[chirp_devel] [uv-b5] additional settings #1315 (updated patch)

[Jens J.]

Fixed range on the selectable channels. Thanks Jim.
Patch attached



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 From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
To: Jens J. <kd4tjx at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [chirp_devel] [uv-b5] additional settings #1315
 


I suppose that explains why the OEM software shows channels up to 128 but all 3-digit channel slots are greyed out.

Jim KC9HI




On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:28 AM, <kd4tjx at yahoo.com> wrote:

Yes, you are correct. I'll submit a fix today.  too much eggnog i guess lol
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>interestingly it seems there is provision in the memory to support 128 channels. in fact i extended the memory and names arrays, then populated a few >100 channels and set the new mem ch A/B to one of these and it works just fine
>it will also increment downwards -- its not until you increment upwards or roll over the normal memory bounds of 1 - 99 where it locks you within this boundary. There is no other way of selecting >100. So its not really useable...
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>Perhaps it was due to only having 2 digits on the channel indicator? the could have always gone hexidecimal on the leading digit to go into hundreds, but for whatever reason they decided to throwaway 20% of the memory capacity -- what a shame!
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> From:  Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com>; 
>To:  Jens J. <kd4tjx at yahoo.com>; 
>Subject:  Re: [chirp_devel] [uv-b5] additional settings #1315 
>Sent:  Thu, Dec 26, 2013 11:13:46 AM 
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>Jens,
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>When Mem Chan (A)/(B) is set to 0 is the display will be in VFO mode regardless of the Radio Work Mode(A)/(B) setting. The user will be unable to switch the display to Channel mode.
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>Jim
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>On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Jens,
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>>Shouldn't the ranges for these work channel numbers be from 1 to 99? The UV-B5 has no channel 0.
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>>Jim
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>>On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Jens J. <kd4tjx at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Merry Christmas!
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>>>patch attached
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