[chirp_users] Bank Info Missing after import
In using the "convert icf" function some of the bank names (of individual channels) did not come across. Due to the fact that no bank name is present the "Bank Index Value" presents as "-1". I have included both the original ICF file and the resluting chirp img file.
Dave Cooley N4DIB
In using the "convert icf" function some of the bank names (of individual channels) did not come across.
Okay, it would be really helpful if you could tell me *which* ones didn't come across correctly. I'm a bad guesser :)
Due to the fact that no bank name is present the "Bank Index Value" presents as "-1".
The absence of a bank name has nothing to do with the index value.
I have included both the original ICF file and the resluting chirp img file.
I'm unable to open your ICF file with CS-2820. It claims "Illegal data". When I open your .img file, I see lots of memories attached to a handful of banks. Only a some of the memories out of the first 100 are missing a bank name. Should they all have a bank?
Thanks!
I am sending another copy of both files. 2820.icy and 2820chirp.img. The .img file was derived from the icf file. Let me know if you cant open that .icf file. Without that it would be kind of hard to troubleshoot.
As a side note, when converting the icf file you are prompted to assign a file name. The default in the window shows the file type as .img but when it saves the file it does not show as a .img file so chirp can not open the file. You have to manually enter the entire file name (i.e. 2820chirp.img) for it to be saved as a .img file. This may be an oversight as one would assume that if the file type window shows a default as .img file it would append the file name accordingly.
All entries have a bank assigned. These were all programmed with the CS-2820 software. When you assign a bank, the software automatically assigns the bank index number.
It appears that chirp assigns the bank index of "-1" when a bank designator is not found. These can be "cleaned up" in CHIRP but the original assignments are lost and seems to defeat the purpose.
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Dave Cooley N4DIB
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@lists.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@lists.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dan Smith Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:59 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bank Info Missing after import
In using the "convert icf" function some of the bank names (of individual channels) did not come across.
Okay, it would be really helpful if you could tell me *which* ones didn't come across correctly. I'm a bad guesser :)
Due to the fact that no bank name is present the "Bank Index Value" presents as "-1".
The absence of a bank name has nothing to do with the index value.
I have included both the original ICF file and the resluting chirp img file.
I'm unable to open your ICF file with CS-2820. It claims "Illegal data". When I open your .img file, I see lots of memories attached to a handful of banks. Only a some of the memories out of the first 100 are missing a bank name. Should they all have a bank?
Thanks!
It appears that chirp assigns the bank index of "-1" when a bank designator is not found. These can be "cleaned up" in CHIRP but the original assignments are lost and seems to defeat the purpose.
This is true, it shows -1 when the memory appears to not be in a bank. This doesn't matter, because the index isn't useful unless the memory is in a bank.
I still can't open your ICF file, not sure what's going on, but you might want to try zip'ing it up first to see if that makes it survive the email transport.
Being able to see the ICF file would definitely help, but in the meantime, I've programmed my 2820 with your .img file so I can see what it's supposed to be like.
All entries have a bank assigned.
All except position 7, right? :)
So, I found that the bank start index was off by four bytes, which shifted things by two, making 5 the one with no bank affiliation. I only checked up to 115, but I think that we're good now.
I'll throw that fix in the next beta. That next beta would, by the way, be coming soon if I could figure out what the heck Dave Tilson's problem is :)
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