[chirp_users] Column Number Mismatch Error

[Anthony (N2KI)]

Jim,

EXACTLY! That was the problem.  I opened it with Notepad and immediately
saw the truncated commas.  I added them in and it imported perfectly.
 Thanks for the feedback.

0,SIMPLEX,147.495,,0,Tone,136.5,136.5,23,NN,FM,5,,,,,
1,SIMPLEX,146.58,,0,Tone,136.5,136.5,23,NN,FM,5


Regards,

Anthony (N2KI)





On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> "Column Number Mismatch on Line 17".  It goes all the way to Line 113.
>>  Only the first 14 channels are imported into the software.  Using Build
>> latest daily build.
>>
>> I'll bet you edited the CSV with MS Excel. It has a bug that doesn't like
> all of the commas (,,,,) from empty fields at end of a row so it throws
> some of them away. As soon as CHIRP get to a truncated row, the fields
> become out of position with their columns.
>
> You might be able to repair the CSV using a TXT file editor or a CSV file
> editor.
>
> Someone in the UV-5R group had this issue and I suggested that he put
> something, anything, in the "Comment", "URCALL", "RPT1CALL", "RPT2CALL"
> columns. He said that worked perfect. Even a pair of quotes ("") might be
> all that is needed to do the trick.
>
> Jim KC9HI
>
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