New Model #2583
openPofung BF-F9+TP
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I have the same cable I've used for a billion other Baofeng radios and I have tried the UV-5R selection as well as the BF-F8HP selection (since this one also has three power levels). It will not accept programming from any of them, nor will it allow me to download the info from the radio. I have tried all sorts of things involving ports, the cable being plugged in at certain times, factory reset of the radio, or whatever. I have spent two weeks working on this and it absolutely won't work. I am using the latest daily build and I keep updating it with every version and it still won't work.
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Updated by Jim Unroe almost 9 years ago
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Ben,
What error message are you getting?
Attach a debug.log file.
Jim KC9HI
Updated by Ben Anderson almost 9 years ago
Jim Unroe wrote:
Ben,
What error message are you getting?
Attach a debug.log file.Jim KC9HI
An error has occurred
Radio did not respond
The same error I get if I choose the wrong model radio or don't have a radio plugged in.
I don't know where to find the debug.log file, sorry. I'm on a Mac.
Updated by Jim Unroe almost 9 years ago
Ben,
That error is usually an indication that the 2-pin plug is not fully connected with the radio. On some of the new Bofeng/Pofung radios, you have to press on the plug or even twist it slightly one direction or the other to make good contact internally.
The "How To Report Issues":http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_to_report_issues page has instructions for finding the debug.log file for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Jim KC9HI
Updated by Ben Anderson almost 9 years ago
Jim Unroe wrote:
Ben,
That error is usually an indication that the 2-pin plug is not fully connected with the radio. On some of the new Bofeng/Pofung radios, you have to press on the plug or even twist it slightly one direction or the other to make good contact internally.The "How To Report Issues":http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_to_report_issues page has instructions for finding the debug.log file for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Jim KC9HI
As mentioned in my original ticket, I have already tried seating/unseating/reseating the plug and every possible application of force to the plug to make a connection. I am aware of this issue from previous Baofeng radios and I assure you this is not what is causing the problem.
My debug.log is attached.
Updated by Ben Anderson almost 9 years ago
Here is another debug.log, all I did was load CHIRP, attempt to download from the radio using the UV-5R profile (which failed), attempt again using the BF-F8HP profile (which also failed), then closed CHIRP.
Updated by Jim Unroe almost 9 years ago
Ben,
This is a cable/connection problem. CHIRP is sending the radio the command to start the cloning process but it not getting no response back from the radio.
This is most likely a poor connection to the radio, an incompatible driver, a defective cable or defective radio.
Jim KC9HI
Updated by Ben Anderson almost 9 years ago
Got it working. It's not a problem with the cable, that's for sure, and the port on the radio works with the shoulder mic so I don't think it's the radio either. I got it working but only by purposely tricking the software.
I noticed that when I tried to download from the radio using the (incorrect) UV-5R option, the first attempt gave me the "radio did not respond" error but a second attempt would give me a "wrong radio model" error. This meant that it was making some sort of connection with the radio, else it wouldn't know it was a different model. So, I tried downloading using the UV-5R option to get the "radio did not respond error" and then immediately tried to download again, but this time using the (correct) BF-F8HP option. Success!
I had to do the same thing to upload. After making a file for the radio, I once again attempted to download using the (incorrect) UV-5R option to get the "radio did not respond" error and then attempted to UPLOAD using the (correct) BF-F8HP option. This worked as well.
I did try to download/upload using the BF-F8HP model in hopes that the second time it would be successful, but this didn't work. The ONLY way I could upload was by selecting the UV-5R option and attempting a download, then correcting it to the BF-F8HP option and either uploading or downloading, whichever I was trying to do.
So, it seems pretty clear to me this indicates there is a bug in the software. I hope this information helps you find and fix it. I did include my debug.log file, but it's pretty loooooong.