[chirp_users] ctcss tones written wrong? (ft-817nd)

[ag6eb at limpoc.com]

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 12:35:16PM +0200, Marco IZ3GME wrote:
> I uploaded a patch that will be included in next days build.
> Please download it, test and report results.
> I expect it to set correctly the tone frequency now, it does in my 817 
> at least ;)
> 
> To correct with chirp any "dirty" memory generated from previous version 
> the easiest way is to literally import the image into itself. Open the 
> image, File->Import, select the image, then click "all" to select all 
> memories and then import.
> 
> tnx agian for your report
> 
> 73 de IZ3GME Marco
> 

Marco, 
As far as I can tell, the problem I reported is not happening any more with the
patch. It's not impossible that something else is preventing it from surfacing
but what triggered it before no longer does: uploading to a memory location
in the radio from a newly entered location in chirp. 

> 
> On 06/05/2012 00:24, ag6eb at limpoc.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just gotten a FT-817nd and started playing around with it using Chirp.
> > Everything is looking great except one problem.  It looks like if I create a
> > memory entry with a CTCSS tone setting and it is written to a previously empty
> > channel, when looking at that channel on the radio I will see a random 16 bit
> > number (ie, 26654) instead of a formatted tone value (like "77.0"). (they
> > don't appear to match; three channels all set to a 100.0hz tone will show
> > three different random-looking numbers on the radio.) It does not transmit a
> > correct CTCSS tone. There don't appear to be any other data errors.
> >
> > If I overwrite the value using the radio, it then works fine. If I clone the
> > radio to Chirp and then write it back immediately, the values are all still
> > good, but I don't know if this is because it already contains valid contents
> > or because i'm now writing valid contents.
> >
> > Fwiw I am using debian linux and the daily build package from the apt repo,
> > but the same thing appears to happen with the 0.2.2 tarball from the site.
> > Further info: it is a recent-ish US model that's been MARS modded (no special
> > channels) and thus I am using the "FT-817ND (Intl versions)"  instead of the
> > US version hardware type.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm happy to try any suggested experiments or provide any further info
> > if it would help. I also have a paid copy of FTBasicMMO which does write tones
> > correctly, for comparison, but i'd much prefer to keep using chirp.
> >
> > thanks for a fine piece of software!
> > eric
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