[chirp_users] Tyt 9800 Importing Problems

Sun Aug 20 23:44:20 PDT 2023

You cannot use excel you have to use either open office or libre office.

Excel is incompatible with Chirp.

Regards,

David N1EA

On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 8:38 PM K0LNY <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> The copy I have was exported from Chirp.
> I find it almost impossible to find missing fields using notepad, my
> screenreader reads multiple commas as one.
>
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org>
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> *Sent:* Sunday, August 20, 2023 6:40 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Tyt 9800 Importing Problems
>
> If I follow your narrative correctly, you opened it up in Excel, two
> different versions of Libre Office, THEN you edited it in Notepad. (I think
> it was corrupted by one or both of the spreadsheet programs you opened it
> up in first, I doubt Notepad would corrupt it.)
>
> Then you said you tried open office, and THEN you tried to import it into
> the chirp.
>
> Take a good, serious look at the CSV file in notepad again, there are
> likely extraneous characters in the file that is messing up the import.
>
> What is the source of the file? What is the file extension? (Sometimes
> this matters, doubtful in this case, but who knows?)
>
> Can you get a fresh copy (export from chirp) and then edit it on Notepad?
>
> Based on what you are describing, that's the best I can come up with.
>
> Ken
>
> On Aug 20, 2023, at 18:19, K0LNY <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>
> 
> Well I mentioned that I did edit it in notepad.
> But I sure don't know what would make it not importable in Chirp.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org>
> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 20, 2023 5:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Tyt 9800 Importing Problems
>
> Why do you keep opening the CSV file in a spreadsheet? Granted it's easier
> to read in a spreadsheet, but somewhere along the line it seems your CSV
> file got corrupted.
>
> Try opening the CSV file in notepad, it won't add anything to the file
> that might cause these problems.
>
> My suggestion:
>
> A) Start with a brand-new, fresh CSV file
> B) Open the file in Notepad (you may have to right-click on the file and
> use "Open with..." to select Notepad
> C) Edit the file as you like, and save it to the exact same name if you
> can, if not, be sure to retain the file suffix (like .CSV)
> D) Try to import the updated file
>
> You could try importing the CSV file immediately after you export it -
> don't touch it at all - to ensure you are starting with a known-good file.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ken, N2VIP
>
> On Aug 20, 2023, at 17:48, K0LNY <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi All,
> I'm still working on my Tytera 9800.
> I have had trouble working on the CSV file of the 227 memories.
> My MS Office Excel seems to mess up the fields.
> For some reason, my LibreOffice Calc crashes when I open the CSV in there.
> I had a portable version of Libre Office, so I installed the full version,
> and that kept crashing too.
> I'm using windows 10.
> So I ran Dism with the repair switches, and that didn't find anything.
> So I ran SFC and that fixed a problem and I rebooted.
> I tried Libre Office again, and it keeps crashing.
> I fixed up the CSV in Notepad, making sure to not mess with the commas.
> But I need to get the data into Chirp to upload it to the radio.
> I installed Open Office, and opened it up in there, but the data does not
> past into Chirp.
> I tried to import the CSV file into Chirp, but it does not find it to be a
> file it can open.
> The error is:
> An error has occurred
> Unknown File Format
> Should Chirp be able to import a CSV file?
> I am using Chirp Next from a couple days ago.
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Glenn
>
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