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[chirp_users] Using Chirp to program Wouxun KG-UV6Dv2 on a Mac - cable issues?
by Cam Banks 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

Hi guys, I am a brand-new ham & bought the KG-UV6Dv2 from Wouxun.us along with their cable. I run Parallels 8 and can see I could probably program it their, but I'd rather do it on the Mac (Mountain Lion 8.2). I've installed the driver package from RT Systems, and also the other more generic driver from Sourceforge (also supposed to be good on the Mac). Chirp runs fine, Python is installed, but it can't see my radio - it tries to read it and then reports an error (can't remember the exact error title, but it's to the effect of "can't find device"). Mac System Reports sees various serial devices, and it looks like the cable is a Prolific chipset. I think I could connect if I could figure out how to control COM ports/Serial Ports on the mac, or is it hopeless w/the Prolific cable? Thanks, Cam

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[chirp_users] RadioReference data?
by mike agner 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

While looking at the bottom of the Chirp wiki, I saw that itmentions RadioReference as an internet-available source of information, however while skipping through the rather limited doc, I found no mention ofhow this is done. Has anyone figured out how to use it? Does it simply use the .csv filesthat you can get via the premium subscription, use the SOAP based web service, or is it something else? I suspect it would be quite popular with the RadioReference crowd - we have a lot of hams there - if this were well-documented I could write up some documentation on the subject, if I knew whereto start...TIA...Mike

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[chirp_users] Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60
by chirp.cordless＠xoxy.net 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

Hi, I'm new to Chirp, and enthusiastic about the possibilities, but if it can't write to my radio, my enthusiasm will wane quickly. There has to be too many of these out there for it not to be a problem with my setup, but I'm not sure where to start. Setup: New MacBook running OSX 10.8.2. Chirp is 0.2.3. Cable is from eBay, using a PL2303 chip, driver obtained from your pointer, I think. Fairly new Yaesu FT-60, 12 memories used. Trying to load another 100 for the local standardized CERT list, massaged from a spreadsheet into a .csv format that Chirp finally seems happy with, and which looks sane in the Chirp display. I am able to read the FT60 into Chirp just fine, and repeatedly, no errors. What I see in Chirp is pretty much what I expected to see. After massaging, I tried to write it back. I think I've got the dance right: Put the FT60 in clone Rx mode and then hit the OK button in Chirp's Upload popup. [ Just for grins I tried it in the "wrong" order, that doesn't work either. ] Nothing happens. The FT60 stays in Rx mode as though nobody has tried comm with it. No progress bar as with a radio/radio clone, and no error display. Just waiting in Rx, forever. The Upload popup in Chirp disappears, there looks to be a flash of a small popup too fast to read, and nada. The radio, after power off/on, still has the original 12 memories programmed, but nothing else. No error messages I can see. I tried a different FT60, same result. Reseated the cable several times. The cable is plausibly suspect (I don't have another), but I don't think it can read and not write, it needs both data directions for either, doesn't it? I can't find any debug information within Chirp or the Mac console logs, but maybe I don't know where to look. The "raw data" in the developer tools just looked like a very short data structure, nothing that looked meaningful to me. Please advise how I can go about troubleshooting this, or what I might be doing wrong. Thanks and regards, -dan

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Re: [chirp_users] Radioreference Data
by mike agner 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

There's nothing there for RadioReference - Repeaterbook and RFinder are there, however. Does it check to see whether you have a subscription? TIA...Mike ============================================================ This eve, Tom wrote: It's a function within Chirp, under the Radio menu. Feel free to write some documentation. Tom KD7LXL On Sep 29, 2012 4:25 PM, "mike agner" <ka3jjz1 at verizon.net <http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users>> wrote: >/ While looking at the bottom of the Chirp wiki, I saw that itmentions />/ RadioReference as an internet-available source of information, />/ however while skipping through the rather limited doc, I found no />/ mention ofhow this is done. />/ />/ Has anyone figured out how to use it? Does it simply use the .csv />/ filesthat you can get via the premium subscription, use the SOAP based web />/ service, or is it something else? I suspect it would be quite popular />/ with the RadioReference crowd - we have a lot of hams there - if this />/ were well-documented />/ />/ I could write up some documentation on the subject, if I knew whereto />/ start...TIA...Mike/

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[chirp_users] Please remove me from mailings
by Charles Via 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

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Re: [chirp_users] FTDI based USB cables.
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

I asked some on the list to clarify which chips were best and where to get them: I received this which helped me. FTDI Chips are the way to go. Valley Enterprises currently seems to be the best source for ready made cables for radios. I bookmarked Valley Enterprises - they have some nice stuff. 73 DR

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[chirp_users] New UV-5R BFB291 Firmware Problems
by Ed Figueroa 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

I am new to this list, so please forgive me for asking the obvious question. I have checked the FAQ and did not find my answer. I recently purchased two Baofeng UV-5R, firmware BFB291. I am unable to program these radio with Chirp software. Any idea when update for Chirp will handle this new firmware? I tried using factory software and getting communication errors. I would prefer using Chirp. Any suggestions? Thanks Ed - KB4VWA

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[chirp_users] using chirp to program public service repeaters
by Todd Bloomingdale 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

hello group. I am looking for instructions to add a public service repeater that has 2 different tones for transmit and receive frequencies with chirp software. thank you. Todd

