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Baofeng Issue with programming Baofeng DM1701

kc8ppo

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First post. Admin if I'm putting this in the wrong section, please move it where it needs to be.

I've been out of the hobby for a number of years but recently my interested has come back. There isn't much FM activity here so I'm getting back into DMR.

I picked up a Baofeng DM-1701 to use with a hotspot. Since I use Ubuntu as my OS, I threw Windows 10 on a spare laptop. Downloaded CPS, installed the drivers, etc.
Everything connects as it should. CPS will read the codeplug from the radio with no issues. I edit it and dump it to the radio. Everything, by appearances, is working. The radio reboots, etc. Except that the new codeplug will not be saved in the radio. I go into the radio settings and nothing I changed has saved.

I'm at a loss as to what could be the problem. Stock firmware, stock CPS software. I'm going to put OpenGD77 on it but I need to get this figured out first.

Any ideas why the codeplug isn't actually writing to the radio? Is there a "read-only" setting that I need to adjust?
 

kb1fua

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I had similar issues after updating firmware.
I ended up putting OpenGD77 on it, reprogrammed everything, and it worked fine!! It's been two years now still rocking!

Edit:
Not to mention the volume works better, and annoying beep goes away!
It really makes the 1701 a whole new radio!
 
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