[chirp_users] UV-5RIII better with older software

[Graham Whaley]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 13:05, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  Three years later, I finally find a reason to try and transmit, having
> forgotten that I disabled TX. I grab a new CHIRP (next-20231003), find that
> the recommended model is the Radioddity UV-5RX3, and have at it. Turns out
> I can program up the channels and edit a few of the settings page entries,
> but I:
> >  - cannot re-enable TX on either band listed
> >  - change the greeting messages
>
> This is because some of the latest radios have some issues when
> reading/writing to the Aux memory area that the current CHIRP-next is
> trying to avoid. Using the legacy CHIRP (or one of the earlier
> CHIRP-next) version on one of these radios will allow the radio to
> blank out or scramble it Aux memory area.
>
> I have been developing a work-around for the problem. Two weeks ago I
> attached what was my proposed fix to issue #10505 and have been
> waiting for feedback from testors. So far there has been none. In the
> meantime I have been doing my own testing which uncovered additional
> behavior that needed to be addressed. This latest version was just
> attached a few minutes ago.
>
> https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/10505#note-102
>
> Jim KC9HI
>
>
Many thanks for the explanation Jim. I had seen some of the chatter about
the Aux area and the uv5rtool uploader etc., but hadn't quite connected the
dots.
Kudos for your work on this!

Graham
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