CHIRP

Please re-check your cable connection and answer this questions to me:

1 - Try to read the radio with the original software, up on success and without touching the radio or cable, close the software and try to read it on chirp, what is the result?
2 - Does the radio put " - PC - " in the display just after this error arise.
3 - Try several times and see if the error is consistent: aka it occurs every time.

Cheers

Yes it is a TK-260G-1 (I think the -1 designates USA model maybe). I am attaching a pic of the serial/model plate.

On another note regarding the TK-272G-1 apparently it is flashed to a TK-270G-1 so I do not want to test or do any reporting with it.

The 260G-1 is stock and has not been messed with though so this is what I am reporting with.

Ok I see. (nice picture BTW)

Can you make a log of the communication between the radio and the original programmer, and then between radio and chirp. A simple procedure is attached, feel free to ask to my mail for any details. (there are other - free for a limited time - serial sniffers if portmon is not an option, google is your friend)

Let's concentrate on the TK-260G for now (As the name of this issue state)

I need only the download (radio to PC) logs from the original software (KPG-56d) and the one for chirp, to spot the problem.

As for the TK-272G-1 programming on the TK-270G-1, it's not a problem, early on the life cycle of the "Series 60G" radios, Kenwood "make the ring" (just one firmware to rule them all)

So portables in the G family are "hackable" as other models just by overwriting the programming and they do work fine.

A known and documented hack is to program the 260/270/272 G models as a 278G one to get access to the true "Reverse" function in a button, not just the "Turn Around" one.

As per my chirp driver, I discovered and fixed that, so this is no longer needed, BTW, with my driver in the mobile family you can access a "Low Power" in a button just like the portables ones do.

All the above works if you have the "ring power" firmware or beyond, in the night I will send instructions to check that.

73.

Confirmed: It's a firmware incompatibility problem, I will close this to not duplicate efforts, please follow the issue #3349 for details and progress.

Hello, I noticed CHIRP supports Kenwood TK-260G. I tried to read my TK-360G as a test. Saw an error something like 'Model type P3600 not P2600'. Is it possible to update CHIRP to work with TK-360G? I do not have the commercial software. My model is TK-360G -1 the USA UHF version.

Screen shot of CHIRP error when reading. TK-360G CHIRP daily-20160316.