RT Systems software is very competent. (radio comes with the cable :-) implies possibly that the software is locked to RT Systems dongle/programming cable.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 16:59, Neil Stone neil.stone@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Kevin,

Chirp cannot do the job I'm afraid. The Yaesu software 'works' but it does have some interesting behaviours. I am sure many people will agree that the RT systems software is generally a much better option (radio comes with the cable :-) )

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 15:40, Kevin Zembower via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

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Hello, all. Hoping that all who celebrated Thanksgiving had a restful and relaxing holiday.

I'm contemplating buying a Yaesu FTM-400XDR mobile transceiver. See http://systemfusion.yaesu.com/ftm-400dr-xdr/. I'm wondering if I have to buy the RT-SYSTEMS ADMS-M400-U software to program it, or if Chirp can do the job.

I searched for FTM-400 in the supported models, but didn't find it. I also searched the last six months of email list archives without success.

Does anyone know if this model can be programmed with Chirp?

Somewhat related, Yaesu offers this software for free download: ADMS-7 Programming Software at

https://www.yaesu.com/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=14972&FileCatID=267&Fi....

Any idea if this is a full programming software system, or just used to update the firmware of the radio?

Thank you for your help and advice.

-Kevin KC3KZ

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Looks like that is on sale right now.

Joe Pizzi

-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of VA7OTC John D Erskine via chirp_users Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 12:21 PM To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Support for Yaesu FTM-400XDR?

On 2021-11-26 07:39, Kevin Zembower via chirp_users wrote:

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Somewhat related, Yaesu offers this software for free download: ADMS-7 Programming Software at https://www.yaesu.com/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=14972&FileCatID=267&Fi....

Any idea if this is a full programming software system, or just used to update the firmware of the radio?

Thank you for your help and advice.

-Kevin KC3KZ

Hullo Kevin,

The page where you may have found that download link:

https://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=249&...

Shows in the link name/description that it is a radio programming application. To whit,

"ADMS-7 Programming Software with FTM-400XDR/XDE MAIN firmware “Ver. 4.00” or later and FTM-400DR/DE MAIN firmware “Ver. 3.00” or later ( 68.48 MB )"

Seeing the word firmware in the sentence/description should not be too much of a distraction. It is an explanation that this programming software is for radios _with_ this version of the firmware (or more recent, i.e. "later".)

This may be borne out by noting the other downloads on offer. There are what look like three (geographical) versions of the firmware, and some explanation about a FW update as well.

Give it a try.

I'd recommend offering a link to a page an application may be found on, vs a link directly to it. <g>

All the best, John