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Bug #10579

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RT86 Power level issues and mapping issues

Added by Stuart McKay about 1 year ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
05/15/2023
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Chirp Version:
next
Model affected:
Retevis RT86
Platform:
Windows
I read the instructions above:

Description

It look like CHIRP only supports 2 power levels fot the RT86. After using the OEM software V1.2 it appears there are 3 levels. Low/Med/Hi and therefore the TX power has 2 bits allocated. So more like :-
MEM_FORMAT_RT86 = """
#seekto 0x0000;
struct {
lbcd rxfreq[4]; // RX Frequency 0-3
lbcd txfreq[4]; // TX Frequency 4-7
ul16 rx_tone; // PL/DPL Decode 8-9
ul16 tx_tone; // PL/DPL Encode A-B
u8 audio:2, // Audio 00=off 01=Scramble 10=Compand C
highpower:2, // Power Level 00=Low 01=Med 10=High
bcl:1, // Busy Lock OFF=0 ON=1
scramble_type:3; // Scramble 0=1 7=8
u8 reserved[3]; // Reserved D-F
} memory[16];

The different power setting have an effect on the radio display by showing 1-4 bars depending on the power setting and a lo setting shows "lo" on the radio.

The reserved 3 u8 at the end appear to be used in blocks for other features like Wide/Narrow. I have completed some hex comparisons to look into the further. I believe the current driver already maps some of these.
offset 4d defines the frequency range 02=400MHz-480MHz
offset 4E has 16 bits mapping "scan add" for each channel ie FFFF=all channels Del
offset 8d has 16 bits mapping the W/N for each channel ie FFFF=all channels wide
offset ad has 16 bits mapping Spec on/off for each channel
offset 100 16 x u8 containing the Frequency hop from Mode1-Mode4 00=off
offset 160 16 x 32 bits for the Spec codes

There are 2 attached data files one "base" and the other "mapping". I have also included screen shot of the OEM screen that matches the files.


Files

Chrip base file.jpg (126 KB) Chrip base file.jpg CHIRP representation of the base file loaded from the radio Stuart McKay, 05/15/2023 02:36 PM
mapping.jpg (201 KB) mapping.jpg The OEM mapping screen Stuart McKay, 05/15/2023 02:36 PM
OEM Base file.jpg (198 KB) OEM Base file.jpg The OEM Base file screen Stuart McKay, 05/15/2023 02:36 PM
mapping.txt (2 KB) mapping.txt This is from the OEM showing different parameter changes Stuart McKay, 05/15/2023 02:37 PM
Base.txt (2 KB) Base.txt This is the OEM software saved file Stuart McKay, 05/15/2023 02:37 PM

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