CHIRP

The TYT-9800 now comes with Ham 2m & 70cm locked down. Everything works with CHIRP while locked. They include a password to open freqs with their software. You import radio, click on freq tab and it will ask for password. Once entered, it opens radio to freqs like Mars Murs mod. All options still available with factory software at that point. Import into CHRIP and all settings and options tabs are on right but each tab field only white background. I saved the original radio image before doing password MURS MARS. After reloading ham only image to radio, then import into CHIRP, all option and settings are available to select and save to radio. Problem is the factory software is clunky and I want to have MURS MARS available in an emergency. But without seeing the actual settings in CHIRP when returned to ham bands only creates possibility that CHIRP could change any-all settings in radio.

I managed to debug the download part of the driver for the radio. The issue is that when you unlock the radio, the "Last Program Date" is blank. This causes bugs in chirp. I tried setting it in the official TYT software but it does not update the date. When I tried to update via chirp, it does not update correctly either but everything else appears to be working. Someone with more knowledge about reading the data from the radio will need to figure out how to fix the date setting. Once that works everything will show up in the settings menu.

Richard Frye wrote:

The issue is that when you unlock the radio, the "Last Program Date" is blank.

This may well be the "out-of-range" parameter. Including the problem CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file and a debug.log file would be useful.

Jim KC9HI

Your radio has the S/N, Model and Code in the correct location. I would think that the year, month and day data is just missing (or incorrect in the case of the year). When uploading, CHIRP is supposed to write the current Year, Month, Day to the radio. So are you saying that if you upload to the radio and then immediately download from the radio, the Year, Month, Day data does not became populated as it is supposed to? If not, provide a debug.log file that was obtained after and upload was attempted.

Jim KC9HI

Richard Frye wrote:

I have attached the debug log. I uploaded the image. Then downloaded the image and the settings windows is still empty. If I fake the date via code the settings window shows up. Since the unlock of the additional frequencies, could the memory address of the date changed?

But after you loaded the image I provided, the Settings tabs showed, right? It was after the download from the radio that the Settings stopped showing.

Jim KC9HI

After you load my file with the fixed date...
1 verify that the Settings tabs show.
2 upload that tab to the radio.
3 download from the radio
4 check to see if the Settings tabs show or not.
5 attach that image to this issue

Thanks,
Jim KC9HI

The steps were taken and the files were uploaded

OK. I think I have figured why the date isn't being updated. The upload memory range is shorter than the download range so it is finished before it gets to that area of memory.

Jim KC9HI

Is this going to be an easy fix? Thanks for looking into this issue. This is a big deal for a lot of people

Richard, Do you know how to load and run test Driver Modules?

I have the source code down and can run it. I have not tried to run any tests but I can figure it out.

Thank you very much for all your help Jim.