Re: [chirp_devel] [PATCH] Support Wouxun KG-818 with KG-816 driver. #356

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:

+@directory.register +class KG818Radio(KG816Radio):

• """Wouxun KG818"""
• MODEL = "KG818"
• @classmethod
• def match_model(cls, filedata, filename):

•    if len(filedata) == 8192 and \
  

•            filedata[0x60:0x64] != "2009" and \
  

•            filedata[0x1f77:0x1f7d] == "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff" and \
  

•            filedata[0x0d70:0x0d80] == "w\xeew1w\xeew1w\xeew1w\xeew1":
  

•        return True
  

•    return False
  

Hmm, while this matches the Wouxun KG-618 66-88 MHz version correctly, other frequency ranges of the KG-618 will show up as KG-616s. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there could be a better way. What would Marco do?

Tom KD7LXL