It happened to me also and the process of finding a working driver to no avail killed my will to move further.
Baofeng programming cable diy.
This 2 solution might just be your ticket to sanity.
The main category is baofeng uv 3r uv 200 uv 100 that is about baofeng uv 3r uv 200 series.
Discover the btech programming cable ftdi programming cable pc03 usb cable pc mac and linux compatible 2 pin kenwood style baofeng accessories.
Programming cable for baofeng uv 5r radio with arduino.
This link is listed in our web site directory since sunday dec 29 2019 and till today baofeng mic pin out and programming cable schematics has been followed for a total of 242 times.
This a couple of jumper wires and a spare arduino uno are sufficient to make programming cable for a baofeng uv 5rv2 radio.
Baofeng radio programming software download homepage chirp programming software oem baofeng vip software.
Visit the baofeng site to learn buy and get support.
Oem vip software windows only.
You purchased a radio and programming cable loaded the software and that s as far as you ve gotten.
Using a cp2102 usb to ttl uart chip a 3 5 mm plug a 2 5 mm plug solder wire heat shrink tubing and some time i have built a programming.
It appeared to have a counterfeit likely ftdi chip and i kind of blew it up when i was trying to pull the rts pin signal.
One may have a 2 5mm to 3 5mm stereo audio cable laying around.
Vip software is designed for windows operating systems.
Hamsmithing diy baofeng programming cables i will guess that more than half the people that tried to program one of the baofeng failed victim to the fake programming cable chip plague.
I had a baofeng cable that gave it s life attempting to be a rig control.
X band repeater with 2 btech mobiles modified rj45 cable.
For easier initial frequency programming copy and paste and importing.
I wound up stealing the crystal to stick in a cheap serial port adapter that has a lovely counterfeit looking blog on it.