Baofeng Baofeng UV82 programing cable

[ai8o]

How do I determine what cables will actually work programming a Baofeng UV 82 HT?

I had one that came with it when I bought a UV82.
This cable also worked with Wouxin KG1-UVD.

Lost that cable, and now I have purchased two replacement PSC 03 cables from different companies.

Neither works.
The mini CD from Baofeng that came with one of the cables; says use program # 348.

<There is no program # 348 on the disk>

When I try to use the cables on a laptop using WInXP and Chirp;
I get error messages:
"ERROR 2 radio not found".
"COM 5 not available".

IDK how to identify a cable that will indeed work with this radio.

Possbly, I have a cable that is not FTDI compliant, but I don't know how to check this.

Dan
AI8O

 

[TGuelker]

I have found the cable that comes with a counterfeit Baofeng is junk, and that is why a driver CD is included. The genuine cable does not need a driver CD.

The knockoff cables do not have the FTDI hardware. Windows recognizes the FTDI hardware and installs the correct driver.

BTECH PC03 FTDI Genuine USB Programming Cable for BTECH, BaoFeng UV-5R BF-F8HP UV-82HP BF-888S, and Kenwood Radios https://a.co/d/3zQGPJp