[chirp_devel] Starting work on Leixen VV-898S driver

[Jim Unroe]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Brian Dickman via chirp_devel
<chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> An announcement of intentions: having just bought an 898S and being saddened
> that it's not supported, I'm working on a driver to support this model. I
> have the 3-power-levels change worked out, now I'm going through some of the
> other tweaks they made on this model.
>
> I wanted to make sure I'm not stepping on any toes. Is anyone else working
> on an 898S driver?
>
> My plan is to make a patch in the near term that gets basic support working
> equivalent to the 10w 898 model, then go back and add support for additional
> features like the VFO memories, DTFM sequences, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Brian AF7MD

Hi Brian,

I believe Tom did the original driver and basic support. I did most of
the settings beyond that. Since you have the VV-898S in your
possession, you sound like the right guy to do the VV-898S development
work. I still have my VV-898 (I believe it is a v1.03) so I can help
with testing to make sure nothing gets broken.

You might look at the uv-5r.py driver. I believe Marco did the
original update to support the Intek KT-980HP (the original 3 power
level version of the UV-5R) but I did the support for the 2 power
level/3 power level settings (which now also includes the BF-F8HP and
UV-82 HP and their many variants).

Jim KC9HI