CHIRP

Joe T wrote:

Have a TK8180 EU modell, last firmware 1.34, using last daily.
When try to readout error appears not supported model, see photo
M8189

added debug log
TNX Dan

Okay, I'm attaching a module for you to try. This just aliases your model ident to the existing radio so it will clone. Use caution with this, although I suspect it will probably work as expected. You should have a backup of your programming before you try uploading with this.

Enable developer mode in the help menu and then after restarting chirp you can File->Load Module this and try it. Please report back and include a debug log if there are any issues.

Joe T wrote:

Have a TK8180 EU modell, last firmware 1.34, using last daily.
When try to readout error appears not supported model, see photo
M8189

Tnx Dan, readout is working 90% (will report in next post)
Insert of new line is not possible, see noinsertdebug.log
tnx
cheers

Joe T wrote:

Have a TK8180 EU modell, last firmware 1.34, using last daily.
When try to readout error appears not supported model, see photo
M8189

Next is, if there is a blank zone (no frequency in) between 2 others, he stops with reading out after the zone before the blank one
see noreadoutblankzone debug
tnx cheers

Hi Dan I have also a TK7180E version, pse could you be so kind and do the same changes and create 7180E.py file, I add the TK7180Edebug log
tnx
cheers

Hi Joe,

Attaching the updated module for the 7180 (the 8180 file contains both). This just adds the other model, it doesn't address any bugs. Please let me know if it properly talks to the 7180E and then I'll put it into the main distribution.

I suspect the bugs you're highlighting aren't specific to the E models, so we can proceed with those fixes separate from getting these models available. Now that you can clone, saving problematic radios out to .img files and including them in a bug is also very helpful, along with the logs.

I'll admit that I use the chirp driver for small tweaks to my 7180 and 8180 and I probably don't have complex-enough layouts to have encountered these bugs. As noted in the warning that pops up, these radios operate quite differently than all the other radios chirp supports, so getting it to work is difficult and bound to have some limitations. That said, I really love these models so I have an interest in getting them working well if possible :)

Oops, use this one. I forgot to update the frequency ranges on the 7180E model.

Joe T wrote:

Have a TK8180 EU modell, last firmware 1.34, using last daily.
When try to readout error appears not supported model, see photo
M8189

Tnx Dan but bad news
with the new *.py file neither 7180E nor 8180E is working, see new debuglog pse
cheers

That's cause I'm an idiot. Try this one :D

So the missing zone issue. The 8180 has 12 zones I uploaded the image with all zones read out, than I deleted one zone with original Kenwood programm, zone 6, but 7-12 are always in. Than I made a readout with missing zone 6 , the readout ends with zone 5.
See both attchments pse
tnx for all your work

chers

here withe deleted 6 and missing 7-12 , hpe I have done it right

Here it is Dan, made with KPG-92 from Kenwood. Zone 6 is deleted, if you delete all frequencies in it, but zone 7 is not shifted to zone 6. And I can upload zone 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13... to the radio.
but never mind, I know now the possible workaround with putting in dummy frequencies in "unused" zones and Chirp is working fine with that

TNX cheers

Ah, okay I thought there was some "delete zone" button I was missing. I'd still like to get it working, but it will take some more study.

Applied in changeset commit:8ee4a7a5db82.