Re: Programming software communication issue
Brian,
I concur with Doug's (VK2XLJ) statement with recent experience with the same issue.
Before Christmas, the workstation I used for programming was working fine. This workstation is Windows 10, but is generally only used for radio Ham related work / logging / etc, so nothing new had been installed (other than a major Windows update coming through)
In February, I ran into USB driver hell with both the Chirp Software and the DMR software, both not working correctly with the comm port. I was fortunate here with both apps not working, and using different methods/drivers of using the USB ports, it gave me
a clue that a Windows update had clobbered the driver. I believe it was the last major Windows 10 update (not one of the smaller patch Tuesday updates)
Main thing was to locate the remove the broken driver, various reboots and re-installing the original working driver(s) - once I did this software was working again, but it was several hours that I won't get back.
Now it is very possible these drivers may be poorly written, or they are not being kept up to date with Microsoft's security or framework requirements (remember many of these drivers hail from 2018 or earlier), so it may not just be Microsoft's fault, but this
sort of issue is pushing more and more people to setup Linux PC's for this sort of work.
Regards
Bob
(VK1ED)
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Prog your radios on another PC that doesn't have Win10/11. As Win 10/11 will automatically update drivers, the previous editions don't.
Hi all. I purchased a baofeng a couple of years ago as a backup to my Anytone. I wanted to add some frequencies to it this week, which I haven¡¯t done in a couple of years, and it won¡¯t communicate with my windows PC. It used to
work fine with the programming software. The only thing that has changed is my computer has had Window updates over the years and now running Windows 10.
I saw some info about old divers or cables not working on newer Window versions? Any thought on fix?
Brian
W2BRM
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Re: Programming software communication issue
I had the same issue with Windows 11, I installed this driver and it sorted it, you need to install an earlier version of the prolific driver
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Re: Programming software communication issue
Prog your radios on another PC that doesn't have Win10/11. As Win 10/11 will automatically update drivers, the previous editions don't.
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Hi all. I purchased a baofeng a couple of years ago as a backup to my Anytone. I wanted to add some frequencies to it this week, which I haven¡¯t done in a couple of years, and it won¡¯t communicate with my windows PC. It used to work fine with
the programming software. The only thing that has changed is my computer has had Window updates over the years and now running Windows 10.
I saw some info about old divers or cables not working on newer Window versions? Any thought on fix?
Brian
W2BRM
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Programming software communication issue
Hi all. I purchased a baofeng a couple of years ago as a backup to my Anytone. I wanted to add some frequencies to it this week, which I haven¡¯t done in a couple of years, and it won¡¯t communicate with my windows PC. It used to work fine with the programming software. The only thing that has changed is my computer has had Window updates over the years and now running Windows 10. I saw some info about old divers or cables not working on newer Window versions? Any thought on fix? Brian W2BRM
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Re: Removal of offline symbol DM-1701
Thanks for the response Don, I cant find anything in the manual or online about it, all it says is that it indicates the channel is offline, the cps does not give any clues either, it does change but only when you put a negative or positive offset in the channel info, the blue arrow, the minus and the plus symbol, i'll have a look and see if its something staring me in the face, It's strange as it's only this one frequency, I double and treble checked the slot and colour code and I also get the same info on receiving that frequency on my whistler TRX2, as i say its a weird one because if i program the channel as simplex the blue arrow appears and if i TX the scanner receives it and i can hear, but i can hear a response on my scanner and the 1701 green led lights up but no sound from the 1701. these things are sent to try us,,lol
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Re: Removal of offline symbol DM-1701
Colin, Sorry no one has replied to this. Probably there is no one here who has that radio or, if they have it, they don't know how to do what you're asking to do. On my Anytone, I don't know how the DMR works. I am using a code plug made by my brother, who understands these things, but I would have no way of knowing how to change anything except on FM only channels. It's a shame that DMR and D-Star weren't made to be much simpler to set up. Once set up, it's not all that difficult to operate. Well, D-Star is a bit more complicated than DMR, I think, to operate once it's set up. Donald KX8K On Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:36:53 -0800, "colin Grocutt via groups.io" <M0byw@...> wrote: Hi, I'm struggling with turning off the offline symbol on the 1701, its that little blue arrow at the top right of the screen on the right of the encryption icon, Reason i ask is because i programmed a frequency into the radio, the slot was correct and the colour code was correct, but although i can see activity on the screen i cannot hear anything, the weird part is, if i change the tx frequency and leave the rx frequency on the channel i want to hear, then i can hear the chat, doing that also makes the blue arrow icon change to a minus, I take it because the radio channel is now set as a repeater style one, I just want to turn off the offline icon so i can talk on the channel as well, so wanted to know how to do it, i have looked in all the radio settings and in the CPS settings and there is nothing i can see,, any help appreciated.
