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Bug #889

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Asterisk should be allowed in name on IC-208H

Added by Charles Boling almost 11 years ago. Updated about 10 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
05/28/2013
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Chirp Version:
daily
Model affected:
IC-208H
Platform:
All
Debug Log:
I read the instructions above:

Description

The IC-208H allows hyphens in the displayed channel name. These download from the radio as asterisks, and such names upload back into the radio from CHIRP fine. However, CHIRP does not think asterisks are allowed, and it drops them during editing or paste operations in an IC-208H image.


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IC-208_Special_Chars.img.zip (442 Bytes) IC-208_Special_Chars.img.zip Charles Boling, 06/04/2013 01:37 PM
IC-208_special_Char_Channels.png (6.33 KB) IC-208_special_Char_Channels.png Charles Boling, 06/04/2013 01:37 PM

Related issues

Related to Bug #911: Error in channel name breaks bank editorClosedFilippi Marco06/06/2013

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Actions #1

Updated by Charles Boling almost 11 years ago

Actually the CHIRP import doesn't perfectly match the export in this case; I just noticed the asterisks in chirp become equal signs ("=") in the radio, instead of hyphens ("-").

The full set of documented characters allowed in the channel name for IC-208H, aside from A-Z and 0-9 are:
" +-=*/()|" (space,plus,minus,equal,asterisk,parentheses,pipe). These chars can be directly entered into software from RT Systems and pushed to the radio, where they appear correctly (Side note: The Pipe looks more like a "<" or a slash+underscore on the radio display).

When downloaded from the radio to CHIRP the original character set

  • " +-=*/()|" is translated to
  • " -**+(89="
Actions #2

Updated by Filippi Marco almost 11 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • Assignee set to Filippi Marco
  • Platform changed from Linux to All

For sure I found a bug in the label conversion routine but I need more info to be able to fix this.
Please create on the radio some memories using the full set of characters aside the letters, eg.
mem1 123456
mem2 7890 +
mem3 -=*/()
mem4 |

Load from radio to chirp, save the file (.img) and upload it here with a list of labels as they are seen on the radio, no matter what they look like in chirp.
I'll then fix this shortly

Tnx

Actions #3

Updated by Charles Boling almost 11 years ago

Sorry for the delay. Here's the image with the channel names as suggested. (See picture for details)

Actions #4

Updated by Filippi Marco almost 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

I sent a patch to developers list to fix this, it will be in next days daily build.

Tnx

Actions #5

Updated by Filippi Marco almost 11 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Needs Backport
Actions #6

Updated by Filippi Marco about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Needs Backport to Closed

New main release is on the way

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