Mac OS X 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, Chirp, and FTDI Cables

In the hopes it will help someone else, resolving?

“Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding”

on my Mac running El Capitan came down to finding out that I had installed FTDI drivers on a previous version of Mac OS X (10.8 or earlier) and those drivers (v2.2.18) are not the proper drivers for 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, or 10.11 El Capitan.

You can tell which driver you have through a Terminal window (emphasis mine)

$ kextstat | fgrep -i ftdi

??161? ? 0 0xffffff7f83001000 0x8000 ? ? 0x8000 ? ? com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.18) 638ECCC3-375D-CD1A-C2EC-0DC14740FC9C <121 40 5 4 3 1>

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The Apple driver I see with 10.11.3 is com.apple.driver.AppleUSBFTDI (5.0.0)?

The FTDI-supplied driver is v2.3, according to?

At least for me, the Apple driver is working with my Valley Enterprises cable.

One can disable the older FTDI driver:

$ pushd /System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/MacOS
$ sudo mv FTDIUSBSerialDriver FTDIUSBSerialDriver.disabled

or permanently remove them with:

$ sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext

(Note: This is a different path than where the 10.9 and later drivers are installed, according to?)
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If you haven't used sudo before, you may get a message warning something about how dangerous the powers you are about to unleash are. Yes, they are, so type carefully! You'll be asked for your password. Since you are expecting to have to give it and you know why you're being asked for it, you can give it your login password.

Jeff

AA6BQ

Re: Help wiring a mic adapter!

[email protected]

#17652

If you really must use this mic, you will need to make an adapter cable. ?The FT-60R uses a ?3.5MM TRRS connector. ?you can get these from e-bay, just search "3.5MM TRRS"

Be aware that the difference in impedance will make your transmissions sound quieter because the input voltage will be lower. ?DO NOT USE A "POWER MIC" you will just over deviate your transmissions and you will sound terrible.

Re: Help wiring a mic adapter! [2 Attachments]

Lawerence Gonnello

#17651

Jon,

Contact Les Poston at??I'm sure he may be able to help you.

73,

LarryG

KC0FD

On Friday, January 29, 2016 7:51 PM, "jon1967us@... [FT-60]" wrote:

[ from jon1967us@... [FT-60] included below]

Hi, I would like to use my favorite mic, a Cobra 4 pin with the FT60r. Is it possible to make an adaptor for this or are the 2 incompatible? Attached are wiring diagrams for both. I think the Cobra is 1k and the Yaesu is 2k impedance.?

Thanks for any help,

Jon

Re: Help wiring a mic adapter! [2 Attachments]

#17650

I don't have that much expertise on the matter. Good luck, hope you find your answer.

SEP

On Friday, January 29, 2016 7:04 PM, "jon1967us@... [FT-60]" wrote:

[ from jon1967us@... [FT-60] included below]

Hi, I would like to use my favorite mic, a Cobra 4 pin with the FT60r. Is it possible to make an adaptor for this or are the 2 incompatible? Attached are wiring diagrams for both. I think the Cobra is 1k and the Yaesu is 2k impedance.?

Thanks for any help,

Jon

Help wiring a mic adapter!

#17649

Hi, I would like to use my favorite mic, a Cobra 4 pin with the FT60r. Is it possible to make an adaptor for this or are the 2 incompatible? Attached are wiring diagrams for both. I think the Cobra is 1k and the Yaesu is 2k impedance.?

Thanks for any help,

Jon

Re: Quick test

#17648

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It works.

De. AF0DJ

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-------- Original message --------
From: "'Nolan Kienitz' Nolan@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...>
Date: 18/01/2016 12:23 (GMT-07:00)
To: FT-60@...
Subject: [FT-60] Quick test

Just a quick test to the FT-60 reflector after having to set up a new Yahoo ID and thus rejoin all my amateur radio groups.

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73,

?

Nolan Kienitz

?????????????? KI5IO

??????????????? Nolan@...

??????????????? Plano, TX

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Re: Quick test

Joel

#17647

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You are 59 , oh wrong group.

You are full quieting.
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On 01/18/2016 01:23 PM, 'Nolan Kienitz' Nolan@... [FT-60] wrote:

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Just a quick test to the FT-60 reflector after having to set up a new Yahoo ID and thus rejoin all my amateur radio groups.

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73,

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Nolan Kienitz

?????????????? KI5IO

??????????????? Nolan@...

