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[chirp_users] I got an unsupported xinchuang TR-N7 radio, how can I add support for it?
by mofo syne 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Is there any place I can upload... say a "serial dump" file of communication between it and some propriety software (named SV83) ? I managed to create a serial sniffer cable, so if I have a place to upload it, then you guys could inspect and add support for it. Heck I think having a dedicated place to upload serial dumps would be great for reverse engineering efforts.

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[chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
by David Evans 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, all; Recently I have been using a bootable CD of CHIRP to take with me to radio club (Voice of Idaho) activities to help newbies program their radios. Works great, but I thought that a thumb drive would be handier since I could store some data files on it. Now, I have a fair familiarity with Linux but this stumps me. I created the boot-able thumb-drive and copied the CHIRP data files to the documents folder on it. They went on with no error messages and opened in CHIRP. Everything seemed fine until I rebooted the system and found that those data files were gone. So, I am wondering why they were gone and what can I do to fix this. -- Thanks, David kd7uch(a)arrl.net

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Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
by Jeff Melton 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this n00b in the right direction? Jeff W5JNM -at- ARRL On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Jim, > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the wiki. > > Thanks, > David > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net

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Re: [chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating
by Marty Braun 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Greetings: I don't have any ICOM experience, but I know that with my Yaseu I have to push the PTT switch to send the radio info to CHIRP. I then have to push the MONITOR switch to allow CHIRP to load back into the radio. This flumoxed me for a while, as my Baofeng just sits there and communicates directly from the CHIRP commands. Hope this is helpful. Good day, Marty Braun KC3AID > From: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 36 > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:14:52 -0700 > > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Baofeng UV-5R (Benton) > 2. Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating (Vincent Burolla) > 3. Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > 4. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Tom Hayward) > 5. Re: Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating (Robert Gendreau) > 6. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Jim Unroe) > 7. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > 8. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (amnon.zohar(a)gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:07:51 -0700 > From: Benton <bcgh(a)aracnet.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <028c80bb25746ccefb228d07d29893bc(a)aracnet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2013-07-26 10:33, Marty Braun wrote: > > Glad you got it going. Another point specific to this radio, at least > > to mine is to be sure the plug is all the way in the radio. > > Ditto with my first attempt to cable up my Wouxun. Thought the cable > was fully seated but no soap. Then pushed just a little harder and > it snicked in another 1/16th inch. Et voila! > > Benton 25jul13 > -- > Benton Holzwarth > benton(a)siletzbay.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:12:55 -0400 > From: Vincent Burolla <vburoll1(a)rochester.rr.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <5467E5D1-3648-428A-8C62-7746F4A65EB2(a)rochester.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I tried uploading data from my Icom HT to my MacBook and I still get the "Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio." message. Previously, I thought that I had maybe a cable problem, so today I used a known good cable (works with my KX3), but still no luck. I'm running Mac OS 10.8.4 and installed Chirp 0.3.1 and KK7DS Python Runtime RIO. I tired with just turning the radio on, and then with the radio placed in the Clone mode, but it makes no difference. > > What am I missing? > > Vince > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:46:25 -0600 > From: David Evans <kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: > <CAOFT+7_uCHZcjRkzP4yUbHMy6pEshLyKY8rUohSKM2U84T6z_w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, all; > > Recently I have been using a bootable CD of CHIRP to take with me to radio > club (Voice of Idaho) activities to help newbies program their radios. > Works great, but I thought that a thumb drive would be handier since I > could store some data files on it. Now, I have a fair familiarity with > Linux but this stumps me. I created the boot-able thumb-drive and copied > the CHIRP data files to the documents folder on it. They went on with no > error messages and opened in CHIRP. Everything seemed fine until I > rebooted the system and found that those data files were gone. > > So, I am wondering why they were gone and what can I do to fix this. > > -- > Thanks, > David > kd7uch(a)arrl.net >

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[chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating
by Vincent Burolla 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

I tried uploading data from my Icom HT to my MacBook and I still get the "Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio." message. Previously, I thought that I had maybe a cable problem, so today I used a known good cable (works with my KX3), but still no luck. I'm running Mac OS 10.8.4 and installed Chirp 0.3.1 and KK7DS Python Runtime RIO. I tired with just turning the radio on, and then with the radio placed in the Clone mode, but it makes no difference. What am I missing? Vince

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[chirp_users] Linux user permissions
by Ronny Julian 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Took me a bit as I have never run into a permissions issue. Would someone like to add the sudo command to the Linux Wiki? I did not see anything there. Using n0cl as an example username. sudo adduser n0cl dialout [sudo] password for user: Adding user n0cl to group dialout Done. << Restart done here to ensure new group picked up >> pax> id -Gn pax dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner REF this site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9839988/dev-ttys0-does-not-open-in-ubunt… Still having issues writing to the FT-60 after a good read. I'll buy a USB cable soon and try this once more. Any steps I'm missing please let me know. The cable checks good on a meter and if it reads the radio it should write in theory. Doing the same thing now in Windows and Xubuntu. I will say the Linux version does not yell out an error it just does not work. Ronny K4RJJ

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[chirp_users] Windows surface and Chrip
by Steve Urso 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello all: Old user,new list user. My question is can/ does anyone run Chrip on a windows surface tablet? It has a USB port and does all the stuff you want a computer to do so....What I am doing is traveling and wanted Chrip on my mobile device so I can upload to my HT on the fly. Oh when I try to install it on the device it says it can't and try a app. WTF, iTunes can install either, they should tell u before u buy it is limited on what u can install. Figures Microsoft. Sent from my iPad

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[chirp_users] UV-5re +
by M Schontz 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Many tnx for your response Jim........I'm still struggling to get CHIP running so I can program my radio. I've managed to program a couple freqs manually into the memories but I can't find instructions in the manual as to how to manually switch between memories or how to scan the memory channels. I'm pretty sure I have down loaded CHIRP but I can't get it to run so I can program the radio. I have downloaded the latest drivers and checked the cable as well. Since I have little IT experience this has been a tough go. I would appreciate any help assistance you could render........... M Schontz k8fu(a)aol.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
by rider4jc2001＠yahoo.com 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail From: amnon.zohar(a)gmail.com Sent: ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎00‎ ‎AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues I am one step behind! mine works with vip but on chirp all i got was a message window that closes when clicking ok both on xp and win8 both on stable and beta chirp versions! ??? Sent from Windows Mail From: Jim Unroe Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎5‎:‎52‎ ‎PM To: Discussion of CHIRP On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com <rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH Hi Duane, Welcome to the hobby. I assume that you are using Windows. Since you have a problem with both software packages, I would expect the programming cable/driver to be the problem (it usually is). You shouldn't be guessing at the COM port. You be able to determine it from Device Manager. I would recommend that you visit the Miklor.com website and, in particular, look at the Drivers & USB Cables page. It will help you determine if you have correct driver, provide a link for one if you don't and then guide you through the installation process. Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '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-20130728 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #218 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Fix for "Unsupported Model" error when downloading or uploading When certain settings of the UV-B5 or UV-B6 are changed, one or both of the following can happen - the 'ident' of the radio changes - the 'ack' check value changes This patch attempts to address both of these issues #947 and others

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