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[chirp_users] Radio Question
by Kenneth Bechtel 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

I've used Chirp to program the Yaesu VX-170 2M radio, I have two XV-177s, which is the 440 version on the 170, is Chirp able to handle the 177 (I don't see it listed), when I tried reading the radios as a 170, it said out of band for this radio, so I'm guessing no. Any advice from the group would be appreciated, I'm setting these up for a Volunteer Search Team, and don't want to spend $45 just to prorgram two radios -- Kenneth L. Bechtel, II Team Anti-Virus Phone: 717-473-0839 |Member AVAR email - kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org |Founding Member AVIEN PGP Footprint: 969E 2A27 3042 EE52 AEFB 6FF0 2711 9467 D38C 5C0

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[chirp_users] I Need Help with Newest Version of Chirp
by Bill Stewman 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

I have been a casual user of Chirp for a While. Yesterday, I downloaded the Latest Version -- but it seems to not work like before. It seems to offer a lot of files with "new" extensions, but they do not seem to be available or working. What's Up Doc? BTW: I need Chirp to share with a lot of folks doing EmComm work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Texas. 73 Bill Stewman - W5RQR -- * IF you forward ANY emails --* * Please delete all of the OTHER recipients * * BEFORE hitting ENTER.* *ONward & UPward* *Bill Stewman - W5RQR **Cell Phone **678-414-2500* *8048 Cool River Dive **Home Phone **469-731-5144 * *Frisco, Texas 75036* *“If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.”* * “When the time to act arrives, **the time to prepare has passed”* *"Hard work spotlights the character of people: * * some turn up their sleeves, * * some turn up their noses, and * * some don't turn up at all" - Sam Ewing*

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[chirp_users] Patch for Bug #6381
by j j 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Hello All, I created a patch for Bug #6381 (DMR-Marc repeater download problem) and attached it here. The URL and format changed. I just followed the links in a web browser and fixed the format parsing. Let me know if there is a better process for this. I tried to follow the Wiki process, but couldn't get the automatic email from the command line working. --Jeff # HG changeset patch # User Jeff Johnson <jeffjohnson0(a)gmail.com> # Date 1573797619 28800 # Thu Nov 14 22:00:19 2019 -0800 # Node ID cbf3ce3272c77006a84980cea99d4c38b25cb5a5 # Parent 067b69c9b7d04d49462f390d99bc7f80c4b1b5d2 Bug #6381 Added new link and JSON structure for DMR-Marc repeaters. diff --git a/chirp/dmrmarc.py b/chirp/dmrmarc.py --- a/chirp/dmrmarc.py +++ b/chirp/dmrmarc.py @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ VENDOR = "DMR-MARC" MODEL = "Repeater database" - URL = "http://www.dmr-marc.net/cgi-bin/trbo-database/datadump.cgi?" \ - "table=repeaters&format=json" + URL = "https://www.radioid.net/static/rptrs.json" def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): chirp_common.NetworkSourceRadio.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) @@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ filename, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(self.URL, fn) with open(fn, 'r') as f: try: - self._repeaters = json.load(f)['repeaters'] + self._repeaters = json.load(f)['rptrs'] except AttributeError: raise errors.RadioError( "Unexpected response from %s" % self.URL)

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[chirp_users] re udev / dialout group problem
by Jim Rorick 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Phil - you can also do the following: lsusb and lsusb -v to see if the cable/device is recognized by your PC. That will let you know if there is a hardware. And while it's not a good idea, you could try running chirp with SUDO elevated privlidges. If that works, neet to go back to the udev rules and/or groups... 73 jim KA3LXM

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp under linux - udev / groups
by Jim Rorick 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Phil - Another resource is: https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide_FTDI_OEM_Cables also i'm sure u did this but the rule file from https://iamacat.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/run-chirp-radio-software-on-linux should be on a single line, not 3 lines... 73 -jim KA3LXM

