[chirp_devel] Supporting Yaesu FT857 radios with Chirp

[David Ranch]

Hello Marco, Robert,

Thanks for the replies..

> the code for 817 has been already merged in the repository and now I'm 
> working on 857.
>   
Fantastic news!

> As of today the status is:
> - 817 (nd and not nd) is supposed to work, i have uncommitted changes in 
> the code mainly to be able to reuse it for 857
>   
I'm curious, will this code only do memories or will it also 
record/restore other radio configurations as well?

> Someone told me that 897 is bit to bit compatible with 857, can you confirm?
> I mean is it really possible to clone from 857 to 897 and viceversa?
>   
As I understand it.. the boards in th 817, 857, and 897 are all 
electrically the same.  The changes are only in the finals (817 is only 
5W), chassis (897 has a larger display, VFO knob, internal support for 
battery packs).  Beyond that, I think they are all the same but by no 
means am I an expert.

According to RT System's website, the 897, 857, and 817 all use the same 
cable number - USB-62:

897 / 857 - http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/yaesu_Template.cfm?yaesupage=ADMS4B

The 817 software DOES have a different part number and I'm not sure why 
(maybe they are programmed differently) but again, it uses the same 
USB-62 cable:
http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/yaesu_Template.cfm?yaesupage=ADMS4A

--David