[chirp_users] Firmware version

[Gary Runningbear]

Hi, thanks for your response, I appreciate it. However after spending a few
hours in the school of hard knocks I managed to figure that out myself. but
at least I did graduate with a diploma! All is working well now.

Gary
  N8GPZ
On Nov 19, 2015 4:25 PM, "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Gary Runningbear
> <runningbear2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have just discovered that my new uv-82 L has a different firmware
> version
> > then my first radio. Is there a way that I can update the first one to be
> > the same as the second?
> >
>
> Gary,
>
> Baofeng has made memory layout changes with several of their firmware
> changes. This makes the CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) files saved from a
> radio with one firmware version incompatible with the same radio model
> having a different firmware version. For this reason, CHIRP now
> compares the firmware version of the radio with the firmware version
> of the image being uploaded and if they don't exactly match, the
> upload is not permitted.
>
> What you must do is import the channels from the source radio to the
> target radio and then change the configure the settings that aren't
> stored as part of the channels manually. Another (less thorough)
> method to transfer the channels is to download from each radio (or
> load existing images) creating separate tabs and then copy-and-paste
> between the tabs.
>
> Jim KC9HI
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