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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7
by David Tilson 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

G'day Dan, Great to see 0.1.7 released. Well done. While I was working on a few of the wiki pages tonight I came across something, which was a bit unexpected. I started chirp, without a radio connected, and opened my ic92.chirp file. I then clicked on the D-STAR tab and noticed that there was no information stored in any of the (URCALL, RPTCALL and MYCALL) fields. I then connected up the radio, connected to Band B and all of the attributes were there and available through CHIRP. I thought that these attributes would have been stored in the chirp file, but it looks like they may not be. If this is correct, is there a plan to add them to the stored chirp file at some stage? Cheers, Davidt, VK3UR

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b10
by David Tilson 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

G'day Dan, > Okay, just posted b11 if you want to give that a shot. Confirmed and b11 is good to go from my perspective. > For the final version, I'll disable the csvdump build > target and we can be free of it for good :D OK, you might want to consider whether or not the install script should remove csvdump from any existing installations, so that it doesn't remain in the installed directory. Cheers, davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b10
by David Tilson 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

>> Other than the stripping I think it's good to go... > Is it perhaps just on CSV import? Yep, just on CSV import. I tested with exporting / importing native chirp format and that was fine. I then exported to CSV and that was fine. It was only when I imported the CSV that it stripped the left hand side spaces. Cheers, Davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b10
by David Tilson 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

G'day Dan, > I just posted b10 with the tuning step in the CSV. > Give it a shot and let me know if it works for you. Yep, TStep worked find here on the IC92 Band B (DV) exporting to and importing from a CSV file. Also good on Band A. > If there are no other issues, I'd like to call this official and move on to 0.1.8 > where I can start on things like skip, power level, banks, etc. Somehow the left stripping of URCALL appears to have re-introduced itself, whereby any "space" characters are stripped. This means that you can't set the URCALL to " U" to unlink systems. I also tested this version on the 2820 and I didn't observe any other issues. Other than the stripping I think it's good to go... Well done and thanks. Davidt, VK3UR

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b10
by Dan Smith 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi all, I just posted b10 with the tuning step in the CSV. Give it a shot and let me know if it works for you. If there are no other issues, I'd like to call this official and move on to 0.1.8 where I can start on things like skip, power level, banks, etc. Thanks! -- Dan Smith dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/ www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b9
by David Tilson 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

G'day Dan, >> in Band B, from a CSV file, is given a Tune Step of 5kHz. > Ah, I need to add that in. No problems. It's not a show stopper, just a difference I noticed. > If we can get the GUI bits of 0.1.7 > finished and out the door, I'd like to make 0.1.8 more of a radio > feature release. Specifically, I want bank membership and power levels > to work :) Sounds good and it was more of an observation rather than anything. >> I've attached the debug log as it complained quite frequently about a >> short, unknown block. > That's usually a result of a low battery. I haven't changed anything in > that layer to cause any different behavior, so I imagine that's what > you're seeing. I need to add in some retry logic to catch that specific > problem and try the memory again. I don't think so in this case as the battery was fully charged. I'll keep an eye on it in the next beta. > So, how about one more beta with tune step in the CSV and then call it > good? :) Hopeful, aren't we? Hahaha Thanks, davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b9
by David Tilson 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

G'day Dan, > I'd like to snap 0.1.7 official soon if this doesn't have too many broken pieces :) You're a bit hopefull aren't you :) All of this testing was under Windows on the IC-92AD (Band B) > - Fix CSV export that includes blank lines Confirmed, but for some reason the CSV export choked at line 37 (mem 55). It didn't continue you on to export up to 400. > - Fix CSV import choking on those blank lines Confirmed. I did notice though that the CSV file does not have a column for Tune Step, but it is included as a field in the CHIRP GUI, as well as the .chirp export/imports. By default any memory imported in Band B, from a CSV file, is given a Tune Step of 5kHz. > - Add CSV header Confirmed. > - Add DV attributes to native .chirp format Confirmed. One area that I noticed, but you are already aware of, was that between exporting to radio.chirp, deleting 2 memories and then importing those 2 memories from radio.chirp was that the memories were stripped of their "Skip" status. Not a big deal at the moment. I've attached the debug log as it complained quite frequently about a short, unknown block. >From my perspective it's getting very close now... Cheers, Davidt, VK3UR

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[chirp_users] latest beta releases?
by Dave Cooley 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Whats new in the latest Beta releases? .

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b9
by Dan Smith 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi folks, I just updated beta9 with some fixes: - Fix CSV export that includes blank lines - Fix CSV import choking on those blank lines - Add CSV header - Add DV attributes to native .chirp format Please test and let me know. I'd like to snap 0.1.7 official soon if this doesn't have too many broken pieces :) Thanks! -- Dan Smith dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/ www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.7b8
by David Tilson 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

> Yep, the native .chirp driver isn't DV-aware yet, so that's expected at the moment. > I guess I should fix that up before 0.1.7 official. Only if you don't want a gaggle of amateurs (or whatever the collective noun is for a group of radio amateurs) wondering where all of their DV settings have gone :) Mind you, it would give them hours of joy if they didn't hadn't taken your earlier advice and had their config backed up. Cheers, Davidt PS: Maybe it could be a hamfest of amateurs... :D

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