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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '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-20120610 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #90 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix incorrect download offset This caused an off-by-8 error in the image, which resulted in people blowing garbage (effectively) back into the auxiliary special block of their memory and causing lots of trouble. Fixes #210

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Re: [chirp_users] Problem Uploading on FT-897D
by John Johnson 09 Jun '12

09 Jun '12

I felt I should clarify so someone reading this in the future does not get confused. My Dell Notebook has a one serial port (COM1) with a connector (COM3 goes to an internal modem). When I connected a cable directly from the serial port to the FT-897D the radio would not upload memory settings, although it would download. As a matter of fact the radio would not stay in UPLOAD mode (it immediately displays "ERROR) when button A is pressed on the radio. If I disconnect the serial cable from the PC the radio stays in UPLOAD mode (displays "receiving"). This shows the radio is not the problem. My ASUS notebook has only USB ports so I had to use a USB to serial converter to test. The cable I use does in fact have a Prolific chip (authentic, not a copy, verified by Prolific) but that is not germane to this test. This cable worked fine to both download and upload. I used the same serial cable as above to connect from the USB/Serial cable to the radio (so it is not a cable problem). As a point of interest this same cable and chip have functioned correctly for everything EXCEPT running HRD (supposedly due to the extremely high load HRD places on the connection). Ergo, the serial port on the Dell Notebook is causing the problem. I do not know if it is either a hardware, firmware, or software problem. Some day I will have sufficient curiosity and time to dig into it (I retired after 42 years in the computer field). Once again, thank you for your feedback. John

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[chirp_users] Chirp for Gentoo users
by Richard Farina 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120608 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120608-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users who have upgraded to Fedora Core version 17 (fc17), Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '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-20120608 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #89 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Filter the potentially-uninitialized power-on message Fixes #202

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[chirp_users] Problem Uploading on FT-897D
by John Johnson 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Thank you for the feedback. I have narrowed down the problem to my Dell notebook. If I use my ASUS notebook (using a USB to serial cable since it does not have a physical serial port) I am able to both download and upload the memories with no problem. I am unsure what the problem is with the Dell; I have checked all of the settings and they appear correct. At this point I am not concerned since all the Dell runs is HRD, DM780, logbook, and JT-65hf. CHIRP is a great product.

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[chirp_users] Cannot download from Wouxun UV-3D
by AE7HS 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

I was having random issues with my Prolific cables when using CHIRP on OS X until I switched to the open source driver. I can't say for sure that this is your issue but it might be worth looking into. Anthony AE7HS

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120607 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120607-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users who have upgraded to Fedora Core version 17 (fc17), Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '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-20120607 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #88 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Support editing power-on message Fixes #198 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Expose ANI code as an array of integer settings Fixes #188 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] String settings should not be stripped until they're displayed Related to #198 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the settings editor UI properly handle array values In support of #188 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Finish making RadioSetting work as an array of values In support of #188

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[chirp_users] Cannot download from Wouxun UV-3D
by Bob Nielsen 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

I recently purchased a Wouxun UV-3D plus the programming cable and installed Chirp on my Mac Mini running OS X 10.7.4. I also installed the Python runtime package mentioned in the wiki. I needed to install a Prolific USB driver before /dev/cu.usbserial appeared as a port choice. I have a couple of manual entries stored so I figured that the program would download them but when I click "OK" a window labeled "Clone" appears. After several seconds I get a window saying the radio is not responding. Is there a step I missed? 73, Bob N7XY _____ N7XY DX Cluster Node - telnet to n7xy.net, port 7300

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