[chirp_devel] Yaesu question: Digital mode

[Dan Smith]

> Thanks for finding and putting in the “DN” mode. Interestingly, on the FT-2D, the “automatic” mode is displayed as DN or FM with a line over the characters, meaning that the radio will default to trying the letter-configured mode but will automagically convert itself to the opposite one if appropriate. (It doesn’t always revert back to that automatic mode after changing itself, AFAICT.)
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> The Yaesu FT-1 and successors are able to handle YSF and Wires-X digital data in the DN or bar-above-FM mode. I have mapped much of the memory space for configuring these (sub?) modes, and even tried to create a settings capability via the old TK GUI interface. Although I doubt there is a burning need for this, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to at least access the settings? 

Ah, this is what I was looking for. Sounds like DN is working for both of those radios at least?

> Is there any walkthrough to help one use drive the CHIRP data model and  GUI to display and configure top-level as well as hierarchical settings? Clearly, Somebody already has done that for the APRS data. and I tried using that as a model, but there’s no easy hierarchy in there.

Just look at some of the other drivers. The UV-5R has a boatload of settings, and I think the BTECH 25X2 has even more hierarchy. Load up the test images and you can see what it looks like compared to the code.

--Dan