- Baofeng 888s programming install#
- Baofeng 888s programming drivers#
- Baofeng 888s programming windows 10#
- Baofeng 888s programming mods#
- Baofeng 888s programming software#
Windows frequently will try to be “helpful” and scan your drivers and will go “oh look, you are running an older driver (in this case for Prolific), here let me update that for you automatically and not tell you”.
Baofeng 888s programming install#
In addition, they have a tiny program you can download and install that will uninstall the nonfunctional version of the Prolific driver, and install the last version that actually worked.Įven more important, their app will prevent Windows from automatically updating the driver in the future. Head over to iFamilySoftware at and they have a detailed article describing the issue (which I’ve just briefly recapped here). Fortunately someone has made that very easy to do.
The solution then is to install the most recent version that works. This puts us in a bind, as we need to use the driver, but the latest version doesn’t work. While rather cryptic, what this really translates into is “Hey, we’re trying to use the Prolific driver, but it’s telling us this isn’t a Prolific device.” Right in the middle under Device Status we see the problem: This device cannot start. Right click on the Prolific driver and pick Properties. Note that it has a big yellow exclamation mark. Scroll down the list to the Ports area and you’ll see the Prolific driver listed. (If you are on an older version of Windows you can open up Device Manager through the Administration panel).
Baofeng 888s programming windows 10#
On Windows 10 just go to the Cortona search area (next to the Start menu) and type in Device Manager. Prolific was naturally a tad upset that someone had stolen their design, and who can blame them? So they started adding a special code to their newer chips, as well as an update to the drives so that if the chip isn’t an authentic chip from Prolific, the driver won’t work. Thus when you plug in the cable, it tells Windows “Hey I’m a Prolific cable”, and Windows goes out and downloads and installs the latest Prolific drives. These Chinese companies cloned the chips and their code, indeed the cables even report to Windows that they are from Prolific. The company who originally created these chips was called Prolific. Inside the programming cable are some chips that help the computer talk to the radio. Now if you were like me, and installed CHIRP, plugged in the cable, and hooked it to your radio, you probably got a lot of error messages. Sometimes the cable comes with the radio, other times you’ll need to purchase it separately.
You’ll also need the cable for your model of radio. It has versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux, although for this article we are going to focus on Windows.
Baofeng 888s programming software#
The software most people use is called CHIRP, available from. The first thing you’ll need is the programming software itself. This post describes not only the steps to program, but to also install the software you’ll need to program these radios and others. Another popular maker along these lines is Wouxun. One of the most prolific manufacturers is a Chinese company who makes very inexpensive (some might even say cheap) radios marketed under the names of Baofeng and BTech. There are a variety of hand held radios on the market. As I’m also a “techie” I’m often asked to help people program their radios using the computer. Some of you may know I am an amateur “ham” radio operator, my call sign is N4IXT. We will strive to maintain a fair, inclusive, and positive atmosphere, but we can't please all of the people, all of the time.Ok, this post is a bit off what I normally talk about, but I wanted to add it so I’d have a spot to point people back to, and more importantly be able to refer back to it myself.
Baofeng 888s programming mods#
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