Wouxun Mobile Radio USB Programming Cable (PCO-003)

Seems to work fine on macOS Sonoma 14.5 and CHIRP next-20240618.

Cable works flawlessly as specified for radio programming of the Wouxun KG-UV920P-A

Works fine!

I now buy everything for my fleet from buytwowayrsdios this cord programmed 5 kg1000 units for us. Amazing service and good pricing.

It works. It’s good this is sold as an accessory rather than having one come with every radio. Nobody needs several of these lying around and it would just increase the cost of each radio purchase.

I use the free software and this programming cable for my Wouxun KG1000G+. It works great, no fighting to find drivers. Just plug it in and find the com port, so simple.
I am 77 years old this year and really not a computer wizard. But with this cable and the free software, you don't need to be.

Michael

The cable worked just fine to aid me in programing the KG-XS20G radio.
This Cable should be sold with the radio, not as a seperate item.

If you would like to program the KG-UV980P with Chirp, this is what you need. No issues using this cable on a Linux computer.

Buy Two Way Radios is fantastic to work with. If you have questions, they have people to help, and who likely know what they are talking about. I will ALWAYS recommend them, as they appear to support the products they sell. As a tech oriented person, some times we think we don't think we need the help, and we can hash it out, especially with instructions written by someone who let's say English is not their first language. That's what I did with this cable! It's not just a cable, but an interface to your radio equipment... I ended up going back, following their directions, and everything worked perfectly. Allows you to program many features of your Wouxun radio without having to go through the front panel, and duplicate settings on your other Wouxan radios.

it works great with the mac m1. Would definately recommend it....

Amazing Program Cable Bought For My Wouxun KG-1000G Plus Mobile 50Watt Radio And It made Programing fast used my save File From my Wouxun Kg-935G Plus Handy Talkie Radio From chirp and transferred the Channels Over to it had it programmed in less then 5 minutes and was in my truck in no time.. Made life easy and Quality cable. I Didn't Need the Driver at all worked right out the bag no issues.

I had to D/l the driver for Win 11 after that worked fine. It is red so it is easy to find among the other cables.

Worked great. Had to download the driver. That was super easy. I had no issues and instructions were perfect.

I needed a programing cable for my Wouxun KG-UV950P. Plugged it in, found a website to download the software, set up everything I needed to do.

I down loaded the kg 1000 plus software to program the radio then I had to update drivers to my Serial Bus Controller so when I plugged into the radio with my laptop it would recognize the serial port in my case port3, cable makes it so much easier to program to your liken, all tho you can program from the front panel.

cable and driver disc arrived ok. disc was empty. i downloaded driver and installed, no problem. thanks
dave

Works fine. Unfortunately looks like my KG1000G is blown. Can't find out where I can get it repaired?

Works fine after you install the driver. But, many computers don't have a CD or DVD drive anymore and also, why with Windows 10 do we even have to install a driver at all? I program many types of radios for our offroad club and have many cables and this is the only one you have to mess around installing drivers. Suggestion: At least provide the driver on an USB stick, not a mini-CD, as most new computers don't have a CD or DVD drive anymore.

Connected easily and appears to be made well. I personally think this should be included with the radio purchase BUT I do understand that some people would end up with more than one if that were the case. Either way... it works.

Quick PSA: Use Chirp (a free open source software), not the included Wouxon software.

The cable does what it’s supposed to do. It creates a serial connection to the radio to download / upload data.

It’s a little frustrating that we’re still using slow serial connections for these radios. I would rather the radio have a non-proprietary USB connection (especially if it also supported audio over USB for data modes). But it does work, and it works as designed!

works well i did not need the driver looks like a quality cable

Having installed and still using a similar cord for the KG935 and UV9G. Installation was easy. (just changed the Com port) and bing all is good.

Very easy to install drivers from the CD. Cable works great with the KG-1000G. Very easy to get set up to start programming the radio.

This cable works great. Easy programming radio and the cable works perfectly.

Bought one of these cables for both the KG935G and K1000G. They worked on both. Had a problem at first. After getting support from John at Buytworadios, things went very smooth. Thanks

works as it should!

It took a while to figure out why I could not program my radio or work other applications from my laptop... it was only after I took a step back from it all and started troubleshooting from the very front... the cable has a driver? Sure enough! flows like hot butter afterwards!

Works well. My laptop did required some assistance from a family member to get the COM PORT to recognize the cable.

Can’t get the software to work so the purchase of the cable is worthless to me

Software will not unzipp

The cable works, is reasonably priced, and I got it in a few days.
The software is all anyone needs to program the KG-1000G. It is basic but complete software, it allows you to put information into your radio and, if the information you put into your radio is accurate, it will allow you to transmit and recieve to another radio or repeater very easily.

