I can program the baofeng radio fine with the front panel, but the ability to set names or lock transmit is not possible through those means.with the CHIRP program (free, go download it) you can pull and push images and CSV of the frequencies and channels to the radio.

It's a little hard to get in all the way, but once that was done, it allowed me to program my radio easily using the free CHIRP software from my Mac.

With this cable and the free Chirp software available online, programming the radio is a breeze

is a bear to program manually use the free CHIRP program you get

I use Chirp on linux and this worked with no issues

Then plugged in the radio (BaoFeng BF-888S), turned it on, and using the freely available CHIRP software was immediately able to download/upload to the radio.

Using Window 7, the drivers downloaded automatically, and connected the transceivers with the free CHIRP software

This also works on the Triband Btech radio, even though CHIRP (the Baofeng recommended program) says the Triband programming is beta, not final, it works for what I did

Chirp would just crash On the mac when trying to program the boafeng

The instructions say go to a Baofeng site which I skipped because the Baofeng program doesn't work as well as Chirp in my opinion.

I use free Chirp software (google) and RFinder WebSearch ("RFinder Worldwide Repeater Directory Web - Location Search", subscription service but super cheap) to input repeaters into my radios.

This cable worked perfect while programming my handheld Baofeng using CHIRP

IT works very well using CHIRP on both BaoFeng UV-5RV2 AND BF-F8HP

Plug and Play on a MAC, and a must have if you want to use the free CHIRP software to program.

This one was plugged into my UV-82HP and my Mac after downloading the Python driver (5 mins, tops), I fired up CHIRP and it worked like a champ

Used it with the free CHIRP software to program the radios.

I use the free CHIRP software on both.

Chirp recognized the radio instantly as well.

I hooked it up to my windows 10 PC and installed CHIRP and this worked flawlessly

CHiRP was having difficulty connecting with the

The instructions say go to a Baofeng site which I skipped because the Baofeng program doesn't work as well as Chirp in my opinion.

I’m happy to say this cable worked perfectly using Chirp on MacOS Catalina

Works as advertised using CHIRP with Baofeng UV-5R

I used it to program my Baofeng UV-5R5 using the Chirp software (I didn't even bother with Baofeng's software simply because the common vote seems to go to Chirp) and it performed flawlessly

This cable having the FTDI chip makes it so windows will recognize it once plugged in, no drivers needed... with this cable and the free Chirp software I am able to program my Baofeng BF-F9V2+ issue free and like a breeze.

Loaded CHIRP (free) with this cable on a mac through a USB hub and was able to setup all my baofeng 5rv2 radios in one quick session.

I programmed my Baofeng UV-82HP using the freely available CHIRP software on Ubuntu

See CHIRP on Google to download the CHIRP software that works with this cable.

I use the free CHIRP software to program my Baofeng

Recommend using free CHIRP programming software that can be found on the WEB.

if you feel adventurous open Chirp (icon is a db9 connector) and go to top tab "radio" and clik "download" then the tab will ask you to select the radio type once entered it remembers the settings, then plug the cable into the radio ALL the WAY (rubber case will often stop it the last 1/8" wont work) then turn the radio on and it will let you download the initial settings

I downloaded CHIRP, and the cable worked perfectly

No issues at all linking up CHIRP and the BF-F8HP.

I used this programming cable along with free CHIRP software on my Windows 7 computer to program all settings and channels on my radio and it worked perfectly.

The only problem I had was figuring out CHIRP.

Chirp worked immediately

'cuz my computer lost CHIRP.

This thing worked like a charm for programing my new BaoFeng BF-F8HP using the free Chirp software available on line.

Programming the new BaoFeng by keyboard was more of a pain than needed and the CHIRP was fun to use

I just plugged it in, installed CHIRP and everything worked.

No problems with programming using Chirp

I'm a Mac user and was initially having trouble getting Chirp to communicate to the radio with the cable

Plugged into my iMac, brought up CHIRP, worked without a hitch.

Worked perfect using Chirp and my Macbook, nothing extra to install.

For a more user-friendly programming experience, download the free CHIRP programming software.

While my Quansheng UV-R50 is not Chirp compatible, this cable worked perfectly by using the radio programming software available from the manufacturers website.