[chirp_devel] [GE-PCS] adding support for ge pcs, odd handshaking

[Jens J.]

I'm considering writing a new radio driver from scratch for older GE/Ericsson PCS radios. As usual, they have a proprietary, ancient dos-only program.
I was able to reverse engineer enough of the serial protocol to come up with these details:
http://pastebin.com/3jD6NESu


I'm reading over the example radio driver (template.py), but I have a question on how to do multi-baudrate handshaking:
That is, this radio seems to require me to send a null-byte at 300 baud, then switch to 1200 baud for regular programming. The radio is unresponsive to anything unless I handshake/reset with this.

So question - is it possible to switch baudrates, and how could I approach this?

On a few side notes - a developer wiki page for basic getting started would be welcome, e.g., for programming a new driver, look at template.py and chirp_common.py.. This wasn't obvious and even then, some things arent fully explained. A wiki page outlining a high-level approach to writing a new driver would be awsome.
Also, was thinking it would be helpful to have a wiki page on techniques for reverse engineering radio programming protocols, such as using "serial port monitor" etc.


-Jens
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