New Model #11168
openBaofeng UV18 Pro Max GPS
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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
Updated by Pavel Moravec 9 months ago
- File uv17Pro-add-uv18Max.patch uv17Pro-add-uv18Max.patch added
- File Baofeng_UV-18ProMAXGPS_20240228-factory-1.img Baofeng_UV-18ProMAXGPS_20240228-factory-1.img added
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
Updated by Henry Grasman 9 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
Updated by Pavel Moravec 23 days ago
So basically the UV17ProGPS driver can be used without modifications and separate driver is not necessary