[chirp_users] Help with Chirp: will download but not upload
Hello, I have emailed Dan about this issue before but I thought I would ask the group about this to get some additional opinions. I am trying to use Chirp (several versions including the 0.1.10b7 beta) with my IC-2820 connected via the data port. I have tried from Windows (XP and Vista) and Ubuntu and in each case I get the same result: I am able to download the contents of the radio with no problem, but when uploading the software shows a gas gauge for a minute or so, then returns to the main window. The radio display says 'CLONE' the entire time, and does not power cycle when the software appears to finish. The cable is a homebrew OPC-1529R going to an FTDI USB-to-serial adapter. I believe the cable must be OK, since I am able to download. Dan suggested I try using an OPC-478 on the SP-2 port...I built one using http://seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/CIVInterf... but I get errors from Chirp when using this (unexpected response from radio), and I have not been able to find a good method to test this interface
I have GPS TX MODE and GPS AUTO TX disabled. Is there some other setting in the 2820's menu that might cause this?
Can someone confirm for me that the radio should indicate 'CLONE IN' when Chirp is uploading? It seems it should since it shows 'CLONE OUT' when downloading.
Also, can anyone suggest some troubleshooting commands I can send to the radio using Hyperterminal, etc. to verify that it is receiving commands? I have found lots of CI-V commands but nothing showing the IC-2820's CI-V address; I suspect that radios with clone-only capabilities (no rig control) do not have an address, but there must be some command to trigger the clone-in sequence.
Thanks in advance! Jay KA1RVR
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 08:16 -0500, Jay D. Carter wrote:
Can someone confirm for me that the radio shouldindicate ‘CLONE IN’ when Chirp is uploading? It seems it should since it shows ‘CLONE OUT’ when downloading.
My 2820 says "CLONE OUT" when downloading and "CLONE IN" when uploading, along with a progress bar at the bottom of the LCD. When downloading is finished, it restarts; when uploading is finished, it says "CLONE END" until I manually power cycle it.
I am using Fedora 12 and connecting via the data port with a homemade cable. My current version of CHIRP is 0.1.8b3 - guess it's time to download a newer version! I'll do that this morning and post back if it does not work (if you don't hear from me, it works).
BTW, I get similar behaviour to you if I try to upload using the Icom software (CS-2820) in either WINE or VirtualBox (though I think the screen still says CLONE OUT - haven't tried it in a long time), and powercycling the radio after the upload fails causes the radio to be reset to factory defaults. This probably isn't relevant to your problem. The Icom software does work from a native Windows installation (but I don't normally have one of those around).
Brian VE7NGR
Thanks Brian, this makes me think there is something wrong on the radio side; will look through the ICOM docs again.
Here is my debug log; seems like the software thinks all is going well, but then the radio never confirms that the cloning succeeded:
Log initialized C:\Program Files (x86)\CHIRP\chirpw.exe:42: Warning: g_object_set_property: object class `GtkCellRendererText' has no property named `active' C:\Program Files (x86)\CHIRP\library.zip\chirpui\clone.py:46: Warning: g_object_set_property: object class `GtkCellRendererText' has no property named `active' Clone thread started -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpui\clone.pyo", line 134, in run File "chirp\ic2820.pyo", line 110, in sync_out File "chirp\icf.pyo", line 303, in clone_to_radio RadioError: Did not get clone result from radio ------ Clone failed: Did not get clone result from radio Clone thread ended
JDC
-----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Brian Mury Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:15 AM To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Help with Chirp: will download but not upload
On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 08:16 -0500, Jay D. Carter wrote:
Can someone confirm for me that the radio shouldindicate 'CLONE IN' when Chirp is uploading? It seems it should since it shows 'CLONE OUT' when downloading.
My 2820 says "CLONE OUT" when downloading and "CLONE IN" when uploading, along with a progress bar at the bottom of the LCD. When downloading is finished, it restarts; when uploading is finished, it says "CLONE END" until I manually power cycle it.
I am using Fedora 12 and connecting via the data port with a homemade cable. My current version of CHIRP is 0.1.8b3 - guess it's time to download a newer version! I'll do that this morning and post back if it does not work (if you don't hear from me, it works).
BTW, I get similar behaviour to you if I try to upload using the Icom software (CS-2820) in either WINE or VirtualBox (though I think the screen still says CLONE OUT - haven't tried it in a long time), and powercycling the radio after the upload fails causes the radio to be reset to factory defaults. This probably isn't relevant to your problem. The Icom software does work from a native Windows installation (but I don't normally have one of those around).
Brian VE7NGR
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Hi Jay,
Sorry you're having so much trouble with this...
-- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpui\clone.pyo", line 134, in run File "chirp\ic2820.pyo", line 110, in sync_out File "chirp\icf.pyo", line 303, in clone_to_radio RadioError: Did not get clone result from radio
Clone failed: Did not get clone result from radio Clone thread ended
This could just mean that it never hears from the radio at all. Have you tested your clone circuit with the ICOM software to be sure that it works? I assume you never see any progress bar movement prior to getting this message, right? Does the radio go into clone mode before this fails? If so, it could be that the TX side of the circuit is working, but not the RX side.
I have built the circuit you posted and had it work, but I usually use one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Program-Interface-cable-for-ICOM-ALINCO-Ham-radio-6-009_...
$15 shipped is pretty decent, I think.
I have GPS TX MODE and GPS AUTO TX disabled. Is there some other setting in the 2820’s menu that might cause this?
Nope, cloning through the speaker jack should be pretty bulletproof (provided the clone cable hardware works). The GPS settings have no effect on speaker jack cloning, nor does anything else in the menu.
Also, can anyone suggest some troubleshooting commands I can send to the radio using Hyperterminal, etc. to verify that it is receiving commands? I have found lots of CI-V commands but nothing showing the IC-2820’s CI-V address; I suspect that radios with clone-only capabilities (no rig control) do not have an address, but there must be some command to trigger the clone-in sequence.
Nope. As you suspect, there's nothing easy you can do in a terminal to see if the radio is responding.
You said you can download your 2820, right? Can you send me your image file and let me try to push it into my radio? Maybe it's not the clone cable that is the problem, but rather something in the radio image. The radios will kick out of clone mode midway if they encounter something they don't like.
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