Please forget about .csv files and just work with .img files in ther Chirp editor screen. Saves all manner of problems.

On 06/01/2021 08:31 bwmoore@slidesnmoore.com wrote:


Yes, I am a wet-behind-the-ears Chirp user. I have read and studied the FAQ, WIKI, and documentation. I am running the latest version. I am working with on Baofeng UV-82. I have three minor questions to clarify my Chirp understanding.

1. On page https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns, Loc is defined as the location or "channel number" of the memory. If I title this column "Loc" in my .CSV file, Chirp returns an Error Message file type not recognized. Changing the column name to "Location" solves the problem. What am I doing wrong with "Loc"?

2. I have two simplex frequencies that are included in my .CSV file. On the same URL above, The Duplex Column states the options for the Duplex entry on each channel. First on the list in (None) for Simplex operation. Using (None), Chirp returns an invalid entry.  I solved it by entering "off", importing the .CSV file and then changing the Chirp image Duplex entries to "(None). What am I doing wrong with entering (None) in the .CSV file?

3. I have five frequencies that do not use tones included in my .CSV file. On the same URL above, The Tone Mode Column states the options for entry on each channel. First on the list in (None). Using (None), Chirp returns an invalid entry.  I solved it by entering "TSQL", importing the .CSV file and then changing the Chirp image Tone entries to "(None). What am I doing wrong with entering (None) in the .CSV file?

I realize these are pretty "picky", but I am in a learning phase and really do read and work on trying to understand what is happening. Please realize that this post is not a complaint and I do want to know if I am doing something wrong. I do understand and realize that Chirp is a big and complicated work aimed at solving the problem for a varied set of hardware and a more than a usually educated set of users. I am amazed at how well it has preformed for me in a very short time.

Thanks in advance, Billy


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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 8:34 AM bwmoore@slidesnmoore.com wrote:

Yes, I am a wet-behind-the-ears Chirp user. I have read and studied the FAQ, WIKI, and documentation. I am running the latest version. I am working with on Baofeng UV-82. I have three minor questions to clarify my Chirp understanding.

1. On page https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns, Loc is defined as the location or "channel number" of the memory. If I title this column "Loc" in my .CSV file, Chirp returns an Error Message file type not recognized. Changing the column name to "Location" solves the problem. What am I doing wrong with "Loc"?

The best way for you to understand what is required for a CSV file to be compatible with CHIRP would be to look at one that was generated by CHIRP. Simply program some valid channels into CHIRP using its "spreadsheet style memory editor" and export its data to a CSV file. An even quicker way would be to examine one of the "stock convig" files that are included with CHIRP. They are nothing more than CSV files stored in a "stock_configs" folder. Here are to memory rows from the "NOAA Weather Alert.csv" file from the "stock_config" folder.

1,WX1PA7,162.550000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,, 2,WX2PA1,162.400000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,

Most likely what is happening to you is that there is a mismatch between the number for fields in a row. For example if one of the commas at the end of row 1 is missing, when CHIRP is reading and expecting the numeric data required for the "Loc" field, it will be getting the "WX2PA1" fields data which would generate a " file type not recognized" error.

2. I have two simplex frequencies that are included in my .CSV file. On the same URL above, The Duplex Column states the options for the Duplex entry on each channel. First on the list in (None) for Simplex operation. Using (None), Chirp returns an invalid entry. I solved it by entering "off", importing the .CSV file and then changing the Chirp image Duplex entries to "(None). What am I doing wrong with entering (None) in the .CSV file?

"(None)" is just a visual representation for the human CHIRP's "spreadsheet style memory editor". None means nothing. The field is empty. It has no value in it (none). In other words it is 2 commas with nothing in between. See the 2 side-by-side commas between the "Frequency" fields and the "Offset" fields? That is the "(None)" for the "Duplex" field.

3. I have five frequencies that do not use tones included in my .CSV file. On the same URL above, The Tone Mode Column states the options for entry on each channel. First on the list in (None). Using (None), Chirp returns an invalid entry. I solved it by entering "TSQL", importing the .CSV file and then changing the Chirp image Tone entries to "(None). What am I doing wrong with entering (None) in the .CSV file?

Once again, like "Duplex", "(none)" in the "spreadsheet style memory editor" means nothing is in the field. See the 2 side-by-side commas between the "Offset" fields and the "rToneFreq" fields? That is the "(None)" for the "Tone" field.

I realize these are pretty "picky", but I am in a learning phase and really do read and work on trying to understand what is happening. Please realize that this post is not a complaint and I do want to know if I am doing something wrong. I do understand and realize that Chirp is a big and complicated work aimed at solving the problem for a varied set of hardware and a more than a usually educated set of users. I am amazed at how well it has preformed for me in a very short time.

I've never understood why someone would bother to mess around with creating, editing and maintaining their channels outside of CHIRP with CSV files. I maintain one native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file as a "master" and import that "image" into a tab created from almost any other "clone mode" radio that I want to have the same channel lineup.

Thanks in advance, Billy

You are welcome and good luck.

Jim KC9HI