Re: [chirp_users] UV-S9 Issues
I evidently misspoke - it appears I did edit the original files. Attached is the image file I created from the first download, then edited, and a CSV which I just now created via Export. "Radio > Upload to Radio" is available in both files but neither puts the listed freqs into the radio.
Microsoft Outlook doesn't seem to like the .img file so I renamed it to .bob. Hopefully you can change it back and have a usable file - please let me know.
Thanks Jim
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 11:55 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-S9 Issues
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:32 PM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
Pretty safe bet this is all operator error but this thing is eating my
lunch! I downloaded and installed the most recent version (20210416) first thing this morning. I tried following the steps in the help documentation – download from radio, export to img file, etc. When I upload the very same image file, with no edits, to the radio it populates both banks with 676.948 Mhz, changes language to Chinese, locks the radio and produces this error:
“Edit > Properties” in Chirp does nothing. I’ve been able to unlock the
keyboard and do a reset then change language back to ENG but everything (even FM broadcast if I reset “All”) is gone.
If I open the exported spreadsheet file I get “Unable to Detect Model”
every time so I always choose Radioddity UV-5RX3 as directed by several sources.
I edited the spreadsheet, adding a few local repeaters (saved with
different filename so still have the original) but, when I open that file I get the attached error plus the “Radio > Upload to Radio” menu option is greyed out.
And I never have been able to enter any channels in the 1.25 M band even
though the aforementioned upload fills a few memories with channels around 300, 400, 500 & 600 Mhz.
I got my first HAM license in the 70’s. I was a techy for years (retired now) so this is as embarrassing as it is frustrating but this project is running out of fun! I keep thinking of that old help desk joke where the tech tells the user “You’d better just box that up and send it back to the factory.” “Oh, is it broken?” asked the client. “No” replied the tech, “You’re just too #@%! stupid to use it!” (I feel like that user right now!)
Thanks all!
Bob
N0zfv
Do you have the original, unedited, successful download from the radio? Attach it.
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I am looking to use CHIRP to program a HYS TC-G25W backpack radio, but I do not see it in the list of supported radios. If there a clone that I can use?
73's
Roger Parsons Assistant Section Manager District Emergency Coordinator - G ARES Connect Administrator 205.641.9063 KK4UDU
KK4UDU@ARRL.net
The radio appears to be a Leixen VV898S. It is supported by Chirp.
On 16/04/2021 16:37 Roger E Parsons roger.e.parsons@jci.com wrote:
I am looking to use CHIRP to program a HYS TC-G25W backpack radio, but I do not see it in the list of supported radios. If there a clone that I can use?
73's
Roger Parsons Assistant Section Manager District Emergency Coordinator - G ARES Connect Administrator 205.641.9063 KK4UDU
KK4UDU@ARRL.net
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Hi Bob,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 2:58 PM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
I evidently misspoke - it appears I did edit the original files. Attached is the image file I created from the first download, then edited, and a CSV which I just now created via Export. "Radio > Upload to Radio" is available in both files but neither puts the listed freqs into the radio.
Microsoft Outlook doesn't seem to like the .img file so I renamed it to .bob. Hopefully you can change it back and have a usable file - please let me know.
Thanks Jim
None of the attached files are a CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file. The one with a ".bob" extension appears to be a CSV file with the beginning corrupted. Neither are CHIRP compatible CSV files.
It would be nice to have the original first successful download, but it would appear that you may not have one. The next best thing would be to get a fresh download and save it to a native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file. And try ZIPping it before attaching it to an email in Outlook.
Jim
Here is the compressed img file.
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 4:07 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-S9 Issues
Hi Bob,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 2:58 PM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
I evidently misspoke - it appears I did edit the original files. Attached is the image file I created from the first download, then edited, and a CSV which I just now created via Export. "Radio > Upload to Radio" is available in both files but neither puts the listed
freqs into the radio.
Microsoft Outlook doesn't seem to like the .img file so I renamed it to .bob. Hopefully you can change it back and have a usable file - please let me know.
Thanks Jim
None of the attached files are a CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file. The one with a ".bob" extension appears to be a CSV file with the beginning corrupted. Neither are CHIRP compatible CSV files.
It would be nice to have the original first successful download, but it would appear that you may not have one. The next best thing would be to get a fresh download and save it to a native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file. And try ZIPping it before attaching it to an email in Outlook.
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Bob,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:06 PM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
Here is the compressed img file.
This is not an "img" file. Just like the previous files, it is a "csv" file that has been renamed and edited outside of CHIRP. It cannot be directly uploaded to any radio.
What you must do is download from your radio to create a new tab in CHIRP. Then while that tab is selected, click File->Save (or type Ctrl-S) to save the tab as a CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file.
Jim
Progress! Now that it's working it seems so simple!
The load error I got previously was caused by blank lines in the csv.
Curious... there's a column in the csv called tstep which does not show up in the image. I changed the value from the default 5 to 2.5 thinking that was the tuning graduation but the value in the radio remains at 5. No big thing but curious.
Also, I was able to load 1.25M freqs in the radio using CHIRP but the radio will not transmit on any or those memories. This is supposed to be a tri-band but I can't figure out how to turn that band on.
Thank you very much for your detail and patience Jim!
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of Jim Unroe Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 5:24 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-S9 Issues
Bob,
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:06 PM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
Here is the compressed img file.
