[chirp_devel] Kenwood_TK-8180.img

Jim Unroe
Sat Nov 9 11:24:05 PST 2019


On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:18 PM Dan Smith via chirp_devel
<chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
> > Why does the repository have the Kenwood_TK-8180.img file in
> > /tests/images when there is no support for this radio in CHIRP? The
> > tests won't run for me when this image is present (Unknown radio type
> > `Kenwood_TK-8180').
> >
> > If I remove it to run the tests and then put it back after the tests
> > are completed, then "hg export tip" claims it has change and it shows
> > as a "diff".
> >
> > Should this image be removed from the repository or am I doing something wrong?.
>
> I added TK-8180 support a little while ago, so you should have it:
>
> https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/repository/entry/chirp/drivers/tk8180.py
>
> I'm guessing maybe the driver does actually exist for you, but you're seeing the failure because it's not registering? It requires the python-future module to register itself, so if you're missing that, it won't actually show up. On ubuntu "apt-get install python-future". Otherwise: "pip install future".
>
> --Dan

I use Windows 7 for most of my CHIRP development. I updated to the
latest Python 2.7.x, installed PIP (I think it might have already been
installed, it just wasn't in the PATH) and then installed "future". I
believe that all seems good now. Thanks!

Jim KC9HI



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