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Re: [chirp_users] Programming Cable Guide
by Gerrit Polder 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Dan, here is some additional information for the programming cable guide. For the Baofeng UV-3R is a USB cable available with a prolific chip. Unfortunately the latest driver from prolific does not work with this cable. You have to use a weird old driver used for GPS equipment in the past (PL2303_Prolific_GPS_AllInOne_1013.exe). It does not work with Mac OS X, don't know about Linux. for this reason I replaced the interface with a SparkFun FTDI Breakout board (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9716). This one works like a charm. Furthermore I also can program my BF-U3 using Windows 7. The old cable could only be used with Windows XP. I removed the cable from the prolific board and soldered it to pin headers which fit in the header connecter of the SparkFun board. For what its worth: black to ground, green to tx, red to rx. kindly, Gerrit.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Dan Smith 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-11092011/ A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: changeset: 1210:98a6c35472da tag: tip user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Tue Nov 08 10:55:32 2011 -0800 files: chirp/ft60.py description: [ft60] Set the "name valid" bit along with the "name used" bit. Also, consider the name valid bit when deciding whether or not to process the name on get_memory().

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Dan Smith 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-11082011/ A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: changeset: 1209:0947f0d2e8f9 tag: tip user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Mon Nov 07 15:08:51 2011 -0800 files: chirp/ft60.py description: [ft60] Fix memory bounds not to include location 1 changeset: 1208:bb563d715088 user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Mon Nov 07 15:02:40 2011 -0800 files: chirp/ft60.py description: [ft60] Don't process the name if use_name is false

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[chirp_users] FT-60R / Chirp 0.1.12 / Ubuntu 11.04 Read _mem.tmode error
by Leigh L. Klotz Jr 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

I was wrong about the reading: it fails in read. The value _mem.tone is 0x74 and gets IndexError as I determined with this change: try: mem.tmode = TMODES[_mem.tmode] except: print "TMODES failed tmode is %s" % (_mem.tmode) Clone thread ended Starting memedit tmode is 0x07 (.....111b) Exception running RadioJob: list index out of range -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/common.py", line 81, in execute Bank Index supported: False Bank supported: False result = func(*self.args, **self.kwargs) DTCS Code supported: True File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 213, in get_memory DTCS Pol supported: False Mode supported: True mem.rtone = chirp_common.TONES[_mem.tone] Offset supported: True IndexError: list index out of range Name supported: True ------ Leigh/WA5ZNU

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[chirp_users] FT-60 / Chirp 0.1.12 / Ubuntu 11.04 Fails to write
by Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

I get persistent failure to write to radio on an FT-60 with Chirp 0.1.12 on Ubuntu 11.04. It read from the radio OK, but I cannot write back either immediately or after exiting chirp and loading a saved .IMG file. Additionally, I get an IndexError in attempting to use Export from chirp. Procedure: Turn on FT-60 with Moni pressed, select menu item F8 Clone, Depress Moni until RX appears, then do Upload to Radio from Chirp. Below is stdout. Leigh/WA5ZNU CHIRP 0.1.12 on Linux - Ubuntu 11.04 Starting memedit Exception running RadioJob: list index out of range -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/common.py", line 81, in execute Bank Index supported: False result = func(*self.args, **self.kwargs) Bank supported: False File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 208, in get_memory DTCS Code supported: True DTCS Pol supported: False mem.tmode = TMODES[_mem.tmode] Mode supported: True IndexError: list index out of range Offset supported: True ------ Name supported: TrueJob Args: (0,) Job KWArgs: {} Tune Step supported: True Name supported: True ToneSql supported: False Cross Mode supported: False Exception running RadioJob: list index out of range -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/common.py", line 81, in execute result = func(*self.args, **self.kwargs) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 208, in get_memory mem.tmode = TMODES[_mem.tmode] IndexError: list index out of range ------ Job Args: (0,) Job KWArgs: {} Started Clone thread started -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirpui/clone.py", line 222, in run self.__radio.sync_out() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 170, in sync_out upload(self) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/chirp/ft60.py", line 66, in upload raise Exception("Radio did not respond") Exception: Radio did not respond ------ Clone failed: Radio did not respond Clone thread ended

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[chirp_users] Programming Cable Guide
by Dan Smith 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hi all, I often get private questions about which cable to use for programming particular radios (especially the Icom 92AD). The CHIRP site has a little bit of information about this, but I think we can do better. I just created a "Programming Cable Guide" page here: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide This is just a brain dump from memory on various radios and cables. I would much appreciate: 1. Corrections, comments, and additions 2. Links to pages describing how to build cables 3. Links to reputable vendors of 3rd party cables If anyone is interested in helping edit this page directly, let me know and I'll get you set up with edit access. Thanks! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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Re: [chirp_users] Programming Cable Guide
by Aubrey Turner 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

