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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV8E
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi guys, A friend has a new Wouxun KG-UV8E. Someone said it would work with the Wouxun KG-UV8D selection of the daily build of CHIRP. dmesg tail reveals that the Wouxun programmiing cable is using /dev/tty/USB0 which is owned by root and group uucp. So I added uucp to my user's groups. ls /dev/ttyUSB0 -l crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Aug 19 14:09 /dev/ttyUSB0 [djringjr@laptop ~]$ groups sys adm wheel uucp audio users Daily Build - chirpw --version CHIRP daily-20160802 on Linux laptop 4.7.0-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 8 22:24:23 CEST 2016 i686 (Python 2.7.12) Here's what happens. [djringjr@laptop ~]$ chirpw (process:2492): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. ERROR: -- Exception: -- ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 375, in sync_in self._mmap = self._download() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 391, in _download self._identify() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 353, in _identify _chksum_err, _resp = self._read_record() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 315, in _read_record raise errors.RadioError('Radio did not respond') RadioError: Radio did not respond ERROR: ---------------- ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not respond ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not respond --- ERROR: None ERROR: ---------------------------- I tried the same cable and radio on Windows 10 using the CHIRP latest daily build Same error - could not communicate with radio. Using the Wouxun software with correct driver on Win10, same error. Any suggestions? David N1EA

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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV8E
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi guys, A friend has a new Wouxun KG-UV8E. Someone said it would work with the Wouxun KG-UV8D selection of the daily build of CHIRP. dmesg tail reveals that the Wouxun programmiing cable is using /dev/tty/USB0 which is owned by root and group uucp. So I added uucp to my user's groups. ls /dev/ttyUSB0 -l crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Aug 19 14:09 /dev/ttyUSB0 [djringjr@laptop ~]$ groups sys adm wheel uucp audio users Daily Build - chirpw --version CHIRP daily-20160802 on Linux laptop 4.7.0-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 8 22:24:23 CEST 2016 i686 (Python 2.7.12) Here's what happens. [djringjr@laptop ~]$ chirpw (process:2492): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. ERROR: -- Exception: -- ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 375, in sync_in self._mmap = self._download() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 391, in _download self._identify() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 353, in _identify _chksum_err, _resp = self._read_record() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.py", line 315, in _read_record raise errors.RadioError('Radio did not respond') RadioError: Radio did not respond ERROR: ---------------- ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not respond ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not respond --- ERROR: None ERROR: ---------------------------- I tried the same cable and radio on Windows 10 using the CHIRP latest daily build Same error - could not communicate with radio. Using the Wouxun software with correct driver on Win10, same error. Any suggestions? David N1EA

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

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-20160819 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #426 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add test image for BTECH UV-5X3 Related to #3931 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-6X3] Add Support for BTech UV-5X3 This driver adds support for the BTech UV-5X3 tri-band handheld radio. related to #3931

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[chirp_users] 2M operating info needed
by Richard B. Emerson 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

I need some general advice on 2m and repeater use. Since this is off-topic for this list/forum, please contact me directly. 73 de KC3DOO Rick

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[chirp_users] ReReRe: UV-6R driver issue
by stephen johnston 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

yes, did some more tests if you type it on the keypad and store it, when you go back into the menu's it's just displaying the previously entered data - maybe from a buffer somewhere. so it looks like it's just the inverted power levels need fixing. -- stephen johnston

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[chirp_users] ReRe: UV-6R driver issue
by stephen johnston 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

i'll try again. in chip you set the base frequency, offset & shift direction. how that gets into the radio i supose depends on the radio, but i have it set in chip and it's not making it into the radio. as for the radio itself, i can tell you now - because i have done it last week. unlike older baofeng stuff with direct-entry bugs and stupid work arounds from places like Miklor, you can enter the frequency, offset and shift-direction from the keypad - and it works - and you can save it!! so i suppose later, i will reset the radio, put a channel in by keypad - then read it with chip. if it's right, i will reset the radio again and upload the downloaded data to see if it's still o.k.. -- stephen johnston

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[chirp_users] more UV-6R issues
by stephen johnston 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

when uploading to the radio, the power level is being inverted. -- stephen johnston

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[chirp_users] UV-6R driver issue
by stephen johnston 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

i just tried the latest "daily", i imported some channels from my UV82 - most stuff seems o.k. but it does not appear to be uploading the shift direction, or frequency offsets to the radio. i see them in the tab i imported them into (and saved) but they are not showing in the radio after upload. also, maybe not a bug, but is the alpha-tag on the UV-6R supposed to be 6 characters instead 7? if not then it's also not uploading the complete channel name field - only the first 6 characters.

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[chirp_users] Programming cables
by w4rss＠radioclub.org 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Anyone have a source for a programming cable for the Icom IC-880h? Thanks, Dick W4RSS

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[chirp_users] Chirp not included in Ubuntu 16.04 updates
by Wenlock Burton 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Hi Seems Chirp updates are not being included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I've had no updates to Chirp since upgrading to 16.04 two weeks ago Wenlock Sent from my iPhone

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