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I Have 2- FT=60's that I would like to program the same.

Using a good Prolific cable that registers as "a new audio codec" in Devices and printers and in Device Manager as "USB serial port com 6", when plugged in.

Using win 7 good stable PC with all the USB drivers updated and the Chirp legacy software. Open chirp and click radio>download from radio, then port>6, vendor>Yaesu, Model>FT60>.

Then "OK" and following the radio instructions correctly>OK.

After a message that the pair is "cloning", it all ends with the message "An error has occurred. Failed to communicate with radio. Radio is not responding".

I'm aware some people have had a problem with the plug into the radio that doesn't insert easily. This one is fully inserted.

Can anyone offer help in how to resolve the problem?
Your attention and assistance would be appreciated.
Ray, W4BYG

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"The world is desperate for a faith that combines two things: awestruck sight of unshakable divine Truth, and 
utterly practical, round-the-clock power to make a liberating difference in life"... John Piper

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China has put out a lot of cables with fake Prolific chips in them. ?The latest updated Prolific drivers cause the fake chips to not work. The answer is to change the driver to 3.2.0.0. ? This driver can be found at www.miklor.com, along with a large supply of other very useful items.?

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It seems that Microsoft and/or Prolific have found a way to stick it to the unsuspecting owners of fake chip cables.

I have two of them with Kenwood-style plugs for programming cheap Chinese radios and the Miklor fix no longer works on my Windows 8.1 PC, whereas it used to work.

The solution was to buy an FTDI based cable.

#2

I seem to recall using the alternate write method when I was programing my FT-60 with free FT-60 Commander software.? It's been quite a while so my recollection could be faulty.

73, Nick, AA3T

China has put out a lot of cables with fake Prolific chips in them. ?The latest updated Prolific drivers cause the fake chips to not work. The answer is to change the driver to 3.2.0.0. ? This driver can be found at , along with a large supply of other very useful items.?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

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On Feb 21, 2025, at 12:32, Ray, W4BYG <w4byg@...> wrote:

? I Have 2- FT=60's that I would like to program the same.

Using a good Prolific cable that registers as "a new audio codec" in Devices and printers and in Device Manager as "USB serial port com 6", when plugged in.

Using win 7 good stable PC with all the USB drivers updated and the Chirp legacy software. Open chirp and click radio>download from radio, then port>6, vendor>Yaesu, Model>FT60>.

Then "OK" and following the radio instructions correctly>OK.

After a message that the pair is "cloning", it all ends with the message "An error has occurred. Failed to communicate with radio. Radio is not responding".

I'm aware some people have had a problem with the plug into the radio that doesn't insert easily. This one is fully inserted.

Can anyone offer help in how to resolve the problem?
Your attention and assistance would be appreciated.
Ray, W4BYG

-- 
"The world is desperate for a faith that combines two things: awestruck sight of unshakable divine Truth, and 
utterly practical, round-the-clock power to make a liberating difference in life"... John Piper

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K1HMS helped me resolve the problem. I share our findings for those in the future that may face the same issue.

I originally tried to use a Prolific cable and driver on Com 6 to connect My FT60 to Chirp. I also tried v3.2.0.0. It still would not work. I later purchased an FTDI cable and driver and attempted to use on the same port.

Windows I find, when it sees a particular driver already installed on a given port, reserves that driver only for that port, until that port is uninstalled and then reinstalled and then reloaded for a new driver. I had never come across that before. We uninstalled port 6 then plugged the FTDI cable in and reinstalled the correct driver. All worked from there on. Thank you again Hamilton.

Hope this short summary is correctly stated and a help for someone else in the future.
Ray, W4BYG

China has put out a lot of cables with fake Prolific chips in them. ?The latest updated Prolific drivers cause the fake chips to not work. The answer is to change the driver to 3.2.0.0. ? This driver can be found at , along with a large supply of other very useful items.?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Message sent by....Nobody cares!!

On Feb 21, 2025, at 12:32, Ray, W4BYG <w4byg@...> wrote:

? I Have 2- FT=60's that I would like to program the same.

Using a good Prolific cable that registers as "a new audio codec" in Devices and printers and in Device Manager as "USB serial port com 6", when plugged in.

Using win 7 good stable PC with all the USB drivers updated and the Chirp legacy software. Open chirp and click radio>download from radio, then port>6, vendor>Yaesu, Model>FT60>.

Then "OK" and following the radio instructions correctly>OK.

After a message that the pair is "cloning", it all ends with the message "An error has occurred. Failed to communicate with radio. Radio is not responding".

I'm aware some people have had a problem with the plug into the radio that doesn't insert easily. This one is fully inserted.

Can anyone offer help in how to resolve the problem?
Your attention and assistance would be appreciated.
Ray, W4BYG

-- 
"The world is desperate for a faith that combines two things: awestruck sight of unshakable divine Truth, and 
utterly practical, round-the-clock power to make a liberating difference in life"... John Piper

-- 
"The world is desperate for a faith that combines two things: awestruck sight of unshakable divine Truth, and 
utterly practical, round-the-clock power to make a liberating difference in life"... John Piper

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Count me as another fan of the RT Systems software. Not that it’s perfect either but it does very well! Cheap is often worth what we paid for it.

Jayne KD9WLM

If the set-up stopped working, then the problem may be fixable by rolling back you device driver. Worked for me.

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I will soon be migrating all my programming software from a Windows 8.1 laptop to a Windows 11 laptop.? I have my fingers crossed!

73, Nick, AA3T

I had fits trying to program my FT-60 with my Windows 10 laptop I do most of my programming with. Several different programming cables, tried Chirp and FT60 Commander, could not get the radio to download its codeplug. Wouldn't to into ---TX----.

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Finally plugged it into my Linux desktop and ran Chirp. Everything worked perfectly. Programmed everything in a couple minutes.

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Michael; WA7SKG

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Been using chirp on my ft60 for years, works fine.