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Baofeng BF-V12D Transceiver
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KD8DVR
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NEVER buy a radio until you have the programming software in hand. Contact your seller and see if they have it.
This website sells them..... they say you can email them for software: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808939766308.html
This website sells them..... they say you can email them for software: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808939766308.html
KD8DVR
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Awesome you found it!
Great to interact with you and your response is really appreciated …
i have failed many times and returned radios to China often - but the chase & reprogramming transceivers floats my boat - and keeps an old man happy. I enclose a picture of my collection; all reprogrammed via a CPS or via CHIRP …
i have failed many times and returned radios to China often - but the chase & reprogramming transceivers floats my boat - and keeps an old man happy. I enclose a picture of my collection; all reprogrammed via a CPS or via CHIRP …
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The D models are GMSK digital, I think it's the same software for the whole range: BF-W31D, BF-T20D, BF-888D...
Have you tried this software?
Baofeng GMSK Software v.4.4 : Fujian Baofeng Electronics Co., Ltd. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Original programming software for the Baofeng BF-W31D, BF-T20D and many other GMSK digital walkies, version v1.4.4.The application checks the system timezone...
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After a few days searching the web, I found software that works with this radio, and it can be downloaded directly from the Baofeng website.
Just go to the downloads section of the official site and download the software under BF=V1D.
https://baofeng.s3.amazonaws.com/Baofeng_V1D_CPS.zip
Just go to the downloads section of the official site and download the software under BF=V1D.
https://baofeng.s3.amazonaws.com/Baofeng_V1D_CPS.zip
It seems weird that the radio won't program with an FTDI cable. I have the same issue and just ordered an CH340 cable and will let you know if that fixes mine as well.
The reason that this is odd- they are both serial cables but they use different serial chips. But-- serial is serial regardless of which chip is emulating it. I always buy FTDI when given the chance because the drivers on CH340 are difficult most of the time--and typically- FTDI is a much better chip for reading and writing serial. (This is coming from my fire alarm panel experience)
Curious what you all think might be causing this if changing to a different chip really does fix this issue?
The reason that this is odd- they are both serial cables but they use different serial chips. But-- serial is serial regardless of which chip is emulating it. I always buy FTDI when given the chance because the drivers on CH340 are difficult most of the time--and typically- FTDI is a much better chip for reading and writing serial. (This is coming from my fire alarm panel experience)
Curious what you all think might be causing this if changing to a different chip really does fix this issue?
Well no idea why this worked but the CH340 serial cable works and I was able to retrieve the channel list from the radio. In case others need it here it is:
BF-V12D
| CH | RXFreq | TXFreq | RxCTCDCSCode | TXCTCDCSCode | TxPower | BandWide | Scan | BusyLock | JumpCode | IntercomeMode | EncryptionKey |
1 | 430.125 | 430.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
2 | 431.125 | 431.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
3 | 432.125 | 432.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
4 | 433.125 | 433.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
5 | 434.125 | 434.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
6 | 435.125 | 435.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
7 | 436.125 | 436.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
8 | 437.125 | 437.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
9 | 438.128 | 438.128 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
10 | 439.125 | 439.125 | 67 | 67 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Close | Imitate | |
11 | 432.725 | 432.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 1 | |||
12 | 433.725 | 433.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 2 | |||
13 | 434.725 | 434.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 3 | |||
14 | 435.725 | 435.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 4 | |||
15 | 436.725 | 436.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 5 | |||
16 | 437.725 | 437.725 | HIGH | WIDE | OFF | OFF | Encryption | 6 |
