[chirp_users] Puxing PX-888

[Chuck Hast]

Right now it is like every manufacturer uses different gage rails so you
have to
have a set of rails for every sized railroad running. At least road
vehicles all use
about the same width road base so they can (for the most) part use the
about the
same width roadway regardless of location. I view the cable and connector
inter-
face as being the point to start. Then chip away at the next level. At
least if they
all used the same sort of cable (usb would be excellent) that would be a
great
starter.

That was the way things were with cellular radios (it is a radio regardless
of the
bling) now they are all USB (except for good old Apple, but even they have
kept
the same connectors so it is not a "connector of the day" type thing)

I look at most of the issues here on the Chirp list and they appear to be
centered
around the USB to serial converter on windows, never see if on Linux.

The other one being the failure to download the initial format from the
radio and
work from there.

Beyond that appears that in most cases if the radio can be read and you can
download the original data out of the radio the whole thing appears to fly.

I am having issues with the Icom ID-5100, Albert is giving me a hand on
that, I
am suspecting that the issue is with the upgrade to ver 1.2 firmware, at
that point
all old ICS files and indeed the Icom software had to be tossed and new
software
pulled from Icom, then read your radio and press on.

At this point I personally would just like to see a common physical
interface as
a starter, that would be a win.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> This would be like try to get Ford, Chevy, BMW, Lexus, Ferrari, etc, to
> use interchangeable parts and have all the same features.  There would not
> be a need for more than one vehicle available that would do everything.
> Lots of luck with that. Let us know when you have your improved software
> available for..... How many different radios are there in the world?
>
> Jardy Dawson
> WA7JRD Ham Radio
>
> Message relayed from secret Hillary Clinton server, located in the
> basement of her house.  OOPS, you aren't supposed to know that!
>
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 19:23, Christopher F. Beesley <chrisbees2 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi guys, Chris G4OUG here. I believe I am a CHIRP member but the CHIRP
> site won't accept my log-in details. I have emailed someone at CHIRP but
> havn't had a reply yet. And now to business...
>
>
> Can anybody please explain why the Puxing PX-888 is not supported by CHIRP?
>
>
> On a broader note, I am absolutely fed up of seeing so many people
> complaining that they need different cables for each of their radios, that
> the software supplied is next to useless, and in a few cases that CHIRP
> cannot be used with this or that radio. It is about time that ALL the
> manufacturers used standard USB interfaces, both hardware (connectors) and
> software (drivers and protocols). The memory inside the radio should be
> organised in such a way that a simple spreadsheet such as Excel can be
> used, the supplied software need only be an example table with a few
> example records (rows) filled in. Nobody would need any of these stupid
> serial cables that only work with one radio, and everybody would be able to
> use tables containing their own programming needs via several versions of
> Windows, Apple OS's, Linux distros, or whatever, for years to come without
> any problems.
>
>
> Ok, CHIRP would be redundant. That would be very sad in a lot of ways. But
> the current state of affairs is intolerable. How about everybody gets
> together and tells the major manufacturers that we will NOT buy any more of
> their radios until they implement the programming of them PROPERLY! If I
> knew how to start such a campaign I'd do it myself, but I am not au fait
> with Social Media or any of that stuff.
>
>
> Regards, Chris, G4OUG
> _______________________________________________
> chirp_users mailing list
> chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
> This message was sent to Jardy at jardy72 at yahoo.com
> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@
> intrepid.danplanet.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> chirp_users mailing list
> chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
> This message was sent to Chuck Hast at kp4djt at gmail.com
> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@
> intrepid.danplanet.com
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20170608/108db6f8/attachment.html