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

[Tony Ling]

CI-V Transceive OFF or ON Turns the CI-V Transceive function ON or OFF
Clone Clone Mode Reads or writes the CS-7100 data to or from the PC, and/or
receives data from a Master transceiver

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 10:55, Tony Ling <tonyg7txu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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