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[chirp_users] Need Windows test help
by Dan Smith 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Hi all, I think I tracked down the issue recently uncovered on Windows Vista and 7, regarding weird display issues. I would really appreciate it if a few people could grab and test the following build: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/gtk-test/ I would like to hear from someone on each of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Please download and install, and report the version numbers shown in the Help->About box. Then, please do some downloading, uploading, importing, and editing to make sure that it's stable and functional. It looks like the issue resulting in the weird behavior on Windows Vista/7 might have been causing other minor instabilities in all versions of Windows, so this will be good to get fixed. Note that this has no effect on the Linux or MacOS builds at all. Thanks, and I hope to hear from some testers soon so we can get this pushed out in an official daily tomorrow. -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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[chirp_users] ICOM ERROR
by James E. Wells (KDØAJZ) 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Now I can’t get it to read the memory of my radio. ICOM 92AD. I have to be doing something wrong. I suppose. I got yesterday’s build and then got todays. Did not try yesterdays out but when I hooked it up it says it can not identify the model of my ICOM. 73’s James -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Earl Wells KDØAJZ Blue Springs Amateur Radio Club Output 444.950 MHz Input: + offset PL=107.2 Hz Output 147.015 MHz Input: + offset PL=151.4 Hz Member ARRL Jackson County-Missouri ARES

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[chirp_users] [PATCH] [vx5] bugfix, power levels, and 8-char names
by Tom Hayward 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Here are 3 patches for the VX5 driver. I hope attachments work; I don't know how to use hg email! Here is a summary: changeset: 1395:693766bb1594 branch: vx5 tag: tip user: Tom Hayward KD7LXL <esarfl(a)gmail.com> date: Sat Mar 10 17:10:27 2012 -0700 summary: [vx5] allow 8-character names changeset: 1394:c0f877c47900 branch: vx5 user: Tom Hayward KD7LXL <esarfl(a)gmail.com> date: Sat Mar 10 16:41:25 2012 -0700 summary: [vx5] add power level support changeset: 1393:35b6ec0749d2 branch: vx5 parent: 954:09af2a62cf91 user: Tom Hayward KD7LXL <esarfl(a)gmail.com> date: Sat Mar 10 16:01:04 2012 -0700 summary: [vx5] bugfix: set non-empty memories visible. This last one was a significant bug. The VX5 has a bit for each memory called "visible". From the VX5, you can mask a memory, rendering it invisible. When chirp was creating a new memory, it was not setting this bit, so newly added memories were invisible! The original tester must have only tried editing existing memories where the "visible" bit was already set. Tom KD7LXL

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

10 Mar '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-03102012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #33 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add Fabio to the italian translator credits in About

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '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/0.2.0 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #32 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Added tag release_0_2_0 for changeset df5342f5ce3d [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] 0.2.0 Release [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Disable the legacy bank support in .chirp files temporarily. This needs to be retooled in order to support the new model but I don't want to delay the release in order to do it.

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Re: [chirp_users] FT2800
by Jack Geneaux 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Dan, I am happy using the laptop to update the 2800 -- its working. Tweaking to get the Athlon to work is not needed from my perspective. However, I am willing to run trials if sometime you want to tweak the code for the 2800. I run Ubuntu Oneric for most of my ham stuff, but also have Windows 7/XP and Mac(Lion) machines. 73, Jack (W0FNQ)

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.2.0
by Dan Smith 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Hi all, As you just saw from the build system, I froze 0.2.0. I have decided to change the version numbering just a bit. Every big formal release that includes new features will increment the middle number (the next one with feature change will be 0.3.0). I plan to make a couple of smaller releases where the last number increments, which will include only fixes on top of the last release. These would be things like fixes against specific drivers to address bugs, etc. This will let me post 0.2.1 sooner than later and incorporate things that are breaking "normal" users each day. We'll see how the plan works :) Everyone here is probably painfully aware of everything that has changed since 0.1.12, but I wrote up the high level details in the news item on the website: http://chirp.danplanet.com/news/2 Thanks to everyone that contributed code, radios, and bug reports! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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Re: [chirp_users] FT2800
by Jack Geneaux 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Dan, Upload worked great on the second try with the laptop; radio is persnickety. Great tool. Thank, 73 Jack (W0FNQ)

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Re: [chirp_users] FT2800
by Jack Geneaux 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Dan/Mike, Thanks for the replies. Out of curiosity, I pulled out an old Inspiron 600m laptop and it works. at least for polling the rig. I haven't tried an upload yet. Perhaps this suggest a serial timing issue? The other computer that didn't work is and Athlon quad on a Asus m/b. I do regularly use the serial port on the Asus machine without any issue. Later this morning I will try uploading. Thank 73, Jack (W0FNQ) On 03/08/2012 11:46 PM, Mike Raymond wrote: > Hi OM, > > I had the very same problem trying to program my FT2800 with Chirp. > I followed all steps suggested by Dan to the letter. Nothing worked. > I even tried several other cable manufacturers. However, my 2800 > seemed flaky and was not always taking manual programming so > I just assumed I had a bad 2800. > > The same XP Pro computer and chirp setup worked great to program > an Icom 2200. and a mini UV-3A HT. > > I just gave up on trying to use Chirp on the 2800. However, if > you find a technique that works, I would appreciate you > passing it on to me! > > 73 > Mike K5HUM > >

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[chirp_users] FT-2800 and Kawamall cable
by Jack Generaux 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

I have been attempting to use Chirp (both W7 and Ubuntu platforms) and am unable to achieve any transfer. I open Chirp and the download menu, set Com1, Yaesu, and 2800 >> then set the 2800 by pressing the 3 clone buttons >> when I press the MHz button, the 2800 responds with "error" Trying to engage Chirp first results in s "no header" error. I know the com1 port is working as I use it regularly for other programs and I have used the cable and the trial version of g4hfq prog. Any thoughts would be appreciated. 73, Jack (W0FNQ)

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