[chirp_users] An error has occurred. Image not supported by radio:

[dwilson]

:/
Did this and got this msg: Unsupported firmware version: `N5R340AF8HP-1
I was in the old build that has the three sided box icon?

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From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
[mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Unroe
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 9:22 PM
To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] An error has occurred. Image not supported by
radio:

Debra,
Do not download anything from the KC9HI list. Use your BAO2.img or BAO3.img
to upload to radio #1.
Jim

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:18 AM, dwilson <dwilson223 at cox.net> wrote:
> I am not sure which image to select in kc9hi list. The closet I see is
> N5R3403 but mine was N5R340A.
>
> What should I do?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
> [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
> Unroe
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 8:36 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] An error has occurred. Image not supported 
> by
> radio:
>
> Debra,
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM, dwilson <dwilson223 at cox.net> wrote:
>> Ok, rats, and I thot I was doing so good... have no idea where the 
>> other firmware came from because I don't own any other radios and 
>> have never been in chirp before today, but nevertheless...
>
> The radio probably got a bad load at the factory.
>
>>
>> May I ask how you could tell about the BFB firmware?
>
> The memory layout changed when going from BFB firmware to N5R 
> firmware. They are not compatible an image from one to a radio of 
> another is not good. So if CHIRP detects this, it aborts the upload.
>
>>
>> I would like to confirm I understand what needs done here before I do it.
>>
>> So now I need to actually upload an old build (7-14-2014) into chirp.
>
> Yes. You can use the "win32.zip" version. Just extract it anywhere 
> convenient. That way it won't mess with your current CHIRP. Just find 
> and double click on the "chirpw.exe" file.
>
> The old version is needed because it doesn't have the check that keeps 
> you from uploading the wrong image into your radio. Without the old 
> version, uploading the BAO2.img into radio #1 would fail.
>
>> Then I go to the KC9HI site and click on the F5R3407 BF-F8HP(150319N)
>> (factory) img and that will load the factory image into chirp? (if I 
>> don't have the old build loaded this wont work?) and then I need to 
>> upload the factory file into radio 1 and then I have to reload the 
>> latest
> chirp build.
>> Do I have that right?
>
> Not exactly. You don't need to download anything because you can 
> upload your image from radio #2 or radio #3. Then once you are 
> successful, you can remove the folder that the 7-14-2014 version of CHIRP
is in.
>
>>
>> Will the other images I currently have in chirp be deleted when I 
>> load the old version?
>
> Not if you do it the way I just explained to do it.
>
>>
>> So grateful for your help...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
>> [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
>> Unroe
>> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 6:06 PM
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] An error has occurred. Image not supported 
>> by
>> radio:
>>
>> Debra,
>>
>> Yes. The squelch settings were changed in radio #1.
>>
>> All three radios have the same N5R340A firmware. You should be able 
>> to able to upload an image from any one of them to any one of the others.
>>
>> The reason you can't (and it is a good thing you can't) is because 
>> someone has uploaded and image from a radio with BFB firmware into 
>> radio #1. It probably doesn't receive signal without pressing the 
>> [MONI] button. You definitely do not want to upload BAO1.img into 
>> radio #2
> or radio #3.
>>
>> You need to follow the procedure in the link below and upload either 
>> BAO2.img or BAO3.img (they are both identical) into radio #1.
>>
>> http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Recovery.php#N5R
>>
>> Once radio #1 if fixed, be sure to upgrade back to the latest CHIRP 
>> daily build.
>>
>> Jim KC9HI
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 8:40 PM, dwilson <dwilson223 at cox.net> wrote:
>>> You know, I think on the first radio I might have changed the 
>>> service
>> settings before I actually saved the first file...
>>>
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