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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Thanks Tom. Yes, I'm following the Yaesu manual to the letter. When the display says "CLONE START", the manual says to push the 'set' button, the screen will blank, and then the display will show "CLONE". I do that, and it does. The manual then says to start the receiving radio, and I click the start button in CHIRP. The manual then says to push the left-bank 'V/M' key to initiate transmission; when I press that button, nothing happens - the display still reads "CLONE", the "-TX-" doesn't show, and CHIRP times out with this error: "Failed to communicate with radio: Failed to read header (0)". I also tried your tip about the radio going into clone mode without a cable - nope, it behaves exactly the same. No "-TX-", no error, no nothing. On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700 > From: Tom Hayward <esarfl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw(a)me.com> wrote: >> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" >> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) >> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) >> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window >> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. >> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. > > When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen? > > There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable > attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed > by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the > FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4 > for "Download from Radio" in Chirp. > > Tom KD7LXL

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive
by KF8SJ＠aol.com 27 May '13

27 May '13

i have need to use this radio as an alert pager for local vol. fire dept. see where to enable dtmf on transmit, but no capability to do so on receive. is this possible, and/or am i missing something in the programming. basically need to receive only one tone. thanks for help. jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV3D
by Jim Bieker 27 May '13

27 May '13

Chirp read the memory fine but when I add some channels and uploaded back it sort of bricked the radio. Unable to change some settings mainly turning off voice and offset not able to save. Tried reset no luck. Any ideas?

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[chirp_users] Pushing 888k support
by warsoul 27 May '13

27 May '13

I use these radios and would like to see chirp support for them. I have offered to loan out one if it will help but I have not gotten a response so I figured I would post my offer here also.

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 29
by nanojects＠verizon.net 27 May '13

27 May '13

Using a wideband receiver (as in the pager) to try to receive a narrow band signal ( new system) the audio will be weaker. You can try to modify the pagers to increase the audio going to the tone decode chip. Either changing a resistor or a trim pot might work to increase the audio going to the decode chip. Good luck. Message: 3 Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:57:06 -0400 (EDT) From: kf8sj(a)aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive/// To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: <8D02840CDE7FBBD-1F40-1901C(a)webmail-m165.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" thanks. would appreciate any help possible. with the advent of narrow banding, all our pagers will not work. we are paged out by the sheriffs department over a public government channel using the dtmf codes. have already explored their sending either a different pl tone, or a dcs signal, but their system is not capable of doing either. for the price of a handfull of pagers, could equip the entire department with these units, and gain a talk around radio. not sure what an Arduino sketch is 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac
by Grant Cunningham 26 May '13

26 May '13

I'm getting an error when trying to download data from the Yaesu FT-8800. Computer is an iMac running OS X 10.8.3; I have CHIRP 0.3.1 installed and running. Cable is the Valley Ent. USB programming cable, and I have installed the FTDI VCP drivers; it appears that they've been installed correctly (they're in the proper directory, anyhow.) I'm using the following procedure: - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. What am I doing wrong?

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[chirp_users] Can't Download from IC-T70A to iMac
by Vincent Burolla 25 May '13

25 May '13

I recently purchased a Valley Enterprises RPC-IV8-UF cable (Icom USB OPC-478 FTDI), installed the driver and CHIRP; however, no matter what I do I cannot get the radio to download to my iMac. Here are some specifics: Mac OS 10.8.3 CHIRP (vers. 0.3.1) GTK 2024010 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.2 I click Download from Radio from the Radio pull down menu. Then I select: /dev/cu.usbserial-AH01D7KW, Icom and IC-T70 in the radio window. After clicking OK, some sort of cloning window flashes briefly on the screen and the error message, Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio appears. Also, at this time both the green and red LEDs on the cable flash once. I get the same response regardless of whether the radio is ON or OFF. If the cable is not connected, I get a different error message, could not open port /dev....., which makes sense. Right now I'm suspecting a bad cable or something wrong with my HT. By the way, I can get the HT into the cloning mode manually, but that had no effect one way or the other. The HT appears to be working normally in all other aspects. I'd like to know, first of all, what pin is what on the cable's 3.5mm radio plug, and secondly, is there anything else that could possibly be wrong that I can/should check? Thanks, Vince

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Re: [chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I must say I'm impressed by the quick and valuable response. Many thanks to all who took the time to reply to my inquiry. As a result of your good information the Baofeng UV-5RA and my computer are playing nicely together. Now I look forward to an evening of happy radio programming! RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I hope the CHIRP brain trust will forgive this most basic question from a new member: Is a serial programming cable required for use with CHIRP? I see that the logo is a DB9 connector and the program allows only a COM1 setting but I thought I'd ask anyway since I have only the USB cable for my Baofeng UV-5RA. Can anyone recommend a source for a serial programming cable for the UV-5RA? Many Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 May '13

24 May '13

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-20130524 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #202 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix "insert row above/below" when using hungarian language Fix bug #759 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix Menu View/Columns after recent changes in editorset Fix Bug #853

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