<div dir="ltr">Nate,<div><br></div><div>I recently went through a similar experience with the TH-7800 driver. I used Serial Port Monitor 6 to "sniff" the serial traffic while uploading and downloading the radio via the OEM software. The TYT software is really limited, but it does that part well. Once I figured out the protocol, it was easy to modify the a very similar driver to work. I'm betting Alinco has their own software you can do this with. Good luck! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Nathan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Nate Bargmann via chirp_devel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all.<br>
<br>
I have two Alinco DR-635T radios and am looking to CHIRP as a way to<br>
manage the memories between them. I recently purchased an interface<br>
cable and decided to test things this morning. I am aware the radio is<br>
presently not supported and have read bug 313 and the three other bugs<br>
requesting support for this radio.<br>
<br>
I added the patch supplied by Richard Shaw in bug 313 to<br>
chirp/drivers/alinco.py with a modification to the 2 meter range<br>
changing 335000000 to 136000000. After verifying my adapter is to be<br>
found at /dev/ttyUSB0, I connected the cable to the powered off radio<br>
and then powered it back on. As my modified version of CHIRP now shows<br>
the DR-635T, I tried to download from it and received the following<br>
failure in the terminal I launched chirpw from:<br>
<br>
ERROR: -- Exception: --<br>
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "/home/nate/git/chirp.hg/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 238, in run<br>
self.__radio.sync_in()<br>
File "/home/nate/git/chirp.hg/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 196, in sync_in<br>
self._mmap = self._download(self._memsize)<br>
File "/home/nate/git/chirp.hg/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 138, in _download<br>
data += self._download_chunk(addr)<br>
File "/home/nate/git/chirp.hg/chirp/drivers/alinco.py", line 116, in _download_chunk<br>
raise errors.RadioError("No response from radio")<br>
RadioError: No response from radio<br>
<br>
ERROR: ----------------<br>
ERROR: Clone failed: No response from radio<br>
ERROR: --- Exception Dialog: No response from radio ---<br>
ERROR: None<br>
<br>
<br>
I also tried setting the radio into clone mode as the master while<br>
attempting to read from CHIRP and received the same error text as above.<br>
<br>
What is my next step for trying to read the memory data?<br>
<br>
This is new territory for me as I've been involved with the Hamlib<br>
project for some time and am used to working with (mostly)<br>
documented protocols. As I see it the radio *should* be capable of<br>
being supported by CHIRP as a proprietary program claims support.<br>
<br>
73, Nate N0NB<br>
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