On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Brian Dickman via chirp_devel chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
An announcement of intentions: having just bought an 898S and being saddened that it's not supported, I'm working on a driver to support this model. I have the 3-power-levels change worked out, now I'm going through some of the other tweaks they made on this model.
I wanted to make sure I'm not stepping on any toes. Is anyone else working on an 898S driver?
My plan is to make a patch in the near term that gets basic support working equivalent to the 10w 898 model, then go back and add support for additional features like the VFO memories, DTFM sequences, etc.
Thanks,
Brian AF7MD
Hi Brian,
I believe Tom did the original driver and basic support. I did most of the settings beyond that. Since you have the VV-898S in your possession, you sound like the right guy to do the VV-898S development work. I still have my VV-898 (I believe it is a v1.03) so I can help with testing to make sure nothing gets broken.
You might look at the uv-5r.py driver. I believe Marco did the original update to support the Intek KT-980HP (the original 3 power level version of the UV-5R) but I did the support for the 2 power level/3 power level settings (which now also includes the BF-F8HP and UV-82 HP and their many variants).
Jim KC9HI