CHIRP

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I have used portmon in the past.

Once you are able to download an img cleanly from the radio, save it. Then change the first memory channel in the radio very slightly. Now download another img from the radio. Use hexdump and diff to compare the two imgs. You should be able to determine what changed when the memory was modified. This will help you determine the start of the channel list and maybe other details about the channel you programmed. Change the second channel and repeat the process to determine the length of each channel record.

Initial decoding of the Channel Memory Map (see attached file). It appears that the memory map for the TH9000 is close to the Anytone 5888, so I'm using it as a guide. There are significant differences, however. The upload/download protocol looks the same. I have been able to confirm all the basic channel settings up to CTCSS. I have not started on the DCS or Cross mode settings yet, so that is not included. I'm including the file here, in case folks are interested, and I will create a patch for including this into source once I have a more complete file.

I'm proposing to use the file name "tyt_th9000_vhf.py" for the chirp/.py file, as the th9000 has several models for vhf, uhf and 6 meter bands. However, the model naming convention in chirp appears to use several different conventions. I would appreciate comments on that as well.

Here is the 1st patch for this model. It includes a base model skeleton and memory map for most of the radio options. It does not include working methods yet, but should give a good start for adding these. I compared this to the Anytone 5888 model; there are a number of similar memory map structures, but there are a number of significant differences, so it didn't make sense to try to overload the Anytone model ; however, there are a number of identical methods (like checksum) that are the same, so I'll look at creating a generic function file that the two can share.

Here's a alpha version of the TH9000 driver. It's not ready for production. It will download and save a TYT-9000 VHF radio image, and will display the memories. The patch log contains a good view of what's working and not. The upload is not yet working.

I'm working on the memory channels to accept DCS and Cross modes, plus adding in a number of radio settings.

Alpha version 0.3 for the TYT TH9000 VHF driver. It was developed and tested on a 2 meter version, but should work (with the exception of the ident fields and frequency ranges, for the 200Mhz and UHF version of the TH9000 radio.

This version is still experimental, and may have data corruption bugs - use at your own risk! (Testing, however, would be appreciated.)

This version has:

Download and save image file
Upload an image file to the radio
Memory viewing and editing (for Simplex, Tone and TSQL modes - DCS not yet working)
Global Setting (missing a couple) - Squelch, Beep, Display Color and brightness, APO, Timeout Timer, etc.
Radio Frequency Range Setting (for TX/RX ranges)

The patch is designed to be applied to trunk.

Update for TYT TH9000 Radio (new model)

This patch is ready for other user to try out. Still marked as Alpha, but it appears to be fairly solid and stable.

Features working:
Download/Upload to radio
Display and Edit Memories
Save image file
Modes: None, Tone, TSQL
Global Setting
APO
BG Color and Brightness
Squelch Level
TOT
Radio Max Transmit Power
Startup/Welcome Message
TBST Freq
TX/RX Freq Range
Beep

Memory Setting
    Freq, Offset, Skip, Step, Ch Width, Name, Power, Mode, Tone-PL, TSQL-PL

Not Working
    DCS, Cross and Reverse Modes
    Display Mode (VFO/Mem)
    VFO MR
    Channel Lock
    Voice Prompt
    Tail Elim Type
    Bootup Password
    Memory: Reverse, TX Off, Compander, Talk Around, Scrambler

I executed the unit tests, and its failing on one test:
TYT TH9000 BruteForce FAILED: Field tmode' is', expected `TSQL-R'

The image file from the TYT TH9000 for unit testing.

I modified the patch for the UHF version of the radio and it works well for me. I am able to download from radio and upload to radio. Use at your own risk though.

This is the latest experimental version for the TYT-TH9000D radio driver.

This patch covers the 3 existing TH9000 models - 2meters, 220 and 440 radios in a single class file. The code is based with the latest dev branch of Chirp (a/o 4/18/2015), so this patch should only be applied to this branch.

I've tested it on both 2 meter and 220 models, so I would appreciate if someone could test on the UHF model.

All previous features are currently working for this patch, with the exception of automatic file identifcation. The TH radios do not have a identifer that can safely distingush between the radios, this feature is still TBD. You will need to manually select the correct model when you open a radio image file. You'll get a prompt when you open a image file, so select one of the three available models.

I am attaching both the patch file for those that are using hg and git. I've also included a copy of the plain source file, which can drop the "chirp/driver" directory of the source code to try it out.

I would also welcome feedback on what modifications are need for this to be checked into the main branch. It's ready to used by a wider audience.

latest version of the TYT-TH9000D driver.

this version removes the string literials, cleans up the copyright messages, and adds auto identification of file types.

latest patch with base class fixes.

New patch - v0.8 for tyt th9000 radio driver

added correct modes (tone, tsql, dcts, and cross)

successfully ran unit tests (all passed) for 2 meter and 220 radios (new images attached):

$ ./run_tests -d TYT_TH9000_144
TYT TH9000_144 Detect PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_144 Settings PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_144 Clone PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_144 Edges PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_144 BruteForce PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_144 CopyAll PASSED: All tests

TYT TH9000_144 Banks SKIPPED: Banks not supported¶

Results:
TOTAL : 7
FAILED : 0
SKIPPED: 1
PASSED : 6
CRASHED: 0
./run_tests -d TYT_TH9000_220
TYT TH9000_220 Detect PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_220 Settings PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_220 Clone PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_220 Edges PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_220 BruteForce PASSED: All tests
TYT TH9000_220 CopyAll PASSED: All tests

TYT TH9000_220 Banks SKIPPED: Banks not supported¶

Results:
TOTAL : 7
FAILED : 0
SKIPPED: 1
PASSED : 6
CRASHED: 0
.

This appears to be complete.