[chirp_users] FTM-3100R

[Andy Zaayenga]

Just a follow-up, for future reference, at least until CHIRP fully supports
the Yaesu FTM-3100R -

I received this reply WRT third-party cables from RTSystems:
“Our software does not require our cable for communications. However, we can
only guarantee success using our cable, but many of our customers have had
success using cables other than our own.”
Interesting because their web page
https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/Cables_c_28.html says "RT Systems software is
designed to work only with the RT Systems USB programming cables."
Seems duplicitous - if they said "only guaranteed to work with" or
"optimally work with" or some such I would be happier. They make it sound
like their software excludes using ANY third-party cable.

Last night I found Bob Freeth’s site,
https://www.radioetcetera.site/g4hfq/index.html, where he has his “FTB3100
memory management for the FTM-3100” program. I installed it, and along with
the BlueMax49ers cable, it works perfectly! Bob is no longer maintaining the
programs since 2020 but provides his archived software free of charge. I
sent him a thank you note and he replied immediately - what a nice guy.

73
Andy Zaayenga
KD2SME


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Zaayenga <andy at zaayenga.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:56 PM
To: 'Discussion of CHIRP' <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
Subject: RE: [chirp_users] FTM-3100R

Thanks, Paul.

I'm feeling pretty much stuck at this point. I have the BlueMax49ers cable
which appears to work fine – it’s not Mark's fault CHIRP doesn’t have a
working software for the FTM-3100R. RTSystems is proprietary and won’t work
with non-RTSystems cables. Is there any other programming software anyone
could point me to that I can investigate?

By the way, I'm not being critical of the CHIRP team. It's a wonderful
software and I get that they can't cover every radio in the world. I use it
for my Yaesu FT-60R without problem, and it is super useful.

Is there some way I can help CHIRP develop the FTM-3100R implementation?

Andy
 

-----Original Message-----
From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
<chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of W Paul Mills
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 3:05 PM
To: Andy Zaayenga via chirp_users <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] FTM-3100R

Also notice that several other of the unknown's change at this point.

On 8/8/23 13:55, W Paul Mills wrote:
> I don't have a FTM-3100 and am not a developer.
>
> Looking in the browser tab root -> memory[199][0-13] -> unknown5 = 0x0
> -> unknown 6 = 0x0
> and root -> memory[199][14-198] -> unknown5 = 0x3
> -> unknown6 = 0x1
>
> It also looks like Chirp has not implemented programming the priority 
> channel.
>
> Looks like a bug report may be in order.
>
> On 8/6/23 20:40, Andy Zaayenga via chirp_users wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I've got a new-to-me Yaesu FTM-3100R. Picked up a cable from 
>> BlueMax49ers to run with CHIRP.  I downloaded the radio using the 
>> FTM-3200D R template as per the CHIRP home page. Downloading and
uploading works fine.
>>
>> I copied and pasted from my Yaesu FT-60R img 63 of the frequencies I 
>> monitor that are covered by the FTM-3100R. Uploading those to the 
>> radio works fine and downloading shows them all in memory.
>>
>> However, I notice that when I scan all 63 frequencies the radio only 
>> scans the first 14. The display just stops on the 14th location while 
>> the numbers under MR keep counting up to 63. Then it cycles back to 
>> location 1.  I have the radios side by side and the FT-60R scans all 
>> the locations while the FTM-3100R only the first 14.
>>
>> The specs say the radio has 199 memory locations which is consistent 
>> with the CHIRP img
>> * 199 "basic" memory channels, numbered "1" through "199".
>>
>> But the CHIRP image doesn't show the home channel or any of the L or 
>> U locations.
>> * A "Home" channel, providing storage and quick recall of one prime 
>> frequency.
>> * 10 sets of band-edge memories, also known as "Programmable Memory Scan"
>> channels, labeled "L0/U0" through "L9/U9".
>>
>> Does anyone out there have an FTM-3100R and can let me know if I'm 
>> doing something wrong? I'm wondering if there's some issue with the 
>> FTM-3200D R template WRT the FTM-3100R.
>>
>> Thanks from a first-time poster!
>>
>> 73
>> Andy Zaayenga
>> KD2SME
>> Yaesu FT-60R, Yaesu FTM-3100R
>>
>>
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