[chirp_devel] [bj-uv55] patch for initial support - need help from UV-5R experts/testers

[Jim Unroe]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Jens J. <kd4tjx at yahoo.com> wrote:

> [bj-uv55] initial channel editing support #1201
> patch attached.
>
> This is definately a UV-5R clone (in terms of architecture), but in a
> mobile form-factor. Therefore, there are several differences in terms of
> offsets of settings locations, id/band-range, etc in the memory map.
>
> I have made a few changes to the uv5r.py driver which I am hoping wont
> impact other covered models, but ask for some help in testing, as I do not
> have an UV-5R (or similar) to do regression tests against.
>
> Also, I'm trying to understand what to modify so that when opening a radio
> image file, it will recognize this image as being BJ-UV55.
>
> I assume this has something to do with header bytes, but it wasnt so clear
> to me reading over the code.
>
> I have also tried to simplify a few areas with list comprehension, like:
>
>
> -    if "BFB" not in radio_version and "82" not in radio_version and "USA"
> not in radio_version:
> +    if not any(type in radio_version for type in ["BFB", "82", "USA",
> "BJ55"]):
>
> however, it appears to me these should be simplified further to something
> like:
> if radio._basetype not in radio_version:
> // make better use of _basetype!
>
> -Jens
> AF5MI
>

Jens,
Email an .img file from the BJ55 for me to look at. Thanks
Jim KC9HI
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