Bug #6875
closedNew to CHIRP - Having issues
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Description
Hello All,
I seem to be having a common problem with programming a Baofeng. My UV-5XP allows me to pull data from it when i call it a UV5R but doesnt allow me to upload the data back into it citing a firmware issue. Its my understanding the software is working as designed but I simply dont know how to fix the issue. Any and All help is appreciated. I have attempted to upload the CHIRP file I want to upload to my radio if that helps in your prognosis.
V/R
Nathan
KN4OVL
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Updated by Bernhard Hailer almost 4 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
- Target version set to chirp-legacy
- Model affected changed from (All models) to Baofeng UV-5XP
If you're trying to upload the image of one radio into another, and that fails, then that other radio has a different firmware version than the first one.
If the upload fails on the same radio you downloaded from, then that radio doesn't report its firmware version, and Chirp can't do the job.
The issue is that if Chirp uploads data to such a radio, it could potentially destroy it with data going into incorrect memory locations in the radio.
To prevent this, Chirp refuses to write data if it can't determine whether it's ok to do so - it needs the firmware version first.
Therefore, this request must be rejected. Sorry :-(