[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-6R Support

[Rob Ogilvie]

Thanks for the correction, my Baofeng is technically a Pofung I see.

Can I help at all, or is it a trial-and-error iterative process?

Rob

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Heiko Bujak <heiko at dh2faa.de> wrote:
> Hello
>
> a few days ago, i reported a similar problem. i got an Pofung UV-6R, which
> is definitely not support by Chirp.
> The reason is simply, there are different versions of this radio with
> different firmware versions.
>
> My radio shows HDBF230 on screen, when typing on '3' and switch on.
> On Software for entering programming mode, there is a need to send first
> some magic bytes.
> Chirp tries this
> UV5R_MODEL_UV6 = "\x50\xBB\xFF\x20\x12\x08\x23"
> UV5R_MODEL_UV6_ORIG = "\x50\xBB\xFF\x12\x03\x98\x4D"
> by my model needs
> UV5R_MODEL_UV6_NEW = "\x50\xBB\xFF\x20\x14\x11\x22"
>
> Currently i develope a new driver for this radio, but it needs many time to
> check the differences.
> Today, i can download from the device, all memories are ok, but some data
> like vfo is missing.
> Maybe in a few days, i will have the correct behaviour, but until now,
> entering data by operators fingers is required.
>
> remark: i am not an official developer of chirp, its just for fun.
>
> 73 de Heiko, DH2FAA (German Radio Amateur)
>
> Howdy!
>
> I naively purchased a 2015 Baofeng UV-6R as my first radio and have
> found chirp (Chirp?  CHIRP?  C.H.I.R.P.?) to not support the radio,
> which makes programming it from my Mac somewhat problematic.
>
> I've scoured the Internet and reached out to as many folks as I could
> find to see if they had it working, and it appears the 2015 release of
> the radio just doesn't work with chirp today.
>
> I'd like to help fix that.  I was a (Java and PL/SQL) developer in a
> past life and can hack on Python code when I have to.  Is there a
> guide available that describes how to start porting another radio, or
> is there a developer who is interested in working with me on this?  If
> I need to send my radio somewhere because it's a super dark art, I'm
> willing to take that step.
>
> Somebody started an issue for it here:
> http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/2761
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob / KG7VBO
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