[chirp_users] Chirp on Android

RavenMaster
Tue Nov 17 09:01:36 PST 2015


I programmed my companies radios the last time using a micro-usb otg 
adapter with the radio cable.
There's no worries there. As long as it boots Windows, it will work.

73,
Paulo a.k.a. RavenMaster

> Well that all sounds very reassuring to me. especially since I just 
> found a 10.1 inch tablet that runs Windows for only $60 on eBay. I 
> guess you know by now what my next purchase is going to be! Lol thanks 
> all for your input. have a great day!
>
> On Nov 17, 2015 11:55 AM, "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" 
> <kbechtel at teamanti-virus.org <mailto:kbechtel at teamanti-virus.org>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, My Asus convertible runs chirp handily.  I’ve been using it
>     for a year now, and recently updated it to Win10, It supports my
>     activities in RACES/ARES as well as a Communications officer with
>     the Local Search and Rescue team.
>
>     *From:*chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
>     <mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>     [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
>     <mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Gary Runningbear
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:47 AM
>     *To:* Discussion of CHIRP
>     *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Chirp on Android
>
>     Paulo, are you saying that it is not likely that software will
>     never be developed for Android? That would be quite disappointing
>     if so. I wonder are there any tablets that run Windows! would it
>     work that way?
>
>     On Nov 17, 2015 11:43 AM, "RavenMaster" <ravenmaster at sapo.pt
>     <mailto:ravenmaster at sapo.pt>> wrote:
>
>     Not really. You already have drivers for SDR, USB to RS232
>     adapters, and
>     so on.
>     It's just a matter of the type of radio (driver on cable or on radio)
>     and the driver used. If it recognizes it as an COM port, it should
>     work.
>     The software is the tricky part.
>
>     73,
>     Paulo a.k.a. RavenMaster
>
>     > Oh what fun it'll be to port CHIRP (written in Python) to either
>     Android/IOS.
>     > Biggest problem will be communicating between device and radio -
>     just
>     > like it is with Windows/OS X
>     >
>     > On 17 November 2015 at 16:29, Gary Runningbear
>     > <runningbear2000 at gmail.com <mailto:runningbear2000 at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>     >> Calling all app developers! Please, please develop some
>     software so that we
>     >> can use chirp with our Android phones and tablets so that we
>     can take
>     >> massive programming of the radios into the field where it is
>     needed the
>     >> most. Please! It would be so helpful to us. thank you.
>     >>
>     >>
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