[chirp_devel] Initial Yaesu FT-857 testing

[David Ranch]

01/31/2012

FT857D
--
- Download now works!

- Menu item should show "FT-857D (US Model)" - (notice the additional 
"D" - I have no idea if this code will work for a FT-857 non-D (US model)

- Saving the downloaded image to the local hard drive works

- When loading the saved image via the Chirp menus:

    - Chirp initially says "Unable to detect model!"

       - In IM'ing with Marco, it seems that Chirp detects (more like 
guesses) the radio model based upon the saved image file size!  This is 
not going to be reliable.  I'd argue that Chirp should either prepend a 
signature in the .img file or it should create an associated meta file 
with the same name as the .img file that contains details about the 
image (radio vendor, model, etc.)

    - When I selected Chirp upload FIRST and then went to RX on the FT857,
      the Chirp upload menu went away too quickly. Tried again but more
      quickly and the upload went ok!


VX5
 --
Won't clone with chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6 - Radio says "Clone Error" shortly
after "Clone TX".   No download bar shows on Chirp -- This used to work 
with Chirp 0.1.11

Clicking on the Chirp download for the VX5  "Cancel" button won't exit.. 
gives errors:
 --
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/cloneprog.py",
line 58, in <lambda>
    cancel_b.connect("clicked", lambda b: cancel())
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirpui/clone.py", line
210, in cancel
    self.kill(CloneCancelledException)
  File "/usr/src/archive/Chirp/chirp-hg-c00282ce90f6/chirp/chirp_common.py",
line 1031, in kill
    raise Exception("Failed to signal thread!")
Exception: Failed to signal thread!
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "./chirpw", line 120, in <module>
    gtk.main()
--


When running Chirp from the command line (not in the background, etc.), 
hitting Control-C won't exit the
program, I only see the following on the command line:
--
KeyboardInterrupt


Kenwood TH-F6A
--
  Downloads all 400 memories but they all show error -- This used to 
work in Chirp 0.1.11


Kenwood D710
--
Will try later tonight but I need to backup the radio with Kenwood's
Windows-only tool first as I don't want to loose all my settings


Mode issues
--
No option for WFM  (broadcast) in the Chirp mode pulldown - Kenwood 
THF6A supports this


Usability issues:
--
Numeric keypad doesn't seem to work for entering frequencies