[chirp_users] Tone setting is not persistent and is overridden

[Nicholas Papadonis]

Jim,

> On May 2, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Nicholas Papadonis <npapadonis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> Chirp 0.4 and 20141215 version both seem to have an issue with PL tone setting.  When I use the drop down to select a PL for Tone and then a different one for ToneSQL, one of the two PLs is either set to the default 88.5 or incorrect.  I’m using a Baofeng UV-5R however find this behavior occurs even when working with CSV files.  For instance, I have the following CSV file:
>> 
>> Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL
>> 4,N2JDW,147.150000,-,0.600000,TSQL,136.5,123.0,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,,
>> 
>> I then import it and results in the following:
>> 
>> 4,N2JDW,147.150000,-,0.600000,TSQL,123.0,123.0,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,,
>> 
>> 
>> As you can see, the first Tone value was overridden after the import.  It should be 136.5, however is 123.0.  I find similar behavior when saving a Chirp image files and loading it back it.  Therefore this impacts more then just CSV import.
>> 
>> Appreciate any insight here if this is a bug or not.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>> KB1GZN
> 
> Nick,
> 
> If you would click view and enable "Hide Unused Fields" you might get
> a better feel for how you set the tones using CHIRP.
> 
> When you set Tone Mode to Tone, the Tone column is used to set the TX
> CTCSS tone. The 88.5 tone value in the ToneSql column is unused and
> ignored.
> 
> When you set Tone Mode to TSQL, the ToneSql column is used to set bot
> the TX CTCSS tone and RX CTCSS tone. The 88.5 default tone value (or
> any other value you try to change it to) in the Tone column is unused
> and ignored
> 
> With "Hide Unused Fields" enabled, the unused columns would have been
> blank to indicate they are unused.
> 


> To set different tone for TX and RX you would set Tone Mode to Cross
> and Cross Mode to Tone->Tone. Only when CHIRP is set this way are both
> Tone and ToneSql columns used at the same time.
> 
> So set Tone Mode=Cross
> Then set Cross Mode=Tone->Tone
> And finally set your TX tone (Tone column) and RX tone (ToneSql column)
> 

Setting Cross mode resolved the issue.  Thanks for the insight.

Nick

> Once this is done, you can export it to a CSV file to "see" what it
> should look like when it is properly configured.
> 
> You may also want to look at the following guides.
> 
> Understanding CHIRP's Columns
> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns
> 
> CHIRP Programming Reference
> http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRP%20Guide.pdf
> 
> Jim KC9HI
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