[chirp_users] UV5RE+ N5R-213 bug? Dual watch w no priority. Set to slot A, gets RX in slot B reverts to A to TX

[Galen Thurber]

oh shucks, pretty much makes a 2 channel radio one. Will have to set
radio's A/B to the same channel in case radio RXs on the other A/B

On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Galen Thurber <galenthurber at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > UV5RE+
> > firmware N5R-213
> > chirp-daily 20150814
> >
> > Problem:
> > radio is set to dual watch with no priority.
> > radio set to slot A and receives RX on slot B
> > radio then flips back to slot A to TX.
> > Same happens if B slot is selected and picks up RX on slot A, it reverts
> to
> > slot B to TX.
> >
> >
> > Is this a firmware bug or new coding?
> >
>
> Baofeng has been messing with how TDR and TDR-AB works. On some of the
> most recent firmware, TDR-AB tracks the display selected by the [A/B]
> key and priority is no longer forced to the value selected in the
> TDR-AB menu.
>
> In some firmware versions the TDR-AB selections are only "A" and "B"
> (there is no "OFF").
>
> Baofeng has basically done an outstanding job of making the feature
> useless.
>
> Jim KC9HI
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