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

[Chuck Hast]

I wonder how much different the format is on the ID 5100 from the 7100.
Sure would like to have Chirp working on the 5100.

I am still willing to loan the radio to someone who could work on the code
for the 5100...


On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:48 AM Martin Cooper <mfncooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Chuck -- KP4DJT
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