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Baofeng UV-18 Pro Max GPS Air Band Horrible RX
I have UV-18 Pro Max GPS I am convinced it is genuine, color screen, large numbers, deep voice in the menu with the ability to create zones in memory is the correct radio. But I am disappointed because the AM (Wide) Air Band mode sounds Horrible, hoarse, saturated, strong signals are heard saturated, almost nothing is understood. I really like the style of this radio. I have the UV-17 Pro GPS, reception is completely understandable, crystal sound is received very nice in AM mode. I imagined that having so much similarity in terms of firmware (when both radios are turned on, the screen looks like two drops of water) that it would have the same reception but that is not the case. Any comments are welcome.
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Radius: 100
Firmware: Ver1.03
Hardware:1.30
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Removal of offline symbol DM-1701
Hi, I'm struggling with turning off the offline symbol on the 1701, its that little blue arrow at the top right of the screen on the right of the encryption icon, Reason i ask is because i programmed a frequency into the radio, the slot was correct and the colour code was correct, but although i can see activity on the screen i cannot hear anything, the weird part is, if i change the tx frequency and leave the rx frequency on the channel i want to hear, then i can hear the chat, doing that also makes the blue arrow icon change to a minus, I take it because the radio channel is now set as a repeater style one, I just want to turn off the offline icon so i can talk on the channel as well, so wanted to know how to do it, i have looked in all the radio settings and in the CPS settings and there is nothing i can see,, any help appreciated.
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Re: Baofeng UV18 Pro Max Wont Power Off
Thanks Bob, already tried?that as well. No joy.
Hi Phil,? Just googled your radio and found a utube comparison between UV18PROMAX, UV17 GPS and 1 other. The interesting bit was just before 10.00 minutes he was talking about in the settings - screen there is a setting , " always on ". ?I'll try and find the link to it for you. Not sure if it only applys to the screen.? Bob
Tried that already and same thing happened again.
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Re: Baofeng UV18 Pro Max Wont Power Off
Hi Phil,? Just googled your radio and found a utube comparison between UV18PROMAX, UV17 GPS and 1 other. The interesting bit was just before 10.00 minutes he was talking about in the settings - screen there is a setting , " always on ". ?I'll try and find the link to it for you. Not sure if it only applys to the screen.? Bob
Tried that already and same thing happened again.
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Re: Baofeng UV18 Pro Max Wont Power Off
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Baofeng UV18 Pro Max Wont Power Off
Got this about a week ago and powers on fine but wont power off when I switch off; it will happily drain the battery even when I switch the power off, and the radio remains on.
Any suggestions?
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BTW: Happy New Year To All On The Group.
Unlike the Baofeng UF-17 which has a a Unofficial "CPS Unofficial Build 124j" which make it a good workable radio the(Sister like) Radioddity GC-5 has Many shortcomings (like Its LOCKED) It Looks Like it will become another Radioddity Orphan Radio unlike the Radiodiity GD-77 which has a fantastic support and Freeware firmware that make it a Fun DMR/Analog radio.
Unlike the UF-17,I have Searched and Found No "Build" that would firstly Open Up the GC-5 and? clean up the "foibles"
Any one on the group have any Information on this Radio and any "Unofficial" Builds?
Best Regards.
Steve
AB2ET? ?
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Re: Baofeng DM-1701 display colour
I don't see what Donald, the software from the radioddity site is the baofeng firmware, I'm? not sure why it's on the radioddity site though, even going to baofengs site gives you the exact same firmware, I did think maybe it could be remnants of the GD77 firmware remaining in the radio that wasn't cleared or over written, but thats just an assumption, maybe if i reflashed the radio back to GD77, changed the colour and then flashed it back to the original baofeng firmware may do something, It's just a thought, I may give it a try if I cannot find a solution, as I said, the radios work fine, it's just the colour. lol
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Re: Baofeng DM-1701 display colour
Hi Tony, I don't know how do do this bud, There is no reset on the radios menu nor is there anything in the manual, I did try google but came up with nothing either.
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Re: Baofeng DM-1701 display colour
You may wish to try resetting the radio to factory defaults before flashing the replacement firmware.
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Re: Baofeng DM-1701 display colour
Colin . . . On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:40:51 -0800, "colin Grocutt via groups.io" <M0byw@...> wrote: Can anyone throw any light on it as i've looked in the programming software and in the firmware software .ini file to see if there is a setting to alter the display colour, but i cannot find anything. Is it possible that the Baofeng has something different inside from the Radioddity radio so that the firmware can't support what you're wanting from the radio? Donald KX8K ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
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Doug J
W2BRM Brian