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h1. +Mac OS X TIPS:+ MacOS Tips h1. Mac USB DRIVERS FOR: h2. FTDI cables: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm Version 1.5.1 is available Drivers for RT Systems Cables RT Systems has a FAQ article where they provide the Mac OS X on 64 bit, 32 bit and PPC machines. h2. Prolific cables - official drivers for the genuine Prolific cables: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/CustomerLogin.aspx Login as guest/ guest & look in the Support section. Specified to work with Mac OSX 10.6, 10.7, & 10.8. USB cables. http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/faq_template.cfm#MAC h2. Generic Prolific PL-2303 cables (counterfeit and/or “Generic”: For Lion (10.7.x) and Mountain Lion (10.8.x): http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio/ For Snow Leopard, Lion (maybe other OSX versions too): http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/ h2. RTSystems cables: https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/kb_results.asp?ID=9 http://www.rtsystems.us/downloads/MacDrivers/RTSystemUSBSerialDrivers.pkg.mpkg.zip h2. Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx Macintosh OSX Several users have reported that this open-source driver works for the Intel and PowerPC Platforms versions 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 them: h1. +TIPS:+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/ In many cases you need to connect the cable to the radio first, then power the radio on, while holding down some buttons. The exact procedure varies by radio. Some radios need to be put into a "clone" mode to transfer to PC, some radios may need to be configured to use the mic/speaker jacks for PC transfer instead of for the speaker/mic. The exact procedure varies by radio. You will need to download from the radio to CHIRP first, before uploading anything to the radio. CHIRP creates a template from the radio download so it knows how to talk to the radio. If you want to download from one radio and upload those settings to another radio, first download from each radio to a separate “tab” of CHIRP. Then copy/paste from one tab to the other & upload back the same radio that produced that tab. Do not try to upload to a radio directly from a tab that was not downloaded from that same radio. Many USB to serial cables include a counterfeit Prolific chip. This can cause connection problems because the official Prolific driver will ignore the counterfeit chip. Some people UV5R owners have reported success by using an older version of the Prolific driver, or a 3rd party driver. If you are using multiple USB cables, each will create a different “virtual port”, meaning that you will need to select the correct virtual port for your radio when connecting to your radio. CHIRP will give you this opportunity each time you download from the radio. If CHIRP won’t launch & run, you may have neglected to install the Python runtime. CHIRP needs that. http://www.d-rats.com/download/OSX_Runtime/ If your radio is not "Supported", you can try downloading the newest Daily Build to see if support was recently added. h1. TROUBLESHOOTING: You can verify that the drivers are installed & working by connecting the USB cable to your Mac, then running “System Profiler”, or “System Information” (found in /Applications/Utilities ). When the USB cable is connected and drivers correctly installed, the cable will show up in the USB section of the System Profiler. Another way to see that the driver is correctly installed is to open Terminal works for Lion (10.7.x) and type: @ls /dev/cu*@ It will return a list of virtual serial ports including something similar to: @/dev/cu.usbserial-A501XQ5I@ (suffix will vary) Mountain Lion (10.8.x): You may also type: @kextstat@ That will return a long list of kexts, including something similar to this at the bottom (most recently installed are listed last): @142 0 0xffffff7f81fc8000 0x8000 0x8000 com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.18) <112 32 5 4 3 1>@ Look at the CHIRP log for clues. @~/.chirp/debug.log@ Join the Mailing list & search the archives for similar problem reports & how they were resolved, and/or ask the group. Please include enough info about the problem and situation so the community will be able to help you. h2. CHIRP Beginners Guide: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio