 Jim Overstreet

[chirp_users] Need Help with Yaesu VX-3 and CHIRP

2023-03-03 Thread Jim Overstreet
I have tried everything in the instructions and cannot get Chirp to communicate with the radio.  As per the instructions, you turn the radio off, connect the USB cable, then turn on the radio while holding down the F/W key which puts the radio in CLONE mode which shows on the display.  Then, y