[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.9b5
Hi all,
It has been ages since I got out an update to CHIRP. My apologies for that. Other things have taken priority, as usual. Stuart Tener N3GWG has recently reignited the fire under my, um, keyboard and helped conceive and test some of the following bits. Hopefully with his help, I can go back to getting less sleep and more CHIRP work done!
I just posted 0.1.9b5:
- Make import action attempt to add callsigns as necessary to the incoming radio - Improve responsiveness during long import actions and offer some visual stimulation to reassure the user we're still working - Fix broken "browse" button on the image clone dialog - Fix a 2820 issue where some extra cleanup is required when moving a channel from FM to DV mode - Add MacOS build support - Pick up Prolific USB device names on MacOS - Change the way the callsign list editor works (to show all slots) - Make the callsign editor use fixed-width font for easier lining up of callsigns - Set the initial sort field to be the location column in memory editor on load - Re-write the 9x driver to be cleaner and more maintainable (shouldn't impact functionality, but plenty of testing is needed to ensure we didn't regress) - Make the radio thread work queue support multiple priorities
Please do hammer the 9x driver to make sure nothing (else) was broken after the re-write. Also note that with the 9x, you can now make changes to memories before all of the memory channels have loaded and that the entire list of memories will be fetched in the background for quicker loading, but this does not prevent other activities such as callsign/bank editing, etc.
If you're running on MacOS, please try out the new MacOS .app package. I can generate a PPC version if anyone needs it. If it works, thank Stuart for that. You can also thank him for making your serial ports properly populate in the clone box :)
Have at it and let us know of any new issues!
Dan,
You put out more free software than ANY of us combined. You definitely don't have to apologize for ANYTHING! (GRIN)
I don't know if you'd heard, but the new Icom rigs coming that hit the FCC database this last week -- one of their goals was to unify the programming software between the new mobile and the new HT. Of course, there will always be plenty of us out here with the other rigs, but thought I'd mention it.
They've tasked RT Systems with writing software that will handle both the ID-880H mobile and the ID-80 one-band at a time/dual-band HT... or whatever they're actually called when they hit the U.S. market.
It will be interesting to see if the software is "translating" and the two rigs actually don't speak the same standard, or if they're identical "under the hood" on the serial line.
Nate WY0X
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@lists.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@lists.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Smith Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:58 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.9b5
Hi all,
It has been ages since I got out an update to CHIRP. My apologies for that. Other things have taken priority, as usual.
You put out more free software than ANY of us combined. You definitely don't have to apologize for ANYTHING! (GRIN)
Heh, okay :)
I don't know if you'd heard, but the new Icom rigs coming that hit the FCC database this last week -- one of their goals was to unify the programming software between the new mobile and the new HT. Of course, there will always be plenty of us out here with the other rigs, but thought I'd mention it.
Yep, I heard. I'll be glad to take a look at them if/when I can get my hands on a pair.
They've tasked RT Systems with writing software that will handle both the ID-880H mobile and the ID-80 one-band at a time/dual-band HT... or whatever they're actually called when they hit the U.S. market.
It will be interesting to see if the software is "translating" and the two rigs actually don't speak the same standard, or if they're identical "under the hood" on the serial line.
Yep, it will be very interesting. The ID-880 looks very similar to the 800 and the handheld looks just like a 91. So, I'd expect them to both behave like their ancestors, but you never know...
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