CHIRP version: 20201008

If you see this on an imported image within CHIRP <-- this.

All of the channels are there, and every channel with a digital PL shows that there is a digital PL, but every channel shows 023. The analog PL tones DO seem to load and show correctly.

Sounds like the "Hide Unused Fields" setting located in the "View" drop down menu of the Toolbar was either intentionally or accidentally disabled (it is enabled by default on new CHIRP installations). Here is how the "Hide Unused Fields" setting is designed to work.

Hide Unused Fields (Enabled): Suppresses/hides all PL/DPL fields that are not being used based on the current Tone Mode and Cross Mode selections. For example...

Tone Mode = Tone: Only the Tone field is being used and shows a value. All other PL/DPL related fields are unused and are therefor blank.

Tone Mode = TSQL: Only the ToneSql field being used and shows a value. All other PL/DPL related fields are unused and are therefor blank.

Hide Unused Fields (Disabled): Displays all PL/DPL related fields regardless if they are currently being being used or not. Unused fields will display the default values for those fields (88.5 for Tone and ToneSql / 023 for DTCS Code and DTCS Rx Code). For example...

Tone Mode = Tone: Even though only the Tone field value is being used, all other PL/DPL fields show their default value even though they are not used and are being ignored by CHIRP.

Tone Mode = TSQL: Even though only the ToneSql field value is being used, all other PL/DPL fields show their default value even though they are not used and are being ignored by CHIRP.

So if you do have the Hide Unused Fields setting disabled, then what you are experiencing is by design and expected. If you don't want this behavior (only experienced CHIRP users should disable the Hide Unused Fields setting), then enable Hide Unused Fields as it was when CHIRP was first installed.

Jim KC9HI

Thank you for the replies, but that is not the case. "Hide Unused Fields" in checked.

When I get off from work and have a few minutes, I will make a video of what I am doing and the result I am getting.

I've uploaded a video showing what is going on.
https://youtu.be/rus5F7HoNA0

Thank you to all who work on this project.

Bobby Kirbos wrote:

I've uploaded a video showing what is going on.
https://youtu.be/rus5F7HoNA0

That helps, thank you. Please could you attach the image from the anytone software here? A copy of your debug log (see How To Report Issues on the wiki) would be useful too.

Joe,

Neither driver (current driver or test driver provided above) works for my Retevis RT95. In CHIRP I don't even get the "023" (Tone Mode is set to "(None)"). If I program channels with DPL tones using CHIRP, upload to radio and download to factory software, then they should up as "D023N".

Jim KC9HI

Bobby Kirbos wrote:

So how does this work now... Is the above updated driver now part of my local configuration, or will I need to load the module each time until it is baked into a release?

The above driver is just an experimental driver. It in now way permanently changes your CHIRP installation. Every time you load CHIRP you will have to load this driver before you can have access to the changes make by this driver.

Jim KC9HI

Bobby Kirbos wrote:

The driver posted above WORKED!!! THANK YOU!!!

The CHIRP file made from the radio import using the driver above is attached.

What do you mean "file made from the radio import"?. Do you mean from a CSV file? If I use the factory software to program channels into the radio that have DTCS codes and then download the radio into CHIRP, the newly programmed channels show up in CHIRP with Tone Mode set to "(None)". I would assume that a channel programmed from the radio's keypad would have the same issue.

Jim KC9HI

Jim Unroe wrote:

If I use the factory software to program channels into the radio that have DTCS codes and then download the radio into CHIRP, the newly programmed channels show up in CHIRP with Tone Mode set to "(None)".

Jim, what did you set the squelch mode to in the factory software? If it's set to "Carrier" then the DCS settings won't get imported. Caught me out a just now trying to reproduce this.

Joe Milbourn wrote:

Jim Unroe wrote:

If I use the factory software to program channels into the radio that have DTCS codes and then download the radio into CHIRP, the newly programmed channels show up in CHIRP with Tone Mode set to "(None)".

Jim, what did you set the squelch mode to in the factory software? If it's set to "Carrier" then the DCS settings won't get imported. Caught me out a just now trying to reproduce this.

Joe,

I was hoping that it was that simple but Squelch Mode is set to CTCSS/DCS on all 3 of my test channels.

I'm going to try it again to make sure it wasn't something I did (or didn't do).

Jim

Jim Unroe wrote:

I'm going to try it again to make sure it wasn't something I did (or didn't do).

I don't know what I was doing the other day, but after trying it again it is working perfectly. I even programmed split DTCS codes using Duplex = Cross and Cross Mode = DTCS->DTCS and even tested with the DTCS Pol inverted.

All looks good here. Sorry about that.

Jim KC9HI

Jim Unroe wrote:

I don't know what I was doing the other day, but after trying it again it is working perfectly. I even programmed split DTCS codes using Duplex = Cross and Cross Mode = DTCS->DTCS and even tested with the DTCS Pol inverted.

Well, that's good news! On reflection, I think I should probably store the DTCS/CTCSS settings even if they're not enabled, as that's what the factory s/w does.

Thanks for testing (yet again ;).

J