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As of July 2015 this radio is not supported by CHIRP. Baofeng programming software for 888S and similar models also does not work. As of July 2015 this radio is '''not''' supported by [http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home CHIRP]. Baofeng programming software for 888S and similar models also does not work. Enter frequencies into table manually, do not cut and paste. After entering a frequency, press the tab key then use the mouse to click on the next field in the table. It seems to work best if you enter a frequency using all available digits, including the last zero. It is advised to save often because when the program crashes, which it often does, any customizations will be lost.Each time the software is opened, although the interface language will remain English, the radio programming language will reset to Chinese. Remember to change this to ENGLISH each time before you write the frequency table to the radio.* Click EDIT -> OPTIONAL FEATURES -> and change "Voice Annunciation" to ENGLISH, or Off. You will have to manually do this each time you restart the software or it will set the language flag in the radio to Chinese. It is best to adjust the volume to near maximum to program. If communication fails, simply turn off the radio, unplug and plug in the programming cable, turn radio back on and wait about 10 seconds before attempting to program. This procedure may require repeating one or more times before the radio will accept communication from the software. Be patient and simply retry until it works.If you have never used this type of software or programmed radios of this nature then do not attempt to program the Tokmate TU30. It is not a recommended system to start to learn on since the software is not stable. Only attempt if you have worked with programming similar units before such as the BaoFeng radios. === USB Cable COM Port Assignment ===There is a bug in Windows which sometimes causes the com port assignment to fail to be release on each use of the Prolific USB-to-Serial cable. This might have to do with the use of the hacked-Prolific chips or it might just be a problem in Windows.THE TOKEMATE TU30 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE WILL NOT WORK WITH VIRTUAL COM PORT ASSIGNMENTS ABOVE COM8[[File:TU30ComPortAssign.png]]You can force the com port assignment for the Prolific driver in Windows Device Manager.# Open Device Manager. # Click "Ports (COM & LPT) and then right click "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (XXX) and choose "Properties"# Click the "Port Settings" tab# Click the "Advanced" button# At the bottom note the dropdown menu "Com Port Number."Choose a Com port you know to be available. It may indicate com ports up to 9 or higher are in use. This is the glitch. You can ignore this and choose one that you know to be available. Legacy devices may already occupy Com ports 1 and 2. Choose something such as Com 5 though 8 for this software.[[File:drivercommportassignXP.jpg]][[Category:HAM Radio]][[Category:Ham Radio]]