[chirp_users] Add-on Modules/Scripts for Chirp ?

[Ken Hansen]

I think this would be a big task, as currently CHIRP has no built-in support for any scanners from any manufacturer, based on a quick scan of the CHIRP homepage:

https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

I am not aware of any publicly-available documentation on how to program a Uniden/bearcat scanner, though I suppose there's likely something somewhere.

CHIRP architecture (as far as I can tell from the outside looking in) is not setup to handle trunking groups, digital modes, etc.

I appreciate the desire to avoid windows, but the alternative would be front panel programming your frequencies into the scanner. I had no problem banging in about a hundred frequencies into a simple Whistler desktop scanner, but all that entailed was typing in each frequency and saving it to memory (no tone, no label, nothing, just frequency they the keypad) - your 'fancy' scanner would take a greater effort.

It is a nice looking scanner - it has a nice feature set and covers ham bands from 10 meters to 23 cm - and reminds me of a radio shack scanner I have, the PRO-2051, but they are not the same. I was able to get the required cable and the appropriate windows software to program my scanner, I'd encourage you to do the same.

https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0780.html

Maybe ask a windows-running friend to help, programming scanners is, in my experience, typically a "one and done" kind of thing, where once programmed, they are never touched again (or at least very rarely).

Good luck!

Ken, N2VIP

> On May 17, 2022, at 08:18, KB6LWN - Bruce <kb6lwn at qso.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Group,
> 
> Just received delivery of a new-old Uniden BC-780XLT
> Trunk Tracker III Scanner, and I'd like to be able to
> program it with my PC (Linux Mint Desktop), and I'm
> wondering if there is a 'module' available for Chirp
> that will allow me to do this.
> Just updated to the latest FlatPak.  (Linux Mint 20.4)
> 
> Since I use Linux - I don't have access to run the MS-
> Windows version of the software specifically written
> for this receiver.   Which reminds me 'rigctl' seems to
> read the receiver and I have gotten a list of the cmd-
> capabilities using that tool, if that is needed...
> 
> If there is not a module specifically FOR this receiver,
> perhaps I could get a copy of a module for another unit
> that I might be able to modify for my use.
> Anything is better than going back to Windows, or trying
> to get Wine to work under Linux...
> A Linux native (port) is really needed for scanner Ops...
> 
> At this point I use Chirp to program my various BTech,
> Bao's, Leixen, and a couple more, and it makes the task
> so much easier.   Hope to do the same with the scanner...
> 
> 
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