[chirp_devel] VX5 patch for issue #5383

[Christopher Hoover]

>
> Now that the jumpers have changed, you cannot use your old img files.
> Download a new img from the radio. Now you can import your old memories
> into the new img, but not use it directly.


This is the case on VX8-DR, too.



On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Tom Hayward via chirp_devel <
chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 8:39 AM Dan Smith via chirp_devel <
> chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
>> Cool, but, IIRC once you flip the jumpers you have to start communicating
>> with the radio as a different model, no? We don't have an "unlocked"
>> variant for the vx5 AFAIK. Is this not a problem with the virtual jumpers?
>>
>
> My recollection is that during the operation where you change the virtual
> jumpers, you must change only the jumpers. No changes to any memories or
> settings. Do your upload with the new jumpers.
>
> Now that the jumpers have changed, you cannot use your old img files.
> Download a new img from the radio. Now you can import your old memories
> into the new img, but not use it directly.
>
> Other Yaesu radios were written with different (more specific) model
> detection and will not detect the model after the jumpers change. The VX5
> model detection is broader and doesn't take the jumper position into
> account, which is why you need to manually track which img files match the
> current jumper positions.
>
> Tom
>
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