??????????????? Plano, TX

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KQ?J

Quick test

Nolan Kienitz

#17646

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Just a quick test to the FT-60 reflector after having to set up a new Yahoo ID and thus rejoin all my amateur radio groups.

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73,

?

Nolan Kienitz

?????????????? KI5IO

??????????????? Nolan@...

??????????????? Plano, TX

?

Re: RX problems unless I turn on RF Squelch

#17645

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Have you done a reset?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Nobody really cares what device you are using, as long as YOU like it!

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On Jan 9, 2016, at 04:35, The Housekeeper gcmateo@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

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thanks wassim for the reply. i guess the unit needs servicing. ?tried it out on different frequencies, all the same. on one frequency, rx is S4 on both full squelch and engaging rf squelch, while on my ft270, signal is full.

regarding the group's policy, so sorry it missed putting my name and call.

thanks again and 73!

George
DW1XSQ

This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast.

GEORGE MATEO
TheHouseKeeper @

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:55 AM, WN6WJN wn6wjn@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

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Hello Gcmateo

How weak is the signal that you are trying to receive? Can you test your radio with a friend in an open field say far away from you that you can see him/her but not hear him/her at all using your ears.

If at the distance you need full squelch then your radio needs servicing. If you can hear your friend at normal squelch then the signal you are trying to hear is too weak to get to you. Try going outside, high and point your radio to the general direction of the transmitter.

Hope this helps. Also please sign your messages with name and call sign. I think it is Group policy.

Wassim
WN6WJN

Re: RX problems unless I turn on RF Squelch

#17644

thanks wassim for the reply. i guess the unit needs servicing. ?tried it out on different frequencies, all the same. on one frequency, rx is S4 on both full squelch and engaging rf squelch, while on my ft270, signal is full.

regarding the group's policy, so sorry it missed putting my name and call.

thanks again and 73!

George

DW1XSQ

This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast.

GEORGE MATEO
TheHouseKeeper @

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On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:55 AM, WN6WJN wn6wjn@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

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Hello Gcmateo

How weak is the signal that you are trying to receive? Can you test your radio with a friend in an open field say far away from you that you can see him/her but not hear him/her at all using your ears.

If at the distance you need full squelch then your radio needs servicing. If you can hear your friend at normal squelch then the signal you are trying to hear is too weak to get to you. Try going outside, high and point your radio to the general direction of the transmitter.

Hope this helps. Also please sign your messages with name and call sign. I think it is Group policy.

Wassim
WN6WJN

Re: RX problems unless I turn on RF Squelch

#17643

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Hello Gcmateo

How weak is the signal that you are trying to receive? Can you test your radio with a friend in an open field say far away from you that you can see him/her but not hear him/her at all using your ears.

If at the distance you need full squelch then your radio needs servicing. If you can hear your friend at normal squelch then the signal you are trying to hear is too weak to get to you. Try going outside, high and point your radio to the general direction of the transmitter.

Hope this helps. Also please sign your messages with name and call sign. I think it is Group policy.

Wassim

WN6WJN

RX problems unless I turn on RF Squelch

#17642

good day everyone!

anybody has/having this problem? ?my FT60 has been having difficulty receiving unless i turn counter-clockwise fully the squelch knob and thus bringing up the noise. but receives ok when i turn on the RF Squelch and turn the squelch knob fully, clockwise.

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Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

Jim K5JG

#17641

Correct. The audio frequency response of a repeater receiver typically will not pass a CTCSS tone through to the transmitter.

That's why the repeaters that DO transmit tone have a dedicated encoder for the transmitter.

73, Jim K5JG

clint@... [FT-60] wrote:

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1. Most of the repeaters in my region do NOT pass their tones through to the output.

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

F5VMR

#17640

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I have set the all repeaters that I manage to transmit 88.5 Hz, which gives users the option to use full CTCSS if they want to. My ft60 has full CTCSS on the VHF repeater channel in memory. France has never got around to regionalising repeaters into tone groups like the UK has, so although the distances are great with co channel repeaters, it does help when other repeaters come up in propagation.

