[chirp_devel] New Driver not registering

[Dan Smith]

> I have written a driver for the Radio Shack PRO-649 scanner, but it does not register in the directory.
> I can force it by manually adding the 'rs649' to the __init__.py file, and then it runs perfectly.
> 
> But why won't it register itself? It is in the \chirp\drivers folder on my Win7 system.


It works fine for me:

  dan at eagle:~/dev/chirp$ CHIRP_DEBUG=y ./chirpw 2>&1 | grep RadioShack
  INFO: Registered RadioShack_PRO-649 = PRO649

> Also, does anyone know how to invoke the 'show_instructions' function in the mainapp? I want to provide some configuration hints. I don't find any driver currently using this call.

You implement get_prompts() in your radio. For example:

https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/repository/entry/chirp/drivers/ft817.py#L278

--Dan