[chirp_devel] New model: Polmar DB50M, should be Anytone AT-5888UV clone but...

[Robert Elsinga (PC5E)]

Hi all!

Happy Newyear!

Hi, I purchased a Polmar DB-50M, which is a clone of the Anytone
AT-5888UV, with minor differences. The most important difference is that
it supports 7 character channel names.

I read the model name from the debug file:
User selected AnyTone 5888UV on port COM9
Clone thread started
000: 49 44 42 2d 35 30 4d 00 IDB-50M.
008: 00 56 31 30 30 e4 00 06 .V100...

I also read the Intek 2040 issue and tried to create a polmar-db50m.py
file based on the intek.py file (changed the vendor, model and
classname), but loading the module seems to time-out when reading the radio:

@directory.register
class PolmarDB50Madio(chirp_common.CloneModeRadio,
chirp_common.ExperimentalRadio):
"""Polmar DB-50M"""
VENDOR = "Polmar"
MODEL = "DB-50M"

Is there a FAQ on how to create a *.py file yourself? I don;t mind
tinkering a py file and I'm not scared of programming.

(copy from http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/1343, files are also posted
there)

Tom Hayward suggested I capture the programming data to compare to the
Anytone data, is there a tool I can use which works?

-- 
Robert Elsinga / PC5E
Dutch Ham Radio operator, CEPT/HAREC Full license
www.pc5e.nl