[chirp_devel] Updates to ICOM IC-Vx Radios

[Kosta Arvanitis]

Thanks for all the replies!

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 6:15 PM Dan Smith via chirp_devel <
chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> > [kosta] I have tested them against the ICF files, which plainly put is
> simply a hex dump representation of the binary image..  Currently ICF files
> are opened as read only, so in theory if we had a mechanism to serialize
> from image to ICF we could run the tests?
>
> Okay, I forget if you can open as ICF and then save as .img. Technically
> you should be able to, but I can't remember if the UI will let you. Either
> way, if we're going to get someone to test these (and we should) we should
> just get images from them at the same time.
>
> [kosta] if i get some time i will play around with using icf files as part
of our tests, this would go a long way towards giving us more credibility.



> > [kosta] I can certainly understand the hesitancy, however given that
> they are clearly marked as experimental could we consider releasing these
> in hopes that some user may attempt to run them and thus is more likely to
> provide an image? As it stands with no support for these radios, users are
> not provided any mechanism in which to generate an image to begin with...
> By releasing the experimental drivers we increase the likelihood of
> potentially receiving feedback and/or getting an image from some user - and
> assuming their expectations are tempered, impact to the community should be
> low.  This does not alleviate our desire to test on actual hardware, but
> considering the scarcity of some of these radios it may be  something to
> think about...
>
> Yeah, to me experimental means "we think this works but probably isn't
> perfect." It's a far cry from "this has never talked to a real radio" IMHO.
>
> Users can load the .py as a module to test it, so if there are users
> asking for these in a bug, you should be able to send that to them to let
> them try it before we commit.
>
> [kosta] Fair enough, normally I would agree but this is technically an ICF
driver, where the radio comms are already fairly established; either way
rather than debate it I will add the drivers to the ticket so as to have
them committed at a later date so as not to lose the effort and lets see
what happens.


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