KG 905G software not working

[WRZD727]

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? 

[Guest]

Sounds dumb but make sure your cable is pushed in to the radio? 

[wayoverthere]

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.

[OffRoaderX]

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?

[WRZD727]

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!

[WRYZ926]

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.

[WSDC279]

Mine works fine for me...

[brasda91]

On 8/25/2024 at 8:58 AM, WRYZ926 said:

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.

Well it doesn't work this way for me.

I've tried both laptop ports.

New programing cable from Buy Two Way Radios

Chirp NEXT detects the cable

Laptop running Windows 11 

Makes me think the KG-905G program is not compatible with Windows 11

[SteveShannon]

10 minutes ago, brasda91 said:

Well it doesn't work this way for me.

I've tried both laptop ports.

New programing cable from Buy Two Way Radios

Chirp NEXT detects the cable

Laptop running Windows 11 

Makes me think the KG-905G program is not compatible with Windows 11

Windows 11 drivers are much more aggressive at blocking the counterfeit chips used in some programming cables. 

[brasda91]

2 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Windows 11 drivers are much more aggressive at blocking the counterfeit chips used in some programming cables. 

actually I just found the solution on BTWR.

https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2021/05/how-to-install-the-programming-cable-and-software-for-the-kg-905g.html

[WRYZ926]

Glad you got it figured out.

That being said. All of the Wouxun programming software from Buy Two Way Radios is Windows 11 compatible. I have never had any issues with the Wouxun software for the KG-XS20G, KG-1000G, KG-935G, and KG-Q10H when using the Wouxun programming cables from Buy Two Way Radios. All bets are off when using third party cables from Amazon, especially if they have a copied/pirated Prolific chip in them.

The Wouxun two pin cable also works well for other brands of radios with the 2 pin Kenwood plug. I've also not had any driver issues with the Wouxun cables in Windows 11 Home or Pro version 23H2. I have yet to upgrade to Version 24H2.

[brasda91]

4 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

Glad you got it figured out.

That being said. All of the Wouxun programming software from Buy Two Way Radios is Windows 11 compatible. I have never had any issues with the Wouxun software for the KG-XS20G, KG-1000G, KG-935G, and KG-Q10H when using the Wouxun programming cables from Buy Two Way Radios. All bets are off when using third party cables from Amazon, especially if they have a copied/pirated Prolific chip in them.

The Wouxun two pin cable also works well for other brands of radios with the 2 pin Kenwood plug. I've also not had any driver issues with the Wouxun cables in Windows 11 Home or Pro version 23H2. I have yet to upgrade to Version 24H2.

I actually had to set the KG software to run in Win 8 Compatibility Mode

[WRYZ926]

46 minutes ago, brasda91 said:

I actually had to set the KG software to run in Win 8 Compatibility Mode

That's weird and you should not have had to do that.

[WROE701]

I am running windows 10 and the Kg-905g software i downloaded from Buy Two Way Radios works fine. They did mention you cannot use the Kg-805g software, you must use the KG-905G software. There is also an other driver for the cable I also downloaded and installed from Buy Two Way Radio .com. Interesting to hear it doesn't work in windows 11.

[brasda91]

On 12/31/2024 at 11:11 PM, WRYZ926 said:

That's weird and you should not have had to do that.

I didn't think so either and I'm using the cable from BTWR and the standard 905g software program