{"id":901,"date":"2021-07-14T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/?p=901"},"modified":"2021-07-14T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:46:35","slug":"programming-beebest-xiaomi-a208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Programming BeeBest\/Xiaomi A208"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I found a BeeBest\/Xiaomi? A208 walkie talkie at a shop near me for a very reasonable price.  So I picked one up to give it a try. It seems to be a less-featured version of the fancy xiaomi radios that have bluetooth and digital features. This one seems to be just a 16 channel analog FM radio covering 400-470 at 5W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, it would seem the programming must be done from Windows using a proprietary cable. Luckily for us, the programming cable appears to be a simple PL_2303 USB-TTL adapter and a micro USB plug!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some searching around found <a href=\"https:\/\/imall.com\/product\/USB-Programming-Cable-Write-Frequency-Line-For-Beebest-xiaoyu-Walkie-Talkie\/Cellphones-Telecommunications-Parts-Accessories\/aliexpress.com\/4000123661442\/144-27052474\/en\">this page<\/a>, that has a diagram of the pinout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"479\" src=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image.png 692w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This looks rather easily replicatable. as the NC pin is normally not connected in a Micro USB cable anyway.. I got an old cable, wired up the pins accordingly, and loaded up the software which you can get here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifengyu.com\/statics\/BeeBestSetup.zip\">https:\/\/www.ifengyu.com\/statics\/BeeBestSetup.zip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way! The software can be easily changed to english:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"382\" src=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-1.png 597w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made up a simple cable with a CH340G TTL adapter I had spare, turned on the radio, and it works! <br><br>Make sure you select the correct MODEL NUMBER and SERIAL PORT in the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-1024x648.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-2.png 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can change the language of the radio prompts to ENGLISH or OFF in the advanced settings pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3-1536x1132.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-3.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"http:\/\/172.16.0.6:8683\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4.png 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a BeeBest\/Xiaomi? A208 walkie talkie at a shop near me for a very reasonable price. So I picked one up to give it a try. It seems to be a less-featured version of the fancy xiaomi radios that have bluetooth and digital features. This one seems to be just a 16 channel analog &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/?p=901\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Programming BeeBest\/Xiaomi A208<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio","category-educational"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image-4.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}