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Re: [chirp_users] Chirp under Linux
by kwacka 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Check whether modules (drivers) are loaded with the command /lsmod/ Is your computer recognizing the cable/? /Check by removing the cable from your computer, put it back and take a look at /dmesg | tail -20/ - hopefully you'll see something like: 4343.736241] usb 5-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller [ 4343.736242] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. [ 4344.226552] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [ 4344.226583] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [ 4344.239417] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303 [ 4344.239453] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303 [ 4344.239519] pl2303 5-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected [ 4344.260424] usb 5-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 HT BTW, I had problems getting Linux Mint running CHIRP to recognize my Wouxon KG-6UV but it was automatically recognized by my Arch Linux laptop, I gave up and just use CHIRP on my laptop. Paul, 5B8BA

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[chirp_users] chirp under Linux - sounds like a udev / dialout group problem
by Jim Rorick 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Phil - suggest you read this article, it may help. https://iamacat.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/run-chirp-radio-software-on-linux/ 73 jim KA3LXM

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

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-20191206 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #604 [Josh Small VK2HFF <chirp(a)vk2hff.ampr.org>] Issue #3 - New(!) Model, Yaesu FT-1500M [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Wouxun KG-UV6D/X tuning steps This patch adds the missing 2.5 KHz tuning step for the Wouxun KG-UV6D and KG-UV6X. fixes #7191

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

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-20191205 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #603 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ftm350] Fix trailing whitespace style issue Fallout from #6639 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ts590] De-register the TS590 clone mode driver ...which seems to be breaking File->New. This is a band-aid until that can be investigated and resolved. #7409 [Andrew Jorgensen <andrew(a)jorgensenfamily.us>] [frs/gmrs] 2017 rule changes Fixes #5753 This adds the additional FRS channels (15-22) and expands GMRS channels include all frequencies add in the 2017 rule changes. It also adds the GMRS repeater channels with the prescribed +5.0MHz offset (though you'll have to find the correct tones for your local GMRS repeaters). After some feedback on the mailing list, I've chosen to number the channels according to the FRS numbering, rather than try to preserve the obsolete numbering, and I've chosen to name the GMRS repeater channels with both the "550" style numbering that's common in repeater naming and the "15R" name that makes it clear that it's receiving on channel 15. [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Kenwood TK-370 tuning steps Also TK-260, TK-270, TK-272, TK-278, TK-360, TK-372 and TK-378 fixes #7199 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Puxing PX-888K tuning steps fixes #6887 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Yaesu FT-4 valid steps Should also fix FT-25, FT-35 and FT-65. fixes #6807 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Radioddity R2 tuning steps fixes #6743 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] Fix Yaesu FTM-350 tuning steps fixes #6639 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [d700] Fix valid_tuning_steps on D700, D7x Fixes #7053 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [d700] Add support for AM channels Fixes #5689 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [d700] Add settings parity with TH-D7 This refactors the driver code to allow the D700 radio driver to leverage the settings support that is in the D7 driver. Only a few setting support differences between the two radios were handled. Also setting the packet path and callsign seems to be only partially working, or the radio has some very old and outdated restrictions on what can be set. Closes #7407 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix up the kenwood detection logic after recent driver changes While working on #7407 it became clear that the recent HF rig support almost entirely broke talking to the D700 (and probably others). This makes some changes to the ID routines: - Prioritizes the baud scan for the regular delimiter ahead of the HF one, since the vast majority of users will be using the former. The delimiter change substantially increased the ID time for regular radios set to a high baud rate. - Prioritizes fast baud rates over the slow ones in the scan. - Adds a quick recovery to the case where the radio responds at the desired baud rate with "?" meaning "what is all this junk you have been sending me", which fixes the case where the ID fails on the first attempt and succeeds on the second.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

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-20191204 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #602 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-82HP] Add Detection for New Firmware Variation (part 2) The previous patch only added detection when loading a saved image. This patch adds detection when cloning from the radio. #7295

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