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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Starting D-Star with an ID-800H I was trying to reduce the work load of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">manual</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">entering all memory information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">directly into the radio and installed CHIRP. I have to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">admit that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I run into nearly every possible</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">trap the program offers for a new user. But with the help of Dan I was able to get it up and running at the end.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Might be a beginner</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s guide or a help file within the program could help to reduce the efforts in climbing up the learning curve</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (based on my experience I could offer some limited help). There are some issues, however,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> consider as worthwhile to discuss in this group:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">E</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xcel uses the local settings of the OS. Therefore xxx.csv</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> files created</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">export</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xxx.img-files</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xxx.csv</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">cannot be re-opened again</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">by CHIRP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">once they have been processed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and eventually modified</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in E</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xcel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and saved there again as xxx.csv or yyy.csv</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Reason is that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the local settings in the OS (here German</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">instead of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> English (USA))</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">create</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">semicolons</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (;) instead of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">c</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ommas (,) as separator, don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t use a dot (.)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">but a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">c</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">omma (,) for the decimal information etc.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. I have tried to modify the file by an editor using search and replace but the editor doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t save the result in a way CHIRP wou</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ld finally process.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It would be nice if the program could work in a non-English environment as well.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">After a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">successful</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> export and import of xxx.csv under English local settings I have tried to do the same with xxx.chirp.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This failed, however, with the error notice</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Unable to load schema</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. At the moment I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t know why this happens.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have imported the xxx.csv into Excel (with English settings), saved it as xxx_1.csv and tried to import or open the saved file in CHIRP.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Both failed with the error notice list index out of range.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I assume there is something I have to set in Excel but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">unfortunately I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t know what to do here</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Might be it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s somehow related to my Excel version but not sure.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Juergen, DL8LE</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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