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Bug #6617

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Icom IC-2300H RF power settings

Added by Curt Laumann about 5 years ago. Updated about 4 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
03/16/2019
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Chirp Version:
daily
Model affected:
Icom IC-2300H
Platform:
Windows
Debug Log:
I read the instructions above:

Description

Hello, There are four power level settings in this transceiver: LOW MID-LOW MID HIGH. I entered one line of information to upload to my radio. On this one line I chose a power setting of MidLow using the drop-down menu in CHIRP. I'll save the CHIRP file, close the file, re-open the file... and the power setting cell is blank. I've tried uploading the power setting to the IC-2300H and the radio remains in HIGH power. I'm a brand-new user of CHIRP, so I apologize if my bug report is inaccurate or inappropriate. Regards, Curt / K7ZOO


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Icom_IC-2300H_201903162136.img (6.33 KB) Icom_IC-2300H_201903162136.img Curt Laumann, 03/16/2019 10:56 PM
debug.log (39.1 KB) debug.log Debug file Curt Laumann, 03/17/2019 03:23 PM
CHIRP with power settings 2019 03 17 1604.JPG (122 KB) CHIRP with power settings 2019 03 17 1604.JPG Power settings entered into CHIRP file Curt Laumann, 03/17/2019 04:11 PM
CHIRP with power settings MISSING 2019 03 17 1604.JPG (122 KB) CHIRP with power settings MISSING 2019 03 17 1604.JPG after saving and retrieving file, the power settings disappeared!! Curt Laumann, 03/17/2019 04:11 PM
Icom_IC-2300H_20200203 K7ZOO.img (6.32 KB) Icom_IC-2300H_20200203 K7ZOO.img Curt Laumann, 02/03/2020 09:06 AM
ic2300_20200203.py (13.6 KB) ic2300_20200203.py Dan Smith, 02/03/2020 04:00 PM
CHIRP Invalid Syntax Error K7ZOO 2020 02 03 1715.JPG (28.4 KB) CHIRP Invalid Syntax Error K7ZOO 2020 02 03 1715.JPG Curt Laumann, 02/03/2020 04:18 PM

Related issues

Has duplicate Bug #6169: Icom 2300H - Power level programming?Closed10/17/2018

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Actions #1

Updated by Curt Laumann about 5 years ago

Enclosing the debug file, in case it is of help.

Actions #2

Updated by Curt Laumann about 5 years ago

Here's a good, clear example: I set the power on a handful of channels (see screenshot). I then saved the file, closed the file, retrieved the file, and the power settings (previously entered) were not present (see screenshot). de K7ZOO

Actions #3

Updated by Frederic Beaulieu over 4 years ago

It seems to still be a problem with "CHIRP daily-20191123".

Actions #4

Updated by Nic Nelson about 4 years ago

This seems to still be an issue. I am unable to update and save power settings for Icom-IC2300h

Actions #5

Updated by Dan Smith about 4 years ago

From looking at the code, the developer of the ic2300 driver didn't implement power level setting at all, which explains why it is having no effect. It shouldn't have exposed the "I can do power levels" feature at all in that case, but...

Unfortunately, resolving this will likely require a developer who owns or has access to this radio. I don't have one so I can't fix this directly.

If someone wants to generate a differential image I can try to suss out the problem, but it may not be that easy. Steps:

  1. Go into VFO mode, set power to high
  2. Save the contents to channel N
  3. Change power to mid, save to channel N+1
  4. Change power to mid-low, save to channel N+2
  5. Change power to low, save to channel N+3

Try to avoid doing anything else between steps, and then capture the end state of the radio and attach it here, and tell me what N is.

Actions #6

Updated by Curt Laumann about 4 years ago

Hi Dan,

THANK YOU for offering to help out! This is a really solid transceiver, and it would be super if the power feature worked. I own three of these units. Attached is a file generated after following your directions. N=1

If there's anything else you need, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Curt / K7ZOO / Tucson AZ

Actions #7

Updated by Dan Smith about 4 years ago

Okay, good directions-following Curt :)

I'm attaching a module for you to test before we put this into the build. Instructions are:

  1. Turn on Help->Enable Developer Functions
  2. Restart Chirp
  3. File->Load Module, choose the ic2300_20200203.py file I've attached
  4. Download from your radio, see if the power levels look right compared to what is in the radio.
  5. Change at least one memory to each power level, different from what it is
  6. Upload to the radio and confirm on the radio that they look good.

If it all looks good, I can put it into the build for whatever day follows confirmation.

Thanks!

Actions #8

Updated by Curt Laumann about 4 years ago

Hi Dan,

1 Turned on Help > Enable Developer Functions
2 Restarted CHIRP
3 File > Load Module ...choose the ic2300_20200203.py file you supplied
4 The attached error message popped up.

Thoughts?

Curt / K7ZOO

Actions #9

Updated by Dan Smith about 4 years ago

I think you probably downloaded the file incorrectly (like right-click save grabbed an html page instead of the actual one). Can you open the .py file with a plain text editor (like notepad) and see if it starts with "# Copyright 2017..." ?

Actions #10

Updated by Curt Laumann about 4 years ago

Yep, I think you are right, in that I downloaded it incorrectly. Here's what the downloaded file looks like in Notepad:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">



ic2300_20200203.py - CHIRP

Let me try and download it again. Sorry about this confustion.

Curt / K7ZOO

Actions #11

Updated by Curt Laumann about 4 years ago

Downloaded it correctly; working through your instructions.

Curt / K7ZOO

Actions #12

Updated by Curt Laumann about 4 years ago

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It Works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super -- this is going to be very cool, being able to program the power setting where I want them... Thanks a million, Dan!

Curt / K7ZOO

Actions #13

Updated by Dan Smith about 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:6e0fe0cd644a.

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