I have one of the new UV5RM HP radios(7watt), and am finding the firmware is different than other UV5R models (Ver BFB251). It is a firmware build N5R3407BFP3-23. This is giving me difficulty in downloading a saved image file from my current UV5R profile. Any suggestions?
You can't upload a previous UV-5R image to the new radio if the firmware is different. You need to download from the radio and then copy the memories over and then upload that.
-Daniel
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Kevin Smith n5kev@yahoo.com wrote:
I have one of the new UV5RM HP radios(7watt), and am finding the firmware is different than other UV5R models (Ver BFB251). It is a firmware build N5R3407BFP3-23. This is giving me difficulty in downloading a saved image file from my current UV5R profile.
Any suggestions?
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Thank you.That was it. I knew I was missing how to get the firmware into the chirp software. Works like a charm now. KevinN5KEV
On Saturday, July 4, 2015 5:05 PM, Daniel Lichterman dlichterman@gmail.com wrote:
You can't upload a previous UV-5R image to the new radio if the firmware is different. You need to download from the radio and then copy the memories over and then upload that. -Daniel On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Kevin Smith n5kev@yahoo.com wrote:
I have one of the new UV5RM HP radios(7watt), and am finding the firmware is different than other UV5R models (Ver BFB251). It is a firmware build N5R3407BFP3-23. This is giving me difficulty in downloading a saved image file from my current UV5R profile. Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Kevin Smith n5kev@yahoo.com wrote:
I have one of the new UV5RM HP radios(7watt), and am finding the firmware is different than other UV5R models (Ver BFB251). It is a firmware build N5R3407BFP3-23. This is giving me difficulty in downloading a saved image file from my current UV5R profile.
Any suggestions?
The way CHIRP works, reading from the radio is "downloading". Writing to the radio is "uploading".
Because Baofeng keeps changing the memory layout of these radios, each firmware version now has to be treated as if it were a different radio. In other works, if the firmware version dies not exactly match, the upload is aborted.
It this case, you are trying to upload the CHIRP Radio Image file from a Baofeng radio with 2 power levels and trying to upload it into a Baofeng radio with 3 power levels. The has never been permitted.
As mentioned already, you can cut and paste from the UV-5R tab to the BF-F8HP tab, but a better way is to import the UV-5R image in to a tab from your UV5RM HP.
1. download from your UV5RM HP using the BF-F8HP model selection 2. click File 3. click Import 4. change the button that says "CHIRP Files (*.chirp)" to "CHIRP Radio Images (*.img)" 5. find and load the image from your UV-5R 6. make any changes to the "Import From File" dialog box and click [OK] 7. make any changes to the settings menus 8. upload to your UV5RM HP
Using the CHIRP Import feature also works across differing brands and models. Plus it also transfers the "extra" settings like BCL and PTT-ID that cut-and-paste does not.
Jim KC9HI
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