Anytone AT-5000 CPS Com Port Driver
The Anytone AT-5000 radio has three modes: Ham, HF, and CB. 99 memories are available in each of Ham mode and HF mode. 16 memories are available in CB mode (even after moving the jumper that enables Ham and HF modes). MEM channels are not shared between frequency modes, so there are 99 Ham and 99 HF channels and 16 CB MEM channels. The radio cover screws are T9 Torx.
Anytone AT-5000 quirks:
- “Dual watch” does not work in VFO mode, even from MEM channels. VFO is only available in Ham or HF profiles, and is how one would normally use the radio in HF or Ham mode.
- If a MEM channel is deleted from the scan list, it’s still scanned when scanning MEM channels. This seems like a firmware bug, present in a radio with LCD version 1.00, RF version 1.00, and radio data version 1.00. The “workaround” is to delete the channel from MEM, which is not so desirable but the only way we know how at this time.
CPS programming
Anytone (Qixiang Electronics) provides a programming cable for the Anytone AT-5000 radio, which connects via the 8P8C modular microphone jack to USB. This is a USB to serial adapter. If the comm port does not appear in the AT-5000 CPS software or in Device Manager under “Ports (COM & LPT)” as “USB-SERIAL CH340 (COMx)”, check Windows Device Manager under “Other devices” for “USB Serial” with a yellow warning icon.
The driver necessary is the GD USB Virtual Comm Port driver, which can be downloaded as part of the Anytone D878 programming software package if not seen as part of the Anytone AT-5000 CPS install package. Don’t install the D878 CPS software, just extract the Zip archive folder titled like “Virtual GD USB Com Drivers (Only If Needed)” and extract the “GD_VirtualComDriver v2.0.2.4944.rar” file to get the driver installer under the “x64” folder. After installing the driver, unplug and replug the programming cable. If it’s still showing a yellow warning icon, right-click on the “USB Serial” entry, select “Update driver”, and choose to browse for drivers on the computer by “let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”. Under USB Devices look for “USB-SERIAL CH340” and select it to install the driver. It might be necessary to unplug and replug the programming cable again after installing the driver for it to be recognized properly. There should no longer be a yellow warning icon, and the comm port should appear in the AT-5000 CPS software as “USB-SERIAL CH340 (COMx)” under the “Port” dropdown menu.
Workaround for CPS bugs
These bugs were present in the first release of the AT-5000 CPS software.
- Can’t add or edit memory channels: set the band and working band near the top of the Channel editing window to MEM. Each time a channel is edited, this may need to be done again
- Can’t delete memory channels: channels appear to be deleted, but appear again upon programming the radio. Simply delete them from the radio front panel instead