Hi,
Sometimes, depending on configuration, things can go differently. You have
been one of the lucky ones to get it working the first time. I have heard
lots of reports to the contrary and I have become part of the group that has
had lots of issues <smile>.
Now, on to my report. I gfinally got the UV-3R software communicating with
the radio. Even after re-installing the software, I was not able to
communicate with the radio using the programming cable. I even tried COM7
but without luck. I went back to COM2 and it still did not communicate.
Here is what I did which I find odd:
I went to device manager and disabled the Prolific hardware device and
re-enabled enabled it. It worked. I am now able to read the radio but I am
back to the situation I was when I first got started. I will be testing
reading from and writing to the radio today.
Question: Does anyone here know of a guide to programming the serial port
for these radios? I know that CHIRP has support for this radio but CHIRP is
not accessible and the developer told me he had no time to address every
minority need <smile>. Thus, I am stuck writing my own patches which would
make CHIRP aaccessible but I am working on a project right now for Handiham
that will keep me away from that type of development at least for the next
few months.
73,
Jose - KK4JZX
-----Original Message-----
From: John Miller [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:15 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Report on my UV-3R Woes
That's strange,I've used prolific pl2303 usb/serial converters for years on
every os from windows 98 on up to 7, usually downloading the latest driver
before doing so though I've kind of settled on version 130 or whatever it is
I downloaded a year or so ago and I've never once had a problem with it not
working. I mostly use them for short term use, my radio desk computer has
more than enough serial ports for me in it,I made sure of that but I use the
adapters for programming radios with my main computer or my netbook and have
yet to have any problem at all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jose Tamayo (KK4JZX)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:04 AM
Subject: Report on my UV-3R Woes
> Hello friends,
>
>
>
> I hope that I don't start receiving e-mails that I bought the wrong
> radio <smile>. While I don't have the ideal radio, I think I can make it
work.
> <lol>. This radio, while seemingly difficult to use, is not that
> difficult after all. Once I get the software to communicate with the
> radio, I should be able to easily program what I want since it is in
> the interface and I have figured out a way to use the interface with
> JAWS.
>
>
>
> I have found what appears to be a solution for the driver not loading
> under windows XP for the Prolific 2303 USB to serial adapter. After
> more research yesterday into the issue, I found that the article I
> listed in my prior e-mail had most of the information I needed to get
> the Prolific driver up and running with one exception: the ser2pl
> .sys driver that ships with the downloadable does not properly
> function. So, what is happening is that there is an error in device
> manager which states the device did not turn on and it gives an error
> code 10. This error code 10 is very often encountered with this
> Prolific device. Needless to say, I will probably be making my own
> USB to serial cable in the near FUTURE.
>
>
>
>
>
> Moving on to my update. Well, there is a driver called ser2pl.sys
> that is installed when you run the updated prolific installer that is
> downloaded from the Prolific web site. The C ser2pl.sys does not seem
> to work with the
> PL-2303 USB to serial a adapter so it must be updated to a different
> version to get it working. To do this, you must run a tool, which I
> have, that removes the ser2pl.sys driver and leaves everything else
> alone. You then take and download the updated ser2pl.sys driver and
> when the Prolific device is installed, it asks for the ser2pl.sys
> driver and you simply point to the folder where you extracted the
> ser2pl.sys file.
>
>
>
> This gets the driver updated and also recognizes the Prolific USB to
> serial adapter. Now, the UV-3R programming software sees the com port
> for the device no matter what COM port you are using. On my machine ,
> the COM port is COM4.
>
>
>
> So, this is progress and I am moving forward. One issue I have now :
>
>
>
> Everything appears to be working except that when the software goes to
> read from the radio, it comes back with the error that states Not
> found.
>
>
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled the radio software and nothing yet.
> Any thoughts would be appreciated!
>
>
>
>
>
> Jose - KK4JZX
>
>
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