Hi all,
Has anyone had any luck loading a CSV file into an Alinco DJ-G7T. I have organised a list of FM repeaters for 2m/70cm/23cm from the WIA repeater data spreadsheet.
I won't publish it here, but suffice to say, it's more than I want to try and punch in via the keypad. 556 records.
First problem is getting Chirp to even talk to the DJ-G7T. I have no idea what firmware it runs. I went looking in its menus but could not find where this information is shown. All I can say is I bought this from a online retailer (Andrews Communications) in Sydney around 2020.
I am running the latest commit of Chirp: commit 49698a5b21a5a696be7f2121bc3ec8f4605b5b0c on Gentoo Linux AMD64 with Python 3.10.6, wxpython 4.0.7-r2 and wxgtk 3.0.5.1. Gentoo no longer ship Python 2.7. No I do not have a Windows-based PC as I don't use legacy operating systems for production work.
To even get Chirp to talk to the Alinco, I needed to patch it (I think this will preclude me using a pre-made "binary"):
diff --git a/chirp/drivers/alinco.py b/chirp/drivers/alinco.py index 7bfffa39..b3350653 100644 --- a/chirp/drivers/alinco.py +++ b/chirp/drivers/alinco.py @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ class AlincoDJG7EG(AlincoStyleRadio): TMODES = ["", "??1", "Tone", "TSQL", "TSQL-R", "DTCS"]
# This is a bit of a hack to avoid overwriting _identify() - _model = b"AL~DJ-G7EG" + _model = b"AL~DJ-G7T" _memsize = 0x1a7c0 _range = [(500000, 1300000000)]
I was then able to download an image file from the radio.
If I load up my CSV file, the upload option is greyed out. So clearly I don't directly open the CSV file, I have to "import" it somehow.
If I try to copy the repeaters into the image from the radio, even just one repeater, Chirp segfaults. So clearly it's not a matter of copy and paste.
How does one import a CSV file into an existing radio image?