Well,
Though my 817ND seemed to be reset by attempting to write a memory file to it, I was able to recover the frequencies by using FT-817 Commander. The old frequencies were still in the 817 but had to be turned on!!?? I did a fresh install of the 817 Commander on another computer and it showed they were "in there" but I had to activate them and rewrite the memory using the 817 Commander. Anybody else have any problems with writing to an 817ND with chirp? To recap, I place the 817ND into clone mode, hit the C button and tell Chirp to upload the .img file to the rig. After the write progression bar disappears, the rig just sits there. During the write process, the 1/8 notes go across the screen of the 817ND but a complete indication is never seen/heard. I'd caution people who are working with an 817 when trying to do writes with Chirp. If you have FT-817 commander, use that to make a memory backup. Scroll down on this link to get to a download of the old FT-817 Commander: http://forums.hrdsoftwarellc.com/showthread.php?23307-FT-817-Commander-Downl... Kurt KC9LDH
--- On Sun, 1/22/12, Kurt Savegnago ksaves2@sbcglobal.net wrote:
From: Kurt Savegnago ksaves2@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FT-817ND Howto? To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 4:57 PM
O.K.
That worked. Modified the .img and did the reverse. Got chirp ready to transfer the modified img file and hit the C button on the 817 and then did an upload to the 817. Both units showed a progression during the transfer but there was no beep or any indication the transfer was successful. Restarted the 817 and the rig was reset to the baseline. Fortunately, I didn't have but 3 frequencies in it but all the parameters I had set are gone. I had the thing download from the rig just fine and I saved the .img file but it won't write to the 817.
Kurt KC9LDH
--- On Sun, 1/22/12, Dan Smith dsmith@danplanet.com wrote:
From: Dan Smith dsmith@danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FT-817ND Howto? To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:07 PM
Can anyone direct me to the howto for the 817? I tried putting my ND in clone mode as the source and clicked on chirp to read from but get a com error. I tried a rate of 38400 and 4800 on the ND
with error indications
from chirp.
You need to put the radio into clone mode, then go to Radio->Download, choose Yaesu, FT-817ND, and then hit okay. Once CHIRP is waiting, then hit the A key on the radio to start the transfer. I believe if you do this sequence properly, it should work. I didn't write the driver, but I've had no problems with it downloading.