[chirp_users] Linux and chirp

[Julian Macassey]

	I am running kubuntu 22.04.1 on a Framework laptop.

	I have loaded the daily build from flatpak and Chirp
comes up when opened.

	My radio is a Baofeng UV-5RV2+

	I followed the instructions in:

	https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CSV_HowTo
	
+ A Clean Start
+ 
+ If you want to get an empty CHIRP-compatible CSV file, the
+ easiest way is to let CHIRP create one for you. Here are the
+ approximate steps for creating an empty file, editing it in an
+ external editor and opening it back up in CHIRP:
+ 
+     Start CHIRP
+     Go to File > New to create an empty CSV file
+  
+     Add a memory to the first row, by entering a frequency
+ such as 146.52
+ 
+ 
+     Go to File > Export to save the template file to something
+ ending with a .csv extension
+ 
+     Open the file in your spreadsheet or external application of
+ choice, make edits and save

+     Re-open the file in CHIRP to validate that the format is
+ still correct, by going to File > Open and choosing your file
+ 
+     Optionally use File > Import to import the contents of your
+ CSV file into another radio image
+ 

...

+ If you have a clone-mode radio, upload the changes back to your
+ device using Radio > Upload To Radio. If you are using a
+ live-mode radio, wait until all of the changes finish
+ synchronizing back to the device by watching the status bar in
+ the lower right corner of the main window.

	So, when I plug in my radio, I see the following in
/var/logsyslog:

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Oct 28 18:07:10 localhost kernel: [218263.636611] usb 3-4: new full-speed USB device number 15 using xhci_hcd
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.061760] usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303, bcdDevice= 3.00
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.061769] usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.061772] usb 3-4: Product: USB-Serial Controller
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.061775] usb 3-4: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.064089] pl2303 3-4:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost kernel: [218264.066251] usb 3-4: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 15: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4"
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 15 was not an MTP device
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost snapd[13154]: hotplug.go:200: hotplug device add event ignored, enable experimental.hotplug
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 15: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4"
Oct 28 18:07:11 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 15 was not an MTP device
Oct 28 18:07:13 localhost ModemManager[824]: <info>  [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-4': not supported by any plugin

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	In Chirp I select Radio and slide down to select "Upload
to Radio".

	I get a dialogue box saying:Port /dev/ttyS0, Bofeng,
UV5R, I select OK. I get "An error has occurred Could configure
port: (5, 'Input/output error')

	So just in case, I fiddles with the /dev/ttyS0
permissions:

crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Oct 25 11:15 ttyS0

	So what have I not done? What should I do?

Yours
GM5LUK


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