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

[Martin Cooper]

Assuming it's the same as for the IC-910H, the CI-V Transceive function is
like a real-time updating facility, whereby when you tune the radio
manually, it continually sends CI-V data to the computer. You do not want
this enabled while running Chirp. FLRIG quite likely does want this
enabled, so this may be the setting that Jim was referring to.

The Chirp driver for the IC-7100 is a live mode driver. As such, Chirp uses
the CI-V interface to talk to, and receive data from, the radio. I don't
know about the connectors on that radio, but make sure you're connecting to
the CI-V interface.

Martin.
KD6YAM

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 3:03 AM Tony Ling <tonyg7txu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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