This is not an "img" file. Just like the previous files, it is a "csv" file that has been renamed and edited outside of CHIRP. It cannot be directly uploaded to any radio.
What you must do is download from your radio to create a new tab in CHIRP. Then while that tab is selected, click File->Save (or type Ctrl-S) to save the tab as a CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file.
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Bob,
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 11:08 AM bob@tyroneflats.com wrote:
Progress! Now that it's working it seems so simple!
The load error I got previously was caused by blank lines in the csv.
Curious... there's a column in the csv called tstep which does not show up in the image. I changed the value from the default 5 to 2.5 thinking that was the tuning graduation but the value in the radio remains at 5. No big thing but curious.
Also, I was able to load 1.25M freqs in the radio using CHIRP but the radio will not transmit on any or those memories. This is supposed to be a tri-band but I can't figure out how to turn that band on.
Thank you very much for your detail and patience Jim!
The CSV file only has per-channel data. In other words, it only imports/exports data that affects the programmed channels that are available while the radio is in MR (channel) mode.
A Baofeng UV-5R/UV-82 like radio such as your UV-S9 do not utilize the STEP setting in their programmed memory channels. The "tstep" field in the CHIRP CSV file has no purpose and is not used in your radio's memory channels. So no matter what the "tstep" value would be set to in the CSV file, it would be ignored by your radio.
The STEP menu you are looking at is only relevant when operating your radio in VFO (frequency) mode. A CHIRP CSV file has only per-channel data. In other words, there is nothing in a CHIRP CSV file that would affect your radio while it is in VFO mode.
You really haven't shed much light on what you are doing. It is clear that you have been editing these CSV files externally to CHIRP making them unrecognizable to CHIRP. I don't recall you mentioning which Vendor/Model you are choosing when downloading from your radio of even if you have downloaded from your radio. In fact, it seems that you are trying to program your radio in reverse. You seem to be trying to create a CSV file and are trying to upload that into your radio. CHIRP doesn't work that way. What you must do first is download from your radio first to create a tab that is compatible with your radio. It is this tab, after you've saved it to a native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file, that you will edit to program your radio. It is also the tab that you would export to a CSV file or import a CSV file into. CSV files by themselves are not directly importable into your radio.
To program your radio with support for 3 bands, you must choose a model that has support for 3 bands (Radioddity UV-5X3, for example) to do the initial download from your radio. If you choose a model that only supports 2 bands (UV-5R, BF-F8HP, etc), then CHIRP will only support 2 bands. If you've overwritten the band limits of your radio (which is why I tried, so far unsuccessfully, to get you to attach a CHIRP image file from your radio so I can "see" what kind of shape you have gotten it into), then this can affect what frequencies your radio will function with.
Jim KC9HI
Your original text:
The CSV file only has per-channel data. In other words, it only imports/exports data that affects the programmed channels that are available while the radio is in MR (channel) mode.
A Baofeng UV-5R/UV-82 like radio such as your UV-S9 do not utilize the STEP setting in their programmed memory channels. The "tstep" field in the CHIRP CSV file has no purpose and is not used in your radio's memory channels. So no matter what the "tstep" value would be set to in the CSV file, it would be ignored by your radio.
The STEP menu you are looking at is only relevant when operating your radio in VFO (frequency) mode. A CHIRP CSV file has only per-channel data. In other words, there is nothing in a CHIRP CSV file that would affect your radio while it is in VFO mode.
it stores what I tell it to and the steps don't matter - makes perfect
sense - I should have known that!
You really haven't shed much light on what you are doing. It is clear that you have been editing these CSV files externally to CHIRP making them unrecognizable to CHIRP. I don't recall you mentioning which Vendor/Model you are choosing when downloading from your radio of even if you have downloaded from your radio. In fact, it seems that you are trying to program your radio in reverse. You seem to be trying to create a CSV file and are trying to upload that into your radio. CHIRP doesn't work that way. What you must do first is download from your radio first to create a tab that is compatible with your radio. It is this tab, after you've saved it to a native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file, that you will edit to program your radio. It is also the tab that you would export to a CSV file or import a CSV file into. CSV files by themselves are not directly importable into your radio.
We're getting lost in translation - your directions from yesterday
worked perfectly and the radio is now programmed.
To program your radio with support for 3 bands, you must choose a model that has support for 3 bands (Radioddity UV-5X3, for example) to do the initial download from your radio. If you choose a model that only supports 2 bands (UV-5R, BF-F8HP, etc), then CHIRP will only support 2 bands. If you've overwritten the band limits of your radio (which is why I tried, so far unsuccessfully, to get you to attach a CHIRP image file from your radio so I can "see" what kind of shape you have gotten it into), then this can affect what frequencies your radio will function with.
I've tried attaching the img file twice now. First time renamed to .bob
and the 2nd time zipped. Not sure how / why they are showing up as CSVs. I just tried a third time and the message bounced. Not sure what's going on there. I'll try again with a fresh message and only send the file. BTW, CHIRP automatically named the img file "Radioddity UV-5X3_<date>" - that would suggest I chose the correct radio profile, right? I have 1.25M repeaters entered into memory slots in the radio but the PTT does nothing on those freqs.
New issue now that the channels are stored in memory - I see the green
light when receiving but nothing come out of the speaker unless I press and hold the monitor button. I've tried setting the squelch at 0, 3 & 9 with no change.
Bob n0zfv
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