[chirp_users] Linux and chirp

[Robert Bower]

Add yourself to the groups tty and dialout.



On 2022-10-28 10:27, Julian Macassey wrote:
> 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:
> 
> ------
> 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
> 
> ---
> 
> 	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

-- 
Thanks,

Robert Bower
W9RWB
WRPH745