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I did not buy that software and expected the cable to show up as a usb serial port on my linux machine. Featuring the 2pin speakermicrophone connection common among kenwood, baofeng, tyt, and wouxun radios, this cable can be used to program radios from many different manufacturers. Windows, max osx, linux, and android works with the baofeng uv5rs, uv82s, bff8hp, uv5x3, uv82hp and more. If you purchased the baofeng uv series usb programming cable from buy two way radios, the driver for windows will be on the cd included with the cable in the usb cable driver folder. Dedicated to the programming and operation of the baofeng uvb5 b6 drivers, software, accessories. Everything related to baofeng radios, and other similar models. In short, its simply a matter of installing the correct cable driver the older prolific driver, plugging in the cable, and then choosing the correct driver in device manager. Install chirp for baofeng uv5r on linux or win10 one guy, one.
Baofeng uv5r drivers for win7 amateur radio stack exchange. Devicebaofeng uv5re usb driver for windows 7 i need usb driver for windows 7. Programming cable for baofeng uv3r only, not suitable for uv5r or uv82. Let me introduce you a simple tool for programming baofeng handhelds via a serial or usb programming cable. Btech mobile programming software is designed for windows operating systems. Links, info and utilities for the baofeng dm5r twoway dmr radio. The daily builds also enable new settings you can program, including setting the squelch. Software and usb drivers drivers and usb cables w graphics.
This is a list of popular articles, videos and other resources offering tips, tricks and other advice about the ins and outs of setup and operation of baofeng uv5r and other models of baofengpofung two way radios. Unfollow baofeng usb cable to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Works with the baofeng and kenwood portable radios requiring the 2pin kpg22 type connector. No monthly charges and there are no limits to any cable or satellite tv channels. Baofeng support your home page for everything baofeng. Baofeng ftdi usb cable recognized by os x yosemite 10. The last part being key to it working without issue. Programming with computer and software is easier, but has its problems. Usbserial programming cables for the baofeng radios can be found on ebay or other online sites. Devicebaofeng uv5re usb driver for windows 7 microsoft. The psr500 and psr600 both came with their own usb cable. Boafeng uv5r usb soundcard interface high on solder.
You can use it to build smart 3d parametric models by combining the anycad modeling language and parameter binding mechanism. Baofeng usb programming cable with driver cd gearbest. Build your own programming cable ham radio blog pd0ac. Cables with ftdi chipsets are compatible with all windows drivers. Third party cables are available for most radios with a range of costs and quality. This usb cable is an genuine brand new baofeng be aware of cable counterfeits that does not work. News just dropped in, so i have had no time yet to take a look at it. An expert to rs232 interface to usb for baofeng radio. Due to the wide variety of baofeng uv5r firmware versions, be sure you are using the correct one for your radio, either chirp, baofeng oem or baofeng vip or you will end up with a non working radio. A video i made on how to programme the baofeng uv5r with chirp software and also how to solve usbcom port issues.
I uploaded the win7 device drivers to the files section of the uv3r yahoo group, so join that group and they are there. Wouxun baofeng two way radio walkie talkie computer usb programming help and device driver support for windows xp windows 7 windows 8 windows 10 and macos. Miklor has an excellent tutorial which explains the situation with counterfeit prolific cables, and how to get the correct driver installed and working. Baofeng usb programming cable for baofeng two way radio uv. The mission of this site is to scour the web for all things baofeng and organize them into one central page so you can quickly and easily find what you need to get and stay on the air with your radio. Mac osx and linux users are recommended to use a virtual machine to run the btech programming software. Take a small screw driver and pry the open the case from the back where the cable enters. After the prolific driver is installed and the computer is restarted, the system should be able to read from the radio. Works with baofeng uv5r, uv82, uvb6 and bff9 dual band amateur radios. You can download the prolific driver for windows, mac and linux at. I even tried installing a recommended, older, driver for the pl2303 usb cable chipset. I could not get the baofeng software to work and ran into some issues with the usb cable driver and software access, so after finally.
