[chirp_users] Kenwood TM-D710GA Issues

[Rich Messeder]

I'm saving this reply to my Kenwood notes, because I'm sure that I'll forget the answer by the next time I want to know.
I interpret the answer to mean that I can screw up my radio with MCP, and can't with CHIRP?

~R~

On 2018-05-04 18:16:+0000, Tom Hayward wrote:
>On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 3:55 AM Rich Messeder <<mailto:NE1EE at hotmail.com>NE1EE at hotmail.com> wrote:
>I recall having problems with this, too (F6A, V71A). I found that MCP was not "live" and would capture snapshots of all the memories, but CHIRP won't. I don't understand why CHIRP insists that updating must be live, when MCP doesn't. Awkward.
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>MCP and live mode are two completely different protocols supported by the F6, V71, and D710. The reasoning for Chirp using live mode has been discussed here many times. Chiefly, in live mode, the radio has the ability to reject a channel as invalid. This is really valuable when you're relying on guessing the protocol specification, like Chirp does. MCP toggles bits on the radio without any validation, so you better know what you're doing when toggling something. The writers of the MCP software had the advantage of being able to reference Kenwood's internal protocol documentation.
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>Tom KD7LXL