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On 5 Jan 2016, at 20:38, "clint@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> wrote:

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Personally, I do not have ANY of my local repeaters set to TONE SQ - where the unit TX a tine and is set to only break squelch if it hears an incoming tone. Two main reasons:

1. Most of the repeaters in my region do NOT pass their tones through to the output.

2. And if they did, I might accidentally interrupt someone else on the same freq several miles away.

Clint K6LCS

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

#17639

Personally, I do not have ANY of my local repeaters set to TONE SQ - where the unit TX a tine and is set to only break squelch if it hears an incoming tone. Two main reasons:

1. Most of the repeaters in my region do NOT pass their tones through to the output.

2. And if they did, I might accidentally interrupt someone else on the same freq several miles away.

Clint K6LCS

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

#17638

I think the first thing I would look at is do I have the decode turned on. If you have repeater channels in memory and have the correct codes set up and are hearing them when stopped on that frequency then you should hear them if you are scanning the memory channels.

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K3CLT
Chuck Tobias

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From: "anselaw@... [FT-60]"
To: FT-60@...
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 11:12 PM
Subject: [FT-60] No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

I have entered ?CTCSS ?minus offset on both 2 meter and 70 cm repeater frequencies ?per pages 22-23 of FT-60R/E operating manual.The audio opens up when I PTT or another signal is present on those frequencies. However, there is no audio when I scan these bands although I can see there is ongoing activity on other frequencies.

Is it possible to activate audio when I shift ?to other frequencies,yet retain my settings for my repeater frequencies ?

Ed K6EOA

anselaw@...?

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

#17637

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This would have to be done on each channel, as it is not a universal setting. (F) 1 works, also.?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Nobody really cares what device you are using, as long as YOU like it!

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On Jan 4, 2016, at 05:29, Jim K5JG k5jg@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

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It sounds like you may have "SQL.TYP" set to TSQL for all memory
channels and the VFO instead of using TONE as your default setting.

When you see activity on a frequency but you are unable to hear
anything, check to see if the small "SQ" is shown at the top of the
display. If it is, go to the SET Menu, select SQL.TYP, press and release
the F/W key, and change the setting to TONE and see what happens.

73, Jim K5JG

On 1/3/2016 10:12 PM, anselaw@... [FT-60] wrote:
>
>
> I have entered CTCSS minus offset on both 2 meter and 70 cm repeater
> frequencies per pages 22-23 of FT-60R/E operating manual.The audio
> opens up when I PTT or another signal is present on those frequencies.
> However, there is no audio when I scan these bands although I can see
> there is ongoing activity on other frequencies.
>
>
> Is it possible to activate audio when I shift to other frequencies,yet
> retain my settings for my repeater frequencies ?
>
>
> Ed K6EOA
>
>
> anselaw@...
>
>
>
>

No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

#17636

Is your manual squelch set to high?

Jim Bassett,?

W1RO-ARRL Nevada Section Traffic Manager, Life Member

AFA9RO

gobig.Isagenix.com

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

Jim K5JG

#17635

It sounds like you may have "SQL.TYP" set to TSQL for all memory channels and the VFO instead of using TONE as your default setting.

When you see activity on a frequency but you are unable to hear anything, check to see if the small "SQ" is shown at the top of the display. If it is, go to the SET Menu, select SQL.TYP, press and release the F/W key, and change the setting to TONE and see what happens.

73, Jim K5JG

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On 1/3/2016 10:12 PM, anselaw@... [FT-60] wrote:

I have entered  CTCSS  minus offset on both 2 meter and 70 cm repeater
frequencies  per pages 22-23 of FT-60R/E operating manual.The audio
opens up when I PTT or another signal is present on those frequencies.
However, there is no audio when I scan these bands although I can see
there is ongoing activity on other frequencies.

Is it possible to activate audio when I shift  to other frequencies,yet
retain my settings for my repeater frequencies ?

Ed K6EOA

anselaw@...

Re: No audio except on repeater frequencies where I have entered CTCSS

#17634

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The use of tones (CTCSS) has nothing to do with the offset. ?If you are using tones, keep tsql off.

Jardy Dawson

WA7JRD Ham Radio

Message relayed through SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, although no terrestrial intelligence has been found yet, either)

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On Jan 3, 2016, at 20:12, anselaw@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

I have entered ?CTCSS ?minus offset on both 2 meter and 70 cm repeater frequencies ?per pages 22-23 of FT-60R/E operating manual.The audio opens up when I PTT or another signal is present on those frequencies. However, there is no audio when I scan these bands although I can see there is ongoing activity on other frequencies.

Is it possible to activate audio when I shift ?to other frequencies,yet retain my settings for my repeater frequencies ?

Ed K6EOA

anselaw@...?