[chirp_devel] chirp_devel Digest, Vol 20, Issue 13

[Drew Vonada-Smith]

I dont follow, where do I find the image?

...sent from my cell phone


On Jan 1, 2013, at 18:54, Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com> wrote:

>> Thank you for explaining.  I also found I made an error and was using the
>> wrong driver to begin.  Some of the names are very close; ict7h vs ict70.
>> Got the new driver and set the things I already knew; model string, number
>> of memories, band limits etc.
> 
> Ah, okay, makes sense.
> 
>> Began again and got a memory size of 0xE80.  
>> 
>> Next thing: I know from the manual that the T70 uses ASCII channel labels
>> and had memory banks.  The V80 has neither.  Do you recommend I just delete
>> those items from the structure and try again, or how do you go about reverse
>> engineering the memory channel structure?
> 
> The mem_format structure is only used for parsing after the image has
> been downloaded, not for the download itself, so no need to worry about
> that part until you're confident that you're getting the whole image.
> 
> So, yes, the alpha labels, banks, and bank names will need to come out
> of the structure definition. Once you get a clean download of the image,
> you'll need to start sorting through the image contents to find the
> relevant settings (frequency, tones, etc). When you do that, you should
> be able to immediately see which (if any) of the structure definition
> from the T70 matches the V80. If it looks totally different, then it may
> be better to start a new definition from scratch, using the other one
> just as a syntax guide.
> 
> Once you get an image, post it here for folks to look at, with a little
> info about what frequencies are stored in the first few channels. I may
> be able to help you spot some of the stuff to get you started.
> 
> -- 
> Dan Smith
> www.danplanet.com
> KK7DS
> 
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