Bug #6647: Baofeng UV-9R - CHIRP

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Bug #6647

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Baofeng UV-9R

Added by Jack Franklin over 4 years ago. Updated about 3 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

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Category:

Target version:

chirp-legacy

Start date:

03/27/2019

Due date:

% Done:

Estimated time:

Chirp Version:

daily

Model affected:

Baofeng UV-9R

Platform:

MacOS

Debug Log:

I read the instructions above:

Description

I have a UV-9R with a Baofeng cable. This is a waterproof radio so it has a different cable than the UV-82L radios I have been programming. My issue is that I cannot seem to communicate with the UV-9R. I am doing all of this on a MAC but have VM Ware and have tried it from that side as well but still nothing. Originally I had a similar issue when I first started programming these radios but I found a blog that suggested a different cable and that fixed the problem. I'm hoping that this is the same thing. I am also using CHIRP and it works great on the UV-82Ls. Any help with this would be great.

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Updated by Jim Unroe over 4 years ago

Status changed from New to Feedback

Jack,

The UV-9R is alread supported as shown in the Supported Radio Models list on the "CHIRP home page":https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home.

UV-82WP <- choose this Also includes the UV-5RWP Also includes the UV-9R <- your radio

Jim KC9HI

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Updated by Bernhard Hailer over 3 years ago

Target version set to chirp-legacy
Model affected changed from (All models) to Baofeng UV-9R
Platform changed from Windows to MacOS

Have you been able to resolve this on your own since you submitted this?

This looks indeed like a cable / driver / connector issue. Please refer to these Wiki articles:
CableGuide
CableGuide FTDI OEM Cables
[RTSystemsCablesAndMavericks]
If there's no solution to be found in any of them, please read: How To Report Issues and provide a debug log. Thank you!

Windows notes: If you are using a generic cable with a Prolific chip, you will very likely need to downgrade your driver to version 3.2.0.0.
It can be found at http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
MacOS notes: this OS is apparently very picky about USB to Serial cables. From what I heard, only (genuine) FTDI-based cables can be made work.
You must have the KK7DS Python runtime for Mac OSX installed.
Linux notes: Linux generally is quite good with USB to Serial converter drivers.

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