CHIRP

Jim et all:

Tried Baofeng UV-5R with ver 0.4.1 and daily 20141210 on a win XP system.
Using a known good cable and windows driver and radio,

I got :

An Err has Occurred
Radio did not respond.

Also tried other Baofeng models with similar results.

Also tried other vendors too. Anytone, Baojie, Kenwood, TYT and Wouxun.
while err messages were slightly different the message intent was the same.

:(

--Ben

Ben,

If it is not working with other Baofeng models, then I would suspect the programming cable and/or device driver. If it worked with other Baofeng radios, then it could be the TDXone radio requires a different string to start the cloning process.

Do you have OEM software for this radio?

Jim KC9HI

Jim KC9HI:

Cable and driver works with TDXone and OEM software as well as TYT, Baofeng and Wouxun.

Do you have OEM software for this radio?
yes,

it can be downloaded here:

http://www.radioinc.com/TDXone/TDX-Q8A-EN-V6.0-setup.exe

--Ben

Ben,
Thanks. I'll take a look at it.
Jim KC9HI

Ben,

I just noticed that you are using v0.4.1 stable. This is currently not recommend for use with radios that are variants of the UV-5R because of remapping of the memory. The latest daily builds have been updated to work with these new memory layouts. The latest daily builds also recognize more firmware versions. Please upgrade to the latest daily build.

Also the Q8A uses a different text string to initiate the clone process. I emailed you a modified driver module to try. Did you get it?

Jim KC9HI

Jim KC9HI:

Yes I got the file.

Using CHIRP daily-20141220 and the uv5r.py load module that you sent and selecting Baofeng / UV-5R I still get An err has occurred Radio did not respond [OK]

:(

--Ben
KA0PSQ

I did notice that when trying to read from the radio it does turn on the keyboard lock icon on the Q8A radio.

for what its worth.

--Ben

Jim KC9HI:

any progress on TDXone Q8A???

--Ben
KA0PSQ

Jim KC9HI:

any progress on TDXone Q8A???
Haven't heard anything for 6+ months

--Ben
KA0PSQ

Ben,
There will probably not be any development on this unless a developer is interested on working on it and either purchases a radio or accepts the equipment loan.
Jim

I have a local ham that has this radio.
If this person was to upload logs of portmon would it not help in adding this radio?

Ben, is there still any interest in this? I own this radio and although I have learned the physical controls thoroughly, I would also like to have a programmatic interface for it - I am an experienced programmer and although new to CHIRP (and amateur radio!), definitely willing to put some time into giving this a go. The only thing I am missing is a programming cable which it sounded like you might be willing to provide?

Jesse
KD2KTS

Jess:

Sure we are still interested.
Where do we send the cable?
feel free to e-mail or call the store during normal business hrs and let me know.

--Ben
Sales@radioinc.com
1-800-426-2891

Just curious, any progress with this? I just bought a tdxone, and would very much like to use chirp.

I could probably work on it now if I had a radio.

Jim KC9HI

Jim KC9HI:

Tell me your QTH (Address) and I'll see about getting a radio to you.

--Ben
Radio City
1-800-426-2891

Ben,

I replied directly to your email address.

Jim KC9HI

after downloading .py file correctly,

it looks good,

Still doing some more testing.

Ben,

Thanks for testing. Looking forward to your feedback.

Jim

Thanks for your efforts Jim KC9HI.

still testing good here.

eta as to when it will be added to the daily build ??

--Ben

There is no ETA. Once it gets accepted, it will be in the next daily build. But some times I get feedback requesting to make a change here or there. If that happens, I will make the changes as quickly as possible and resubmit.

Jim