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Baofeng BF-888 Programming thru Chirp to Match CLS1110

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I was given a Baofeng BF-888s to try out and I'm having trouble getting it to work with the CLS1110's we have at work programmed to 464.550 which is one of the pre-programmed freqs that comes stock on the CLS1110's. I have installed Chirp's latest build (as of today) and I have a genuine Baofeng USB cable and no problems downloading from or uploading to the 888... I just cant the correct frequency tone and code settings (I guess).

Can anyone help me understand how to program the BF-888s to operate in conjunction with the CLS1110's?

Our CLS Settings:
CLS1110
UHF
464.550
12.5 bandwidth
Interference Eliminator Code 1 = 67.0hz
 

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No help, but I do commend you for starting a new thread as opposed to hijacking an existing one. That is rare these days. :D
 

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Thanks for noticing... I hate it when mine get hijacked, so I try and treat everyone else the same.

I did a search on here for over 3 hours and just couldn't find the right solution yet.
 

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I was given a Baofeng BF-888s to try out and I'm having trouble getting it to work with the CLS1110's we have at work programmed to 464.550 which is one of the pre-programmed freqs that comes stock on the CLS1110's. I have installed Chirp's latest build (as of today) and I have a genuine Baofeng USB cable and no problems downloading from or uploading to the 888... I just cant the correct frequency tone and code settings (I guess).

Can anyone help me understand how to program the BF-888s to operate in conjunction with the CLS1110's?

Our CLS Settings:
CLS1110
UHF
464.550
12.5 bandwidth
Interference Eliminator Code 1 = 67.0hz

Review these pages: CHIRP Software Guide - Miklor

Jim KC9HI
 

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When you say that you're "having trouble getting it to work with the CLS1110's we have at work" what precisely do you mean by that?
 

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When you say that you're "having trouble getting it to work with the CLS1110's we have at work" what precisely do you mean by that?

What I mean is I have been able to get the 888's to receive from the CLS1110's, but I CANNOT get the CLS1110's to receive from the 888's.
 

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Thanks. From what I read I assumed that chirp would be easier. I will give it a try as well.

No, for what you need the Baofeng software is much easier. It is acutually the BF-480 software that is used for the BF-888S. This is all you should have to do program the frequency:
 

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No, for what you need the Baofeng software is much easier. It is acutually the BF-480 software that is used for the BF-888S. This is all you should have to do program the frequency:

A picture...now that's what I really needed. Thanks a bunch. I'll try that.
 

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I was given a Baofeng BF-888s to try out and I'm having trouble getting it to work with the CLS1110's we have at work programmed to 464.550 which is one of the pre-programmed freqs that comes stock on the CLS1110's. I have installed Chirp's latest build (as of today) and I have a genuine Baofeng USB cable and no problems downloading from or uploading to the 888... I just cant the correct frequency tone and code settings (I guess).

Can anyone help me understand how to program the BF-888s to operate in conjunction with the CLS1110's?

Our CLS Settings:
CLS1110
UHF
464.550
12.5 bandwidth
Interference Eliminator Code 1 = 67.0hz

Click View in the menu bar and enable "Hide Unused Fields"

Loc = 464.55000
Tone Mode = Tone
Tone = 67.0
Duplex = (None)
Mode = NFM


Jim KC9HI
 

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No, for what you need the Baofeng software is much easier. It is actually the BF-480 software that is used for the BF-888S. This is all you should have to do program the frequency:

I tried that software and could not get it to read or write to the radio.
 

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Thank you to everyone that helped me with this problem.
I was able to get them working in tandem with the CLS1110's using the following specs.
If anyone can suggest any tweaks that I should perform to these... or if you see anything drastically incorrect or non-FCC friendly, please let me know.
 

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No, for what you need the Baofeng software is much easier. It is acutually the BF-480 software that is used for the BF-888S. This is all you should have to do program the frequency:

Initially the BF-888s used the BF-480 software. But Baofeng eventually released a programming software specifically for the BF-888s. It is available on the Miklor website.

Jim KC9HI
 

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Thank you to everyone that helped me with this problem.
I was able to get them working in tandem with the CLS1110's using the following specs.
If anyone can suggest any tweaks that I should perform to these... or if you see anything drastically incorrect or non-FCC friendly, please let me know.

Your Yellow Dot itinerant channels (1 and 2) should be NFM (narrowband) like the rest.

Jim KC9HI
 
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