CHIRP

Debug Log updated

Unfortunately Baofeng has no problem with coming out with new and different radio and reusing model name of an older one. The UV-5X that CHIRP supports is the older original UV-5X, not the new UV-5X that is a GMRS model.

Jim KC9HI

I captured the "magic" string used to initiate cloning from the OEM software. It is unique to this model.

I hacked the attached driver with this string as a curiosity just to see if it can "read" your radio if the correct "magic" is used.

Download the attached test driver module to some place convenient (don't right-click to download. left-click and click "download" in the next page that appears). Save test driver module to some place convenient. Enable the developer functions in CHIRP (Help -> [X] Enable Developer Functions). Then load this test driver into CHIRP (File -> Load Module). The background should turn red to indicate that CHIRP is running with a custom driver module. Try downloading from your UV-5X using the Model: UV-5R selection (that is the selecting I temporarily modified). If you get a successful download, attach it to this issue and do nothing else.

Jim KC9HI

Followed the steps exactly and worked with CHIRP daily 20210706 installed. Got full download from my radio.

Thx Jim KC9HI !

Progress has started to develop a formal patch to add support for the Radioddity UV-5X GMRS model (not to be confused with the Baofeng UV-5X introduced back in 2014 as a UV-5R variant -- and why the Vendor: Baofeng / Model: UV-5X selections do not work for this model).

Note: This ticket is basically a dupe of #9091, but since I was not aware of this when I started, #9091 has been closed and all activity will be done against this ticket.

Jim KC9HI

Patch submitted. Once accepted, support will be available in the next CHIRP daily build following approval.

Jim KC9HI

The patch was accepted. Since the manufacturer had the FCC documents changed from UV-5X to UV-5G, the patch was updated to reflect the same. So to program a Radioddity UV-5X or Radioddity UV-5G, make the following selections.

Vendor: Radioddity
Model: UV-5G

Jim KC9HI

Support for the Radioddity UV-5G/UV-5X is in today's CHIRP daily build.

Jim KC9HI