i know this radio is not supported yet,

i have some info to help driver writers.

the "magic string" is: "\x50\xBB\xFF\x20\x14\x11\x22"

and the firmware is: ["HDBF230"]

i have put these into the driver, but i am now stuck with this:
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[2016-08-08 14:12:07,872] chirp.ui.mainapp - DEBUG: User selected Baofeng UV-6R on port /dev/ttyUSB0
[2016-08-08 14:12:07,912] chirp.ui.clone - DEBUG: Clone thread started
[2016-08-08 14:12:07,916] chirp.drivers.uv5r - INFO: Sending Magic: 000: 50 bb ff 20 14 11 22 00 P.....".

[2016-08-08 14:12:09,045] chirp.drivers.uv5r - INFO: Ident: 000: aa 36 74 04 00 05 20 dd .6t.....

[2016-08-08 14:12:09,296] chirp.ui.reporting - INFO: Reporting disabled
[2016-08-08 14:12:09,297] chirp.ui.reporting - DEBUG: Reporting is disabled
[2016-08-08 14:12:09,297] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: -- Exception: --
[2016-08-08 14:12:09,297] chirp.ui.common - ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/Downloads/radio/chirp/chirp-daily-20160802/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249, in run
self.__radio.sync_in()
File "/home/user/Downloads/radio/chirp/chirp-daily-20160802/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py", line 675, in sync_in
self._mmap = _do_download(self)
File "/home/user/Downloads/radio/chirp/chirp-daily-20160802/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py", line 491, in _do_download
radio_version = _get_radio_firmware_version(radio)
File "/home/user/Downloads/radio/chirp/chirp-daily-20160802/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py", line 467, in _get_radio_firmware_version
block2 = _read_block(radio, 0x1F00, 0x40, False)
File "/home/user/Downloads/radio/chirp/chirp-daily-20160802/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py", line 436, in _read_block
"Radio refused to send second block 0x%04x" % start)
RadioError: Radio refused to send second block 0x1f00
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does anybody have any idea's what to try next?
i dont know python and cant really follow the code in the driver anyway!

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stephen johnston