Bug #1145
closedChirp with Baofeng UV-R5 on Mac
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Description
I have a UV-R5 with a "real" USB <-> Serial Baofeng-brand cable (Prolific 2032 chip). I am able to sucessfully use Chirp for my Raspberry Pi (Debian), works just fine.
However, not so on my Mac. The USB <-> Serial interface is not showing up in Chirp, but it does show up in System Report on my iMac (OS X, 10.8.5). I've tried connecting it directly to one of the internal USB ports on the back, as well a on a powered USB hub. Neither works for me.
I have seen the thread on having a good, solid connection to the radio and the USB port, and I'm pretty sure I do. Any help is appreciated.
Updated by Tom Hayward over 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
If it works fine on one platform and not another, you are experiencing a driver bug. The Chirp code is identical and behaves identically between platforms.
This type of troubleshooting is best done over the mailing list, but a command you can run on OS X to list your serial ports is
ls /dev/cu*
You will likely see an emulated Bluetooth serial port and if you have the proper drivers installed you will see your Baofeng cable listed as well.