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Baoclone is a utility for programming Baofeng radios via a serial or USB programming cable. Supported radios:

• Baofeng UV-5R family
• Baofeng UV-B5, UV-B6
• Baofeng BF-666S, BF-777S, BF-888S
• Baofeng BF-T1

Download

• baoclone-1.3.zip (117 kbytes) - Baoclone release 1.3 binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Usage

Save device binary image to file 'device.img', and text configuration to 'device.conf':

    baoclone [-v] port

Write image to device:

    baoclone -w [-v] port file.img

Configure device from text file. Previous device image saved to 'backup.img':

    baoclone -c [-v] port file.conf

Show configuration from image file:

    baoclone file.img

Option -v enables tracing of a serial protocol.

For example:

    C:\> baoclone.exe COM5
    Connect to COM5.
    Detected Baofeng UV-5R.
    Read device: ################################################## done.
    Radio: Baofeng UV-5R
    Firmware: Ver  BFB291
    Serial: 120801NB5R0001
    Close device.
    Write image to file 'device.img'.
    Print configuration to file 'device.conf'.

Configurations

You can use these files as examples or templates.

• uv-5r-factory.conf - Factory configuration for UV-5R.
• uv-b5-factory.conf - Factory configuration for UV-B5.
• bf-888s-factory.conf - Factory configuration for BF-888S.
• uv-5r-sunnyvale.conf, uv-b5-sunnyvale.conf, bf-888s-sunnyvale.conf - Configurations of my personal handhelds for south SF Bay Area, CA.
• bf-t1-gmrs.conf, uv-5r-gmrs.conf, bf-888s-gmrs.conf - Configuration for GMRS.

Sources

Sources are distributed freely under the terms of MIT license. You can download sources via SVN:

    git clone https://github.com/sergev/baoclone.git