Hi Rick,

> As you know, you have to wait for ALL memory channels to update after you make any change to anything.

Not so. When I update a memory on my IC-910H, it immediately updates only that memory on the radio, in a fraction of a second. Hence the name Live mode. There's no waiting for other unchanged memories, or, for that matter, a clone mode image, to update.

> And they do not support any settings configurations.

Also not so. This is up to the driver implementation. The capability is there in Chirp, though perhaps many drivers don't take advantage of it.

Martin.

KD6YAM

On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 11:37 AM Rick (AA0RD) DeWitt <aa0rd@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks for the feedback, Martin, but I was asked to create a CLONE MODE equivalent, like I have for the Kenwood TS-480 and 590. My local club members detest having to use a live mode CHIRP driver. As you know, you have to wait for ALL memory channels to update after you make any change to anything. And they do not support any settings configurations. The only data you can save for live mode radios is what the CSV export supports.
This driver uses CAT commands and builds a dummy image file that contains the memory channels and settings. So you can save and reload a complete configuration very quickly.
I'm gonna start a protest movement... ALMR, "Anti-Live Mode Radios". Now I need a slogan and some tee-shirts.:-\
Rick DeWitt
AA0RD
Sequim, Washington, USA 98382
(360) 681-3494
On 10/17/2020 10:12 AM, Martin Cooper wrote:

Hi Rick,

You are doing far too much work here. The IC-7300 is not a clone mode radio, it's a live mode radio. As Dan mentioned, you should be extending the same base class as other Icom live mode radios, in icomciv.py. Looking at the IC-7300 Full Manual, I see that the IC-7300 behaves in exactly the same way as the Icom live mode radios that are already supported. Thus you'll only need to add a few definitions to icomciv.py in order to have IC-7300 support.

Looking through the existing IC-7200 code should help you to understand what needs to be done. Since I'm the one most recently in that module, adding IC-910H, I'd be happy to help if you have questions about how the icomciv.py code works. It took me a while to figure it out, but it's actually quite straightforward.

Martin.

KD6YAM

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 7:20 AM Rick (AA0RD) DeWitt via chirp_devel <chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

The CLONE MODE version of the ic7300 driver. The IC-7300 does not
respond to the icf clone mode code.
I removed my debug test code and changed the BAUD parameter to a radio
property.
This driver uses CAT commands to build an equivalent clone mode img
file. The operators I know HATE using live mode when their radios have
more than 10 memory channels.
The special encode and decode methods are required because this radio
sends frequency data as strings of reverse HEX values, not lbcd, but
lhcd, if such a thing exists.

--
Rick DeWitt
AA0RD
Sequim, Washington, USA 98382
(360) 681-3494

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