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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

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-04202012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #66 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [thf6] Fix valid name length Was 7, should be 8 Fixes #132 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Fix column alignment with recent long-named vendor #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix up BruteForce test to be gracious about Baofeng shortcomings #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix 12.5kHz split tx frequencies on VX3,5,7,8 Fixes #139 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix FT-8900 narrow bit setting Before this patch, we would never clear the narrow bit on a channel, only set it. So, once you marked something as narrow, we could never unmark it back to wide, without deleting/wiping it. Fixes #140 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT8x7] Index error on fm only band check Affect whole ft8x7 family fix Bug #137 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] React correctly on deletion of special memories fix Bug #136 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Protected a debugging print by CHIRP_DEBUG environment variable Fix Bug #134 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Fix PMS memories editing Fixes #131 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add the ability to exclude a test from the set Misc fixes #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ic9x] Fix offset field The recent move to using bitwise on the ic9x left the offset field one BCD digit shorter than it should be. Fixes #132 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] Stupid typo that prevent vfob memories to be modified. Affect whole ft8x7 family Bug #133 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Add a corner case test for split duplex with a 12.5kHz TX frequency, since this is stored in a funky way on some yaesu radios. Tests #125

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

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-04192012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ftxx00] Fix setting split frequencies that use 12.5kHz step Fixes #125 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Finally fix MacOS application menu It should show "CHIRP" and not "Python" and "Quit" should actually quit instead of hang. The latter was fairly straightforward, but the former requires some serious ugliness in the way we launch it. But, MacOS is ugly, so we fit right in. Fixes #130 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix reading Kenwood TH-F6A odd splits Hopefully the final nail in the coffin for #101 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Fix FT817 60M channel editing Fixes #127 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix 60m channel editing in stable tree Marco's fix for bug #83 didn't get propagated to the separate 60m channel structure definition in the stable tree, causing us not to be able to edit those channels. It's not a problem in unstable because we've moved to unified structure definitions. Part of the fix for #128 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the UI not attempt to correct the tuning step on nostep_tuning radios Part of the fix for #128 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857/897] Change the Vhf band limit which is different than ft817 one Fix bug #121 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Only update import progress bar on non-empty and mod 50. Fixes #119. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Added tag release_0_2_2 for changeset 30eeb96b77fb [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the Edit->Copy operation package up the source radio's feature set and pass it to Edit->Paste, which can use it to do an import_mem() operation on the resulting memory object before pushing it into the destination radio. This makes a Copy-Paste operation behave exactly like a File->Import operation. It also fixes the case where you get silly warning/errors if you Copy-Paste between dissimilar radios. Fixes bug #113 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Change import_logic.import_mem to take just the feature set of the source radio, which is all that is really necessary and avoids needing a reference to the whole radio to do an import. Bug #113

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[chirp_users] UV-5r
by lockworks07＠aol.com 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi, I cannot get this to work on my iMac. I have followed the directions but the model and usb port does not show up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff

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[chirp_users] Chirp VX-6 Clone Download Hangs?
by Carter, Steve 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Just installed Chirp 0.2.2 and python runtime on a Mac OSX 10.6 machine per standard instructions. Installed drivers for USB-Serial cable. When I turn on my Yaesu VX-6 in Clone mode, start Chirp, then initiate the clone transmission on the radio, it appears to start, but hang immediately. Radio gives an error and Chirp waits until cancelled. Have full debug log, but the following appears to be the pertinent part. Something obvious to any of you? Thanks, Steve ------------ <snip> Registered Yaesu_VX-6 = VX6Radio <snip> Enabled OSX menubar integration /Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/chirp/chirpw:124: PangoWarning: error opening config file '../Resources/etc/pango/pangorc': No such file or directory a.show() User selected Yaesu VX-6 on port /dev/cu.usbserial Clone thread started 000: 41 48 30 32 31 00 e0 01 AH021... 008: 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirpui/clone.py", line 222, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 177, in sync_in self._mmap = clone_in(self) File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 67, in clone_in data += chunk_read(pipe, block, radio.status_fn) File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 42, in chunk_read data += pipe.read(block) File "/opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 442, in read ready,_,_ = select.select([self.fd],[],[], self._timeout) error: (9, 'Bad file descriptor') ------ Clone failed: (9, 'Bad file descriptor') Clone thread ended

