CHIRP

There is any chance that your QYT radio is a QYT KT8900*R*?

If so it's not supported, but with your help we can make it happen.

73

Pavel Milanes wrote:

Hi Bob,

Today I sent some patches to the devel queue that must address the problems you are describing here, please test the next build of chirp and repport back.

73 Pavel CO7WT

i downloaded the newest version of chirp and its still showing "radio identification failed" and it restarts radio. I was hoping this new version would fix this. Radio is a kt-8900 and not the "r" model.

Shelby, check this link

http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/3527#note-21

73

Pavel Milanes wrote:

Shelby, check this link

http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/3527#note-21

73

ok…. from my end of things it still does not work as a qyt kt8900…. but it does work if I download from radio as a sainsonic GT-890. also uploads. It did crash when I tried to copy and past 20 channels from another file but did work doing them one at a time.

Hi Shelby,

The changes in that alpha driver are already on the Chirp daily, interesting the thing you mentions about the KT8900 working as a GT-890, that can mean that we have more than one version of the KT8900, I'm very interested on a serial capture from your radios with the OEM software.

You can find a tutorial about how to do that here: http://chirp.danplanet.com/attachments/2257/how%20to%20portmon.doc

If you want right support for your radio I need that serial captures to make it happen, and in the process you can help others with the same problem.

73 Pavel CO7WT

Sorry, I have been trying for 1.5 hours and I can get no readings at all on portmon. I am using a Windows 7 and XP 32 bit machines. The factory software is working fine, downloading, uploading, etc. I followed your directions to the letter and nothing is happening on portmon, no text, no response. I hope someone else has better luck.

Got It, thanks...

I have to go away of the internet now, tomorrow I will comment about the results.

73

Pavel, Loaded the btech.py module. Radio successfully programs both of my radios as a SainSonic GT-890.

TNX
Dennis KG4RUL

Tried reading from the radio after loading the btech.py modue. As a QYT KT8900 it tells me it can't go into clone mode, this time with the longer message suggesting I try the Waccom driver. The Waccom gives me the "error reading data from radio" again.
I should mention that it will work using the factory software (UV_CPS v1.02 from Miklor.com), so that at least verifies my cable and connections are OK :)

Also, if it's any help, the factory software restarts the radio on program startup, then restarts it again when it is done reading data. Chirp (in the Waccom setting) causes no reaction from the radio until I try to read, then it immediately restarts and gives me the error message.
Chirp set for the QYT causes no reaction at all, I just get the clone mode error.

Maybe you have a unknown variant.

I need a debug.log file (search the wiki to find how to find it) to have a clue about your particular problem.

Please fire Chirp, load the file and try to download (it will give you an error, I known) and look for the debug.log and upload it to this issue.

73

Hi Michael.

Your KT8900 is a Waccom Mini-8900 clone and it's positively identified by the driver as such, but...

The Waccom Mini-8900 radios (and it's clones) has a unknown problem under Linux, please try it under windows until we can figure out how to fix the bug of the waccom in linux.

73.

OK. However I get the same error in Windows also. Want me to send the debug log from there?

Pavel Milanes wrote:

Hi to all,

Attached is the development version of the btech driver for you to test before I include it on the main Chirp repository, so I'm greatly interested on feedback about it.

Thanks to the users input I got over the weekend about 4 serial logs, I had identified 3 new variants of the QYT KT8900

One is a development of the QYT with it's own particular ID
Other is a clone of the Sainsonic GT-890 (or vice versa, who knows it for shure?)
And the other is a clone of the Waccom Mini-8900.

This attached driver know the default and the first two, the last one has a slightly different comm protocol and the driver has now a warning for the users about if this is not working "please use the Waccom Mini-8900 instead and it may work..."

How to use it:

• save the "btech.py" file to where you keep your chirp radio image files
• click "Help"
• enable "Enable Developer Functions"
• click "File"
• click "Load Module"
• find and load the "btech.py" file that was saved in step 1

Note: This special test module only temporarily changes your CHIRP. You must load this module every time you load CHIRP.

I need your success or failure story to validate this solution, I will need the debug.log up on the failure stories...

PS: This driver has transparent support for the the second version of the Sainsonic GT-890 also.

73 and enjoy, Pavel CO7WT.

Hi,
Just got Btech 2501 and get the "radio can't be identified" thing on Windows 7. Also, I can't load btech.py, says line 1 invalid text. Tried every radio as suggested. Thanks.

Joe Alv wrote:

Hi,
Just got Btech 2501 and get the "radio can't be identified" thing on Windows 7. Also, I can't load btech.py, says line 1 invalid text. Tried every radio as suggested. Thanks.

Hi Joe, this is not the issue for the Btech 2501 (that will be the issue #3015)

FYI there is a patch for the new wave of BTECHs (Gen3) in the devel queue, you may have one of those newer units.

73.

Sorry, not line 1 invalid text says "invalid syntax line 1