[chirp_users] Chirp making life easier...
Folks, I moved from Tampa, FL to Kalama, WA, Chirp has made setting up my radios a WHOLE lot easier. I have sort of sat and watched all the goings on. With the move I had to load a whole lot of new frequencies into the radios, Chirp really took care of that issue.
Now I have a question, perhaps this will generate rocks and rotten fruit tossed my way, but I have been playing with a Samsung S2 Tablet 10.1. I got the USB interface dongle, and plugged a USB serial port in it, did a: ls /dev |grep ttyUSB0 and sure enough there it was, I plugged a second one into a USB 4 port device and saw ttyUSB01 appear, so the device recognizes and loads the proper drivers. Now I will fire up screen and try to talk to my old Kenwood TM-D700 sending it some manual com- mands to see if I get a reply, on my Linux boxes it talks like a parrot, so it should be a easy test.
The question is has anyone tried to port Chirp to Android? These nice big tablets sure make nice screens for the vehicle and the cheaper ones do not cost that much.
Of course the next step is a screen for direct entry of the front panel and a real nice proper presentation of a control panel on a touch screen.
I am not a programmer, but I can test code, now that I no longer am doing field service (I am fixed here in the glass container plant in Kalama, WA) I have a bit more time to test out code. So if anyone wants to try it, I am willing to do testing, I have the old Kenwood and I also have a Icom 92AD.
It was the 92AD that brought me to Chirp. And here I am quite happy with it.
Keep up the good work folks.
On Oct 13, 2012 10:26 PM, "Chuck Hast" kp4djt@gmail.com wrote:
The question is has anyone tried to port Chirp to Android? These nice big tablets sure make nice screens for the vehicle and the cheaper ones do not cost that much.
No, I haven't tried to port Chirp to Android, but I've thought about it. The trouble is that Chirp is written in Python so not a single line would run on Android without being ported, and further its GUI is pygtk, so would need to be rewritten for the Android GUI (not just a port). The resulting software would resemble nothing of Chirp except the concept.
Of course the next step is a screen for direct entry of the front panel and a real nice proper presentation of a control panel on a touch screen.
This to me seems much more useful than Chirp-for-Android.
Tom KD7LXL
Hi Then maybe the question is can the Android tablet be loaded or made dual boot with say Xubuntu, because CHIRP runs well on my laptop with it now. No adapting of anything. I have been playing around with my laptop and Yaesu VX5R and have figured out some of the editing features of Chirp and been able to load some new memories with it. Now to see if I can find a 6 pin connector to make an adapter for my FT2800 so I can save it's memories and add/change some of them for my new local area.
Good luck all.
Marty kd8bj
On 10/14/2012 09:51 AM, Tom Hayward wrote:
On Oct 13, 2012 10:26 PM, "Chuck Hast" <kp4djt@gmail.com mailto:kp4djt@gmail.com> wrote:
The question is has anyone tried to port Chirp to Android? These nice big tablets sure make nice screens for the vehicle and the cheaper ones do not cost that much.
No, I haven't tried to port Chirp to Android, but I've thought about it. The trouble is that Chirp is written in Python so not a single line would run on Android without being ported, and further its GUI is pygtk, so would need to be rewritten for the Android GUI (not just a port). The resulting software would resemble nothing of Chirp except the concept.
Of course the next step is a screen for direct entry of the front panel and a real nice proper presentation of a control panel on a touch screen.
This to me seems much more useful than Chirp-for-Android.
Tom KD7LXL
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On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
On Oct 13, 2012 10:26 PM, "Chuck Hast" kp4djt@gmail.com wrote:
The question is has anyone tried to port Chirp to Android? These nice big tablets sure make nice screens for the vehicle and the cheaper ones do not cost that much.
No, I haven't tried to port Chirp to Android, but I've thought about it. The trouble is that Chirp is written in Python so not a single line would run on Android without being ported, and further its GUI is pygtk, so would need to be rewritten for the Android GUI (not just a port). The resulting software would resemble nothing of Chirp except the concept.
Tom, I do not know if this will help or not: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10940
It appears that there is python for Android, but I am not sure if it goes deep enough for Chirp. If it does that may be something you can use.
Be nice not to have to carry a laptop to program radios B-], once you get it on a Android device, I am going to assume that about any one of them could support it, and if you replace the wire with one of the bluetooth serial ports you no longer have to tether the radio to be programmed to the tablet you just link to the BT serial device.
This to me seems much more useful than Chirp-for-Android.
If someone is willing to try it I am a willing tester. That big 10.1 inch screen sure invites all kinds of neat things for the mobile environment.
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