Bug #87
closedNew memory channels on Yaesu VX-5 cause radio to lock up - suspect Icon number invalid
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Description
Preamble: Having discovered that the latest stable CHIRP version (0.2.0) writes memory channels to the Vx-5 as "hidden", I saw the issue report that said it was fixed for release in 0.2.1, so I used the daily version 03202012 to try to add new memory channels.
What happened: The channels I added were in the range 200 to 220. On trying to tune the radio to these from either direction, it either re-booted, or locked up completely (no response to any controls, the only way to clear it was to remove the battery). It seemed to reboot when going down the channel numbers to 220, and lock up when going upwards to 200, but I didn't explore this to confirm it.
I used VX-5 Commander to download the radio's configuration and noticed that the Icon number for the channels I'd added in CHIRP had 64 in it - the Vx-5 only has 32 icons!
I did a Reset of the radio to remove any vestiges of the problem data, Used Vx-5 Commander to change the icons to valid ones and uploaded the configuration successfully (you'll forgive me if I don't trust CHIRP on this radio at the moment!). The radio now behaves normally.
I don't know if the invalid icon numbers were the cause of the flakey behaviour, but it looks suspicious!
-- Howard
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