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 45, Issue 34
by james randazzo 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

I HAVE A BAUFENG RADIO UV-5B iand i used chirp and it work under windows7 after finding the right driver but any was after in stalling the sotware how do i in memory leave the software stay in memory in the radio or is it in the chirp software On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:42 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > wrote: > 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: Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60 > (chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net) > 2. Re: how to respond on /issues/ page (Marco IZ3GME) > 3. Re: how to respond on /issues/ page (Paul H Linkous) > 4. Re: Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60 (Dan Smith) > 5. Re: how to respond on /issues/ page (Dan Smith) > 6. Re: Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60 (D.J.J. Ring, Jr.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:00:40 -0700 > From: chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Help needed, can't write to Yaesu FT-60 > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <D1B1638D-B0D6-489F-8A99-38165B000068(a)cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Well, this is a real bummer. > New cable from Kawamall arrived today, very fast USPS shipping. > > Unfortunately, the result is the same, "Radio did not respond" > on write. Radio displays --Rx-- forever. Reads fine when I try that. > > Tried multiple times, applying lateral pressure to the plug in the FT60 > as suggested by Dan Smith yesterday. Tried our other FT60 several > times, similarly, no success. > > Made sure the radio was in VFO mode, FWIW. > > The Prolific driver is the one recently reported as working on Mountain > Lion 10.8.2 by Jay Moran with a Kawamall Prolific cable (on a VX-7R), > from xbsd.nl > > So: > - Two cables, both Prolific FWIW (and identical appearance down to > the indentations on the USB connector molding). > - Two different FT60s, both of which have recently worked as > the receiver in a radio/radio clone operation. > - The radios can be read into Chirp just fine. > - They don't respond at all on write. > > Since others can get this, or very similar, working, I feel like > I must be doing something wrong, but I don't see what. > I get the radio in clone mode displaying --Rx--, then hit the OK > button in Chirp's "Upload to Radio" dialog, with the port set > to /dev/cu.PL2303-00402214, which works for read. > > What's next? > > -dan > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:32:01 +0200 > From: Marco IZ3GME <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <50635831.8020306(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Thanks, I start to see the matrix ... > It will take a few days to be implemented but I probably found how to > recognize the right frequency range. > As of today chirp will not load correctly saved images of your uv6d but > if you clone in, modify it, clone back to radio everything should work > (everything but frequency ranges forced by UI). > > I'll ask you to do tests some later ... stay tuned ... > > 73 de IZ3GME Marco > > On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote: > > items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire > > the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp. > > > > /guy (73 de kg5vt) > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote: > > >> thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build > covers > > >> exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq > > range of > > >> my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d > > until this > > >> has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the > > >> 'official' range won't get transferred? > > > > > > I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver. > > > > > > I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that > > CHIRP > > > will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is > > > appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, > I'd > > > expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the > accepted > > > range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to > > tune) them. > > > > Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. > > Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range > > 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correct > for > > that radio at the time I wrote the driver. > > I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside his > range > > don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself. > > > > Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d and > the > > ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way to > distinguish > > this submodel? > > > > It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from the > sellers to > > play with ... having complete programming info from producers could > be > > even better ;) > > > > Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter? > > > > 73 de IZ3GME Marco > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:40:43 -0400 > From: Paul H Linkous <n8phl(a)arrl.net> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CACV+bP9JNt= > zgCi9TZCRYd1mv+x6Z7+4NHYKeeUeTy2Gv4s0ZQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Unsubscribe > On Sep 26, 2012 3:32 PM, "Marco IZ3GME" <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, I start to see the matrix ... > > It will take a few days to be implemented but I probably found how to > > recognize the right frequency range. > > As of today chirp will not load correctly saved images of your uv6d but > > if you clone in, modify it, clone back to radio everything should work > > (everything but frequency ranges forced by UI). > > > > I'll ask you to do tests some later ... stay tuned ... > > > > 73 de IZ3GME Marco > > > > On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote: > > > items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to > acquire > > > the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp. > > > > > > /guy (73 de kg5vt) > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com > > > <mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote: > > > >> thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build > > covers > > > >> exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq > > > range of > > > >> my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d > > > until this > > > >> has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside > the > > > >> 'official' range won't get transferred? > > > > > > > > I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver. > > > > > > > > I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and > that > > > CHIRP > > > > will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is > > > > appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, > > I'd > > > > expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the > > accepted > > > > range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to > > > tune) them. > > > > > > Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. > > > Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range > > > 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correct > > for > > > that radio at the time I wrote the driver. > > > I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside his > > range > > > don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself. > > > > > > Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d and > > the > > > ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way to > > distinguish > > > this submodel? > > > > > > It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from the > > sellers to > > > play with ... having complete programming info from producers could > > be > > > even better ;) > > > > > > Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter? > > > > > > 73 de IZ3GME Marco > > > _______________________________________________ > > > chirp_users mailing list > > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > > <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > chirp_users mailing list > > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > >

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[chirp_users] Latest version number
by Marty Hartwell 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi all I have been trying to get the latest version loaded. What is the latest version? I have followed Tom Hayward's instructions to have ppa added but I am still on version 0.1.12. I used Synaptic Manager to remove it and then reinstalled it and added the three app-get instructions to add the ppa. Is there more I need to do. Marty kd8bj

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