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Baofeng UV18 Pro Max GPS

Added by Denis Turcotte 9 months ago. Updated 9 days ago.

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New
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
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Target version:
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Start date:
02/14/2024
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Description

Hi, I purchase a UV18 Pro Max GPS

Firmware 1.03

Hardware 1.30

USB to serial Updated to Driver Version 3.8 - CH340/CH341 USB to serial port One-Key installation VCP vendor driver for Windows, supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/VISTA/XP/2000/98

chirp-next-20240213-installer.exe
About CHIRP - Chirp next-20240213 on Python 3.10.8 wxPython 4.2.0 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2.0

Port COM6: USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM6)
Vendor: Baofeng
Model: UV-17ProGPS

There is no version UV-18ProGPS
I selected UV-17ProGPS and got:
Error Communicating with radio: Error reading data from radio: not the amount of data we want

Thank You


Files

uv17Pro-add-uv18Max.patch (3.17 KB) uv17Pro-add-uv18Max.patch patch file modifying UV17Pro driver Pavel Moravec, 02/28/2024 10:17 AM
Baofeng_UV-18ProMAXGPS_20240228-factory-1.img (33.1 KB) Baofeng_UV-18ProMAXGPS_20240228-factory-1.img backed up factory settings Pavel Moravec, 02/28/2024 10:18 AM

Updated by Pavel Moravec 8 months ago

Hello,
after writing my own reader and reverse engineering communication I found out that UV18H (UV18 Pro Max) uses different "encryption" index (key) than the GPS version of UV17 Pro.

Attached is a patch with which I have downloaded and uploaded the radio data. I have copied settings of UV17 Pro GPS model class to this model, but I am not sure what some settings mean and if they should be aplied. Attached is also saved my factory settings if suitable and I am attaching them for potential analysis.

73, Pavel, OK2MOP

Actions #2

Updated by Henry Grasman 8 months ago

Hi all,

I have been using the uv17 pro gps with my "UV18 Pro Max" Firmware: 1.03, Hardware: 1.30 with minimal issues. Only minor incompatabilities with settings encoding.

Chirp Next 20240229

What is the progress of this? I am intending to add this driver and relevant changes unless it is being worked on already.

Cheers,
Henry G
K2KNO

Actions #3

Updated by Pavel Moravec 9 days ago

So basically the UV17ProGPS driver can be used without modifications and separate driver is not necessary

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