TID-H3 Firmware Update

[WSFV344]

Trying to update the H3's firmware but I'm not seeing any comm ports, can any one help out this this.

 

[LeoG]

Yes, you need to plug the cable in first before you'll get a com port.  I've found that it's best to go into the device manager and assign the cable with com port #1 if possible.  Good chance if you are assigned a double digit com port number it won't work properly.

And like others have mentioned if there is a driver that needs loading you should do that before plugging the cable in.  If you have already plugged the cable in, take it out and load the driver.  Then use a different USB port to connect to the computer and that should allow it to work properly.

[SteveShannon]

4 minutes ago, WSFV344 said:

Trying to update the H3's firmware but I'm not seeing any comm ports, can any one help out this this.

 

Make sure you load the right driver before plugging in the cable. The driver creates the comm port. 

[WSFV344]

Ok, thanks, I thought I did but I guess I'll have to check.

[WSFV344]

17 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Make sure you load the right driver before plugging in the cable. The driver creates the comm port. 

Ok, thanks I thought I did but I'll have to figure out what I'm doing wrong with the driver issue. 

[RIPPER238]

Did you plug it in? 

It can be a bit laggy but it should show com port options.  

[amaff]

-Are you trying it with a USB-C cable, or the K1 connector?
-Are you running it in Administrator mode?

 

[LeoG]

5 hours ago, Socalgmrs said:

 Why?   Do these radios not come ready to work on gmrs and ham?   Can you not program the 22 gmrs simplex frequencies and program repeaters?   Does the ham side not work?   What doesn’t work that the firmware needs to be updated?   Every radio be ever had works out of the box and I’ve never once, in probably over 200 radios, updated firmware.  Heck 1/2 my radios I currently use are from the 90s and still work just like every other radio out there with no firmware updates. 

As you have pointed out the Tidradio is a pc of junk and you would never buy one.  Well, they do have some lacking in the firmware and the company is actively working with the radios to improve them.  And updating the firmware is the way they do this.  Most of the radios you have from the 90s are only programmable by computer while the new radios are self contained for the most part and are much more complicated and coded than the radios from yesteryear. 

So glad to hear all the radios you've ever purchased in your life are perfect with zero defects.  Congratulations.

[Socalgmrs]

5 hours ago, WSFV344 said:

Trying to update the H3's firmware but I'm not seeing any comm ports, can any one help out this this.

 

 Why?   Do these radios not come ready to work on gmrs and ham?   Can you not program the 22 gmrs simplex frequencies and program repeaters?   Does the ham side not work?   What doesn’t work that the firmware needs to be updated?   Every radio be ever had works out of the box and I’ve never once, in probably over 200 radios, updated firmware.  Heck 1/2 my radios I currently use are from the 90s and still work just like every other radio out there with no firmware updates.