I don't know if it does or not. Unfortunately I've misplaced the CD (I just downloaded the drivers from their site instead), or I would check. 409Shop didn't have them on their site, but you should be able to get the driver from the Prolific website. Here's the link: http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31 Note that it's a PL2303 chip (I messed up the chipset name in my original email). On Nov 5, 2011 3:44 AM, "Craig Ludwig" <craiglud(a)me.com> wrote: > Does their driver CD come with drivers for OS X? Just wondering as I use a > mac and this looks like a great setup with cables! > > Craig > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Aubrey Turner wrote: > > > I have some info on 3rd party cables if you are interested. > > > > I am using a 2-in-1 cable from 409Shop.com to program a number of Yaesu > > radios. > > > > Here's the product: > > - http://www.409shop.com/409shop_product.php?id=103790 > > > > It works with my VX-7R, FT-60R, and FT-7800R. It should also work with > > my FT-8800R, but I haven't tried it (programmed what few memories I > > needed manually on that rig). > > > > There are two things to know: > > - You will need the Prolific drivers from the 409Shop website for it to > > work on Windows (getting the 'latest and greatest' from Prolific will > > cause it to fail). > > - The 3.5mm adapter has the threading for the VX-7R. It *will* work > > with the non-threaded Yaesu units (FT-60R, VX-3, etc), as the rest of > > the plug is physically and electrically identical. It just sticks out a > > bit on the FT-60R. > > > > As for being reputable I've never had an issue with 409Shop. You just > > have to remember that they're in Hong Kong and it may take a while for > > the shipment to get to you. I have also used a USB cable from them to > > program a Wouxun KG-UVD1P (although I must note that this was not with > > CHIRP, as I sold that unit before I learned about CHIRP) and I used > > another of their cables for the Baofeng UV-3R. Pretty much all of their > > cables (and the ones on eBay) use the Prolific PL2032 chipset, so I have > > a laptop set up with those drivers and use it for all my radio > > programming (once the driver is installed, it works for all of the > > 409Shop cables). > > > > If you want a U.S. vendor, I've also had luck purchasing cables from > > Valley Enterprises. Here are their Yaesu cable selections: > > - http://www.valley-ent.com/catalog/yaesuvertex-c-25_45_49.html > > > > They carry a line of cables using FTDI USB-serial chipsets, which gets > > around a lot of the software hassles Windows users have had with the > > Prolific-based ones. I have one of their cables for my Yaesu FTM-350AR. > > > > > > On 11/03/2011 02:29 PM, Dan Smith wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I often get private questions about which cable to use for programming > >> particular radios (especially the Icom 92AD). The CHIRP site has a > >> little bit of information about this, but I think we can do better. I > >> just created a "Programming Cable Guide" page here: > >> > >> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide > >> > >> This is just a brain dump from memory on various radios and cables. I > >> would much appreciate: > >> > >> 1. Corrections, comments, and additions > >> 2. Links to pages describing how to build cables > >> 3. Links to reputable vendors of 3rd party cables > >> > >> If anyone is interested in helping edit this page directly, let me know > >> and I'll get you set up with edit access. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >

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[chirp_users] New Install with OSX Lion
by Craig Ludwig 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

I have installed the KK7DS_Python_Runtime_R5, Chirp 0.1.12, KawaMall USBSerial cable with Prolific PL2303 drivers, and am trying to program a Yaesu FT8800R. When I can verify that that my usbserial devices in connected through system profiler. When I connect the radio and open Chirp I select the usbserial device and start a download. The radio immediately quits with an error and Chirp reports 'An error occurred' 'ord() expected a character, but string of length 0 found'. How can I start to debug this error?

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Dan Smith 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-11052011/ A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: changeset: 1207:c36c62678cbd tag: tip user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Fri Nov 04 09:48:47 2011 -0700 files: chirpui/mainapp.py description: When exporting, warn if the destination file exists, and remove it before doing the export if the user wishes.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Dan Smith 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-10262011/ A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: changeset: 1202:2201c2864c35 tag: tip user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Tue Oct 25 11:55:54 2011 -0700 files: chirp/kenwood_live.py description: [kenwood] Fix some of the kenwood MODEL definitions so that they match what gets returned during detection. changeset: 1201:faf37496599c user: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> date: Tue Oct 25 09:45:55 2011 -0700 files: chirp/ft60.py description: [ft60] Make sure to enable display of the memory name on the ft60 if one is set.

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