WRZD727 Posted August 24 Report Posted August 24 Went to program a KG 905G, and it will not connect with radio. The com numbers are greyed out and can’t pick one to use. And Buy Two Way radios is closed on Saturdays!! ( go figure) my Retevis software works fine and I’m running windows 10. Anyone know of a fix? Quote
Socalgmrs Posted August 24 Report Posted August 24 Sounds dumb but make sure your cable is pushed in to the radio? WRUU653 and SteveShannon 2 Quote
wayoverthere Posted August 25 Report Posted August 25 3 hours ago, WRZD727 said: Went to program a KG 905G, and it will not connect with radio. The com numbers are greyed out and can’t pick one to use. And Buy Two Way radios is closed on Saturdays!! ( go figure) my Retevis software works fine and I’m running windows 10. Anyone know of a fix? All the ports greyed out would seem more like a not detecting the cable/chip correctly, rather than a radio-end issue. Do you know what chip the cable is using, by chance? There's been issues with prolific chip drivers, that using an old version of the driver (miklor.com has one for the baofengs) often fixes it. SteveShannon and WRUU653 1 1 Quote
OffRoaderX Posted August 25 Report Posted August 25 17 minutes ago, wayoverthere said: All the ports greyed out would seem more like a not detecting the cable/chip correctly, rather than a radio-end issue almost certainly a cable/driver/Windows issue. 3 hours ago, WRZD727 said: my Retevis software works fine same cable? SteveShannon and WRZD727 2 Quote
WRZD727 Posted August 25 Author Report Posted August 25 9 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: almost certainly a cable/driver/Windows issue. same cable? It is now working. I plugged the usb cable in while the radio was turned off, and started working on com port 4 after I turned the radio back on. Doesn’t make any sense, but at least it’s working! wayoverthere and SteveShannon 2 Quote
WRYZ926 Posted August 25 Report Posted August 25 2 hours ago, WRZD727 said: It is now working. I plugged the usb cable in while the radio was turned off, and started working on com port 4 after I turned the radio back on. Doesn’t make any sense, but at least it’s working! That is the way it works. you need to have the radio off when plugging the USB cable in while the programming software is open. This goes for pretty much every hand held radio I have programmed and no matter what programming software I use. Glad that you figured things out. Raybestos and WRZD727 2 Quote
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