[chirp_devel] IC-7000 Split Duplex and the User Experience

[Joseph scanlan]

> On Dec 29, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Joseph scanlan via chirp_devel
> <chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>> What I don't like is that the user can edit the offset with the duplex set
>> to "", "+", or "-".  IcomCIVRadio.set_memory silently drops the offset but
>> the user's change is displayed until the next refresh.
>> 
>> Any corrections to my basic assumptions or suggestion on how leave the user
>> less confused?
> 
> You need to handle these cases in your driver.
> 
> You can set rf.valid_duplexes = ["", "split"] so that only no offset
> and split are offered.
> 
> Alternatively, you could handle + and - such that is does the math and
> sets the appropriate transmit frequency in the radio. Many radios do
> this. Here's an example in the UV5R driver:
> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/repository/entry/chirp/drivers/uv5r.py#L861
> 
> Tom KD7LXL

Changing the duplex is fine.  It's the offset that the user is able to edit but not actually change.  The IC-7000 stores offsets per band, not per memory.