[chirp_users] Linux CHIRP, ICOM 7100, "unicode strings" error

[Tony Ling]

Two COM port numbers are assigned to the [USB] connector. One of them is
“USB1,” used for cloning and CI-V operation. The other one is “USB2,” whose
function is selected in “USB2 Function” item of the “Connectors” Set mode.
(p. 6-8)

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 02:58, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:04 PM Michael Nadler KI7QIB
> <michael.nadler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ICOM 7100 connected to Linux system via the mini-USB port.  FLRIG can
> control the radio through that interface.
> >
> > Running CHIRP 0.3.0dev, when I try to download from the radio via
> /dev/ttyUSB0, I get a pop-up error message: unicode strings are not
> supported, please encode to bytes: <<gibberish characters>>>".
> >
> > Are there specific settings I need to have set on the ICOM?
> >
> > Is CHIRP able to interact with the ICOM-7100 via the mini-USB port?  Do
> I have to use the RT-Systems FTDI cable into the audio port?
> >
> >
> > P.S. I also tried running Windows CHIRP daily-20220408.  Download from
> radio gets "error" in every entry.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Michael Nadler
> > KI7QIB
>
> I know that when I used CHIRP on my IC-7300, I used a different cable
> than I did when I used FLRIG. I also had to edit a setting in the
> radio for CHIRP and change it back for FLRIG.
>
> Jim KC9HI
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