When I first tried the cable, it wouldn't connect. But Buy Two Way Radios sent a CD Driver disk with the antenna I had also ordered. I had no idea why or what it was for, but I installed the drivers. Then, the subsequent times I connected the cable, it worked perfectly! Unlike some of the comments already submitted, I think the Wouxun software is quite good and intuitive. But it could be improved if each setting in the configuration section and perhaps elsewhere had a clear description.

It's plug-n-play so long as your computer comes with the drivers - which mine did not. The BTWR site has the download available but I found unzipping and getting it loaded on my laptop a challenge (I'm an idiot!). But one call to John and by screen-sharing, John fixed everything. Thanks, John!!!

You plug one end into the radio. You plug the other end into your PC. It works!

Unfortunately, it's a shame you have to buy one. Instead of including some sort of a standardized port on the device, you have to use this one; and it isn't included with the radio. And; well, the software absolutely sucks.

But the cable-- works!

Be sure to closely follow the instructions from the Buy Two Way Radios (BTWR) website. Forget about the included CD-Rom Wouxun includes and follow the BTWR website directions to the letter.

Unfortunately I tried every combination I could think of to get this cable/driver to communicate with the Wouxun programming software downloaded from the official Wouxun website onto my Windows 10 pc, but to no avail.

I persistently received communication error messages from the software and tried different com ports. And so unfortunately I Would have to give this product a low rating.

Bought this to go along with a KG-1000g. Cable worked just fine but the driver CD that came with the cable along with the CD case was cracked bad. Looked like it was damaged in transit. I had difficulty getting the driver loaded onto my windows PC (took 3 tries). Been needing to call for a new CD but haven’t had time. Hey buytwowayradio, if you see this and send a new driver cd that would be awesome. Otherwise would purchase cable again if I need one.

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This is a great item. Had a issue with the comport at first once this was straightened out it has been great very happy with. If you have a KG1000G get one.

It programs my KG-1000G radio when I plug it in the USB port it work great.

Works excellent and as it should ! Not to mention the customer support here is awesome. You wont get support like this anywhere else !

Could not get the cable to connect the radio and computer together. One quick call to Buy Two Way Radios support and John downloaded the driver and took care of the problem in five minutes. And it was all done remotely from their site. Now I'm up and running. Thanks again John for all your help and support.

What is there to say, it worked perfectly. Made programming easy and simple.

The software will not let me change the comm port so it will not talk to the radio. Usiong Win 7 Have not tried the Linux yet. When I feel like frustration I will try it on my Raspberry Pi.

PCO-003 cable is a great product . Above and beyond support from John S. at buytworadios.com

THe KG-1000G is a super radio that has a ton of feature, the down side to this is that it can be time consuming to program in all of the needed repeater channels / CTCSS codes as well as other scanner type frequencies. This cable makes that a breeze! Set up your channel map in the app and then hook the cable to the radio and poof, programmed radio.

Highly recommended!

Its a programming cable and it works. what more do you need? the cable feels high quality and is super simple to use.

The Cable works great, and makes programming a transceiver a mostly "user friendly" experience. I just wish Wouxun would update all versions of their programming application to a single interface consistent across all radios. Select the model, and it should configure the attributes for the specific radio. I now have 3 radios & 3 programs. CHIRP doesn't cover all the latest radios, but it's the right idea.

It works as expected. The only thing I'd like it to be a foot or two longer for a bit less restrictive arrangement with a desktop computer sitting under the desk.

Plugged it in used the mini cd for the correct drivers it found the correct comm and it has worked every time since!!!!

No radio is complete without all the bits that make it fully functional. You'll need this cord to get the most out of the best radios in HT GMRS. So don't short yourself. Order the cord. It's always out of stock for a reason.

Gonna be using this a lot.

Programed my KG1000g the first time. Works flawlessly and high quality.

Work perfectly right out of the bag. Take me only 15 min to program all repeater I need with custom name on my brand new Wouxun KG-1000G. Love it.

Light years ahead of the competition.

After struggling with 2nd rate programming cables in the past, this worked perfectly and consistently.

Lowest price anywhere, including Amazon.

It worked straight out of the box. I will make sure to deal with Buytwowayradios again.

nice cable a must for computer programming

Works

I have used a number of USB cables and had the old Prolific chip knock problems sometime spending an hour or so to find the right driver. But this guy plugged in and WIN10 (64) said "Good morning sir your driver is loaded and ready to go"! Or, in real life I plugged it started the program and was programming the radio. Kodus

Programmed a " Wouxun KG-UV920P-A Dual Band UHF/VHF Base/Mobile Amateur Radio" with no issue.

This cable make it easy to program your radio. Don't forget the software!

Works as described. Cable too short. I needed a USB to USB extender cable. Drivers may not work on all computers.

as said previously does what it is intended for