Bug #5841
closedTONFA UV-985 (BFB229) Settings is unavailable
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Description
When the reading data from radio is complete, the Settings window is empty and I can change frequencies only.
Model: TONFA UV-985 (Baofeng UV-5R firmware?)
Firmware version: BFB229
Files
| TONFA_UV-985_BFB229.img (6.33 KB) TONFA_UV-985_BFB229.img | |||
| chirp_screenshot.png (25.7 KB) chirp_screenshot.png | |||
| debug.log (34.8 KB) debug.log | |||
| uv5r_tonfa.py (61.5 KB) uv5r_tonfa.py |
Updated by Jim Unroe almost 6 years ago
- File uv5r_tonfa.py uv5r_tonfa.py added
- Status changed from New to Feedback
This radio doesn't supply the band limits or squelch squelch thresholds. It, unfortunately, also does not report its firmware version to CHIRP. This doesn't make it easy to develop a patch to support this radio.
I did modify the UV-5R driver to remove the features that your radio does not support (which is the cause of the Settings tabs to not display.
To use this custom driver module, save it to where you keep your CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) files. Then click Help in the menu bar and enable "Enable Developer Functions". This adds a "Load Module" entry in the "File" menu so that you can load the "uv5r_tonfa.py" driver module. Doing this will not permanently change your CHIRP installation in any way. So every time to load CHIRP you will have to load this driver module before you can see the Settings tabs of this radio.
Jim KC9HI
Updated by Yegor Maksimov almost 6 years ago
Thanks Jim, your driver really works. The settings tab is available now. Another issue is the radio not support to change welcome message. it has a "WELCOME UV-5R" and can't be changed, CHIRP strings "welcome message" and "6+power on message" are ignored by this radio.
If I'm understand, this is not a BFB229 firmware? It's unknown version?
Updated by Jim Unroe almost 6 years ago
It is most likely a BFB229 firmware which is very old. The earliest firmware that I have seen for a Baofeng UV-5R is BFB231 (I still have mine purchased back in 2012).
The problem is the firmware version that is shown when the radio is powered on does not appear in the radio's image like it should. This has been an ongoing problem with some of the more recent Baofeng radios.
Jim KC9HI
Updated by Bernhard Hailer about 4 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
- Assignee deleted (
Yegor Maksimov) - Priority changed from High to Normal
Appears to be complete.