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[chirp_users] FT-857D M-603 modification for new 60 Meter allocation
by Hugh Wardlaw 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

I successfully downloaded the settings from my FT-857D. When I attempted to enter the 5.3585 value for the 5.368 I get an Invalid Value Entered message. It would have been nice for it to have worked. If you can come up with a solution I would appreciate an update. I loaded the CHIRP daily-04162012 version on my Windows 7 netbook. I would like to pass the information along to my fellow club members if this will work. There are several of us with 897's and 857's. 73, de Hugh, WB4SLI

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

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-04182012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #64 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix FT857 60M channel editing Fixes #127 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow querying network sources directly (Feature #126) This change puts the "Import from..." network source menu items inside a generic "Import from data source" menu item and adds another called "Query data source". It is populated with similar items for each of the network data sources currently supported. When the user selects one of these, the usual query process happens, but in the end, we open the result in a read-only tab so that they can browse, copy, and paste selections into another tab. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow querying the readonly-ness of an editorset Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make memedit expose its readonly-ness and use the new scheme for determining unique model IDs directly. Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make RFinderRadio not declare to have bank support and also inherit from NetworkSourceRadio. Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the RadioReferenceRadio not claim to have bank support Related to: #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add support for Vertex Standard VXA-700 Feature #120

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

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-04162012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #63 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857/897] Change the Vhf band limit which is different than ft817 one Fix bug #121

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Re: [chirp_users] CSV imports
by Jim Piper 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

Got it Dan, thanks! Somehow missed the merge/overwrite of the radio image and the csv import. Just tried it and it works. Going to solve my laptop/W2k prob by trying to upgrade the OS to XP. That'll solve a number of probs, including being able to easily use your later releases of CHIRP. Using your latest build on my desktop machine and all is well with it. Thanks for the response to the CHIRP user's email. Thought I had asked the question on the mailing list, i.e., "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com." I much prefer asking the question there to find whether other uses have had the same problem or can offer a solution than bugging the guys doing the coding. Best regards -- Jim On 4/15/2012 7:29 PM, Dan Smith wrote: >> I've re-read the newbie instructions numerous times but suspect I am >> doing something wrong. > You can't upload a CSV file to a radio directly, you can only upload an > image. So, grab an image from the radio, *import* the contents of the > CSV file, and then upload back to the radio. > > There have been a lot of CSV fixes since 0.1.12, so I recommend the > following procedure: > > 1. Download from the alinco with your older version, save to > myalinco.img > 2. Copy myalinco.img to the newer machine > 3. In the current version of chirp, open your myalinco.img > 4. File->Import, choose the CSV file > 5. File->Save the changes back to myalinco.img > 6. Copy the myalinco.img back to your older computer > 7. File->Open it with the older chirp and then Radio->Upload to push it > back into the radio. > > It's more complicated than it should need to be since you have the other > issue of not being able to run the current chirp on the older machine. > > In the future, asking questions like this on the mailing list would be > preferred so everyone can help/contribute/benefit from the discussion. > > Thanks! >

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[chirp_users] "comment" column in support matrix
by David Griffith 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

I'm wondering what the "comment" column in http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.2.2/Model_Support.html refers to. Does this mean on the Yaesu VX-7R I cannot label memories as is described on page 48 (50 in the PDF) in the radio's manual through CHIRP? -- David Griffith dave(a)661.org

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[chirp_users] Windoze 2k and CHIRP 0.2.2
by Jim Piper 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hoping for some help running CHIRP on a W2k machine. Used the CHIRP installer package to install. Ran without changes. Now, whenever I attempt to load and run CHIRP, the load halts and directs me to the "chirpw.exe" notepad file with these contents: Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpw", line 25, in <module> File "gtk\__init__.pyo", line 40, in <module> File "gtk\_gtk.pyo", line 12, in <module> File "gtk\_gtk.pyo", line 10, in __load ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found. However the same installer/ and run works great on my Windoze XP machine. Any ideas anyone? The W2k machine is my radio s/w laptop that I drag out to my vehicle to program my radios. Many thanks -- Jim / N6MED

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