Insert the cd and go to usb cable driver usb cable driver prolific 3. Baofeng usb radio programming cables rt systems, inc. Now i cannot upload files to my baofeng uv82 radio. When they work, they work well enough, although many hams have had issues with installing the right driver and figuring out which com port is in use. Usb driver for baofeng uv 5r best drivers database. There is no need to use any cd as the drivers automatically download through your operating system. This miklor web page does a good job of explaining the driver problem and giving some helpful advice. How to programme baofeng uv5r driver issues solved youtube. Handheld, dual band, ham radios are our specialty, but we also have radios for public service, emergency. Even though it is for a uv3r, the device driver is the same for the 3 and 5. I guess it has something to do power on the usb port but its kinda strange. Being a newbie to the ham radio hobby, i didnt want to invest several hundred or even thousands of dollars just starting out. Programming the very affordable baofeng uv5r also available as pofung uv5r dual band mobile radio can be quite complicated.
This free and opensource radio programming tool together with a usb programming cable makes setting up your radio a breeze. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Counterfeit radio programming cables and windows 10 if you have purchased a cheap programming cable for your radio from amazon, ebay, or another dealer, youve probably run into an issue where the cable initially wont work, and someone perhaps the vendor. Baofeng uv5r programming on linux life of a geek admin. Buy baofeng usb programming cable with driver cd, sale ends soon. Baofeng radio us is the authorized distributor of baofeng products, introducing new range of baofeng radios. Due to prolific usbserial chip clones found in generic usb programming cables, an older driver is required in lieu of the one supplied by windows. In addition, the product is covered by a 1 year manufacturers warranty which will be honored by us through our office in houston, tx. You can choose to watch satellite tv on your pc or laptop anywhere as long as there is an i. A list of baofeng how to and other helpful resources. Painless programming cable for baofeng, kenwood and wouxon. Counterfeit radio programming cables and windows 10.
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Btech pc03 ftdi genuine usb programming cable for btech, baofeng. In this blog post we will install chirp and a programming cable on windows 10 and linux ubuntumintdebian to work with the baofeng. However, if it does not, please follow the steps below in order to. Watch more than 3000 satellite tv channels on your pc. Now that i had the correct usb cable, i installed the latest daily build of chirp, which according to some posts i read was needed depended on the firmware build installed on the baofeng uv5r2. A driver cd containing software designed for the baofeng uv5r and uv3r. So far, do not exist any tool to program this talkie over gnulinux or macos, so the unique way is to do this over a windows environment can be virtualized. Anycad component designer is the 3d modeling and programming software, anycad component designer is the 3d modeling and programming software, which gives you the new concept to build 3d models.
It appears that many of the cheap baofeng usb programming cables use a clone of the prolific pl2303 chip that is not supported by the latest windows driver. Windows, max osx, and linux works with the baofeng uv5rs, uv82s, bff8hp, uv5x3, uv82hp and more. So, then i plugged the cable into my everyday workhorse, an. This is a collection of known resources for the popular uv5r and other models of baofeng two way radios. Baofeng pofung uvb6 uvb5 faq drivers software accessories. Baoclone baofeng programming utility ham radio blog pd0ac. Wouxun baofeng two way radio walkie talkie computer usb programming help and device driver support for. Once the radio is connected via the usb programming cable. If you need drivers or programming software please visit the manufacturers website. Twoway radios free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Also works with kenwood two pin radios, wouxun, puxing, weierwei, quansheng and other two way radios with a kenwood k1 connector. Locate the correct usb programming driver for your operating system. Baofeng programming software software free download.
Drivers are available which allow ftdi devices to work with the following operating systems. Sergey kk6abq made a new, simple programming tool for baofeng radios. Cable software baofeng software free download cable. I just updated my computer to windows 10 from windows 7. Once you have your usb cable all that is needed is to download. Programming your baofeng gt3 with the cable on windows 10. Baofeng tyt wouxun amateur ham radio usb programming. How to install the baofeng usb programming cable and software. Our baofeng radio software includes the most uptodate features and we have programs for updating each baofeng radio model. Discussion in general technical questions and answers started by iw2bsf, jun 20, 2016. Baofeng tech provides usb cables that plug into your computer windows, osx, linux and will work with your systems default drivers. The exception to this are the very low cost usb cables that come with many chinese radios that use a counterfeit prolific usb to serial chip that has a number of driver problems with recent versions of microsoft windows.
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