Hi,

I'm toying with the idea of adding the ability to upload custom power-on images to the 5RM (and presumably all the other similar devices). I've started picking at Baofeng's software to see how it works, and I'd like some help before I commit to anything:

-1) Should I bother/ has someone tried this already?

0) These are "clone mode" radios, and I don't see a change in memory after changing welcome screens with BF's sw. Would that be CHIRP ignoring/not reading the relevant memory section? Or is there precedent for baofengs to have settings that are not part of the normal clone?

Probably for Dan:
1) Would it be accepted for CHIRP to have this feature? Is it absent for some reason, or simply because nobody has implemented it? If I were to be the first to implement this, how would you like to architect it into the SW? Part of the driver? New functions for UI?

2) I have reverse engineered the encoding and some header info for the image write. Where should I look for details on the existing reverse engineered protocols for this device? I am hoping my answer to question 0 is "chirp is probably just not touching the memory we care about" and I only have to make minor changes, but this info will help in any case.

3) Does anyone have other radios that have similar features to consider while designing how this will work?