Hello,
I tried Chirp both for Windows XP and for Linux / Ubuntu. Since the version in the PPA for ham radio in Ubuntu is not the latest, I installed from the compressed file on the chrip web downloads page. I also downloaded and installed the Windows exe and installed it on the same laptop - dual booting into Windows XP or Ubuntu Precise.
I am using a G4ZIP dual usb interface - it does CAT and Sound Card modes.
In Windows it uses COM4 and under Linux it uses /dev/ttyUSB1 although /dev/ttyUSB0 is also available but I think that's the external sound card in the G4ZIP interface.
Both versions don't list the Yaesu FT-897 so I used the Yaesu FT-857 US Version instead.
I tried the Linux version - no luck downloading - I got the error was expecting 4 something and received 0 error message. I noticed I could set to ;/dev/ttyUSB0 or USB1 but I could NOT set the baud rate which is 38,400.
In Linux I looked at the devices: ls /dev/ttyUS? -l
I saw they belonged the group dialout so I added my username to group dialout using sudo adduser username dialout and logged my user out and rebooted the system. No luck.
I tried putting the FT897 into memory mode when starting, and I tried leaving it in VFO mode.
Is there something I'm missing?
73
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