[chirp_devel] VX5 patch for issue #5383

[Richard Birch]

Not sure what's changed, but uploads fail before my patch is applied. Will
work through this before green lighting the patch.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 11:22 AM Christopher Hoover via chirp_devel <
chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> 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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