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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dave,<br>
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Yup, success! When I put 88.5 in the <b><i>rToneFreq</i></b>
column (also used 67, I guess any valid tone freq) <u><i>and</i></u>
deleted column headers from any column that contains no data <u><i>and</i></u>
entered the correct number of rows in <b>Memory Range</b>---badda
bing -- it works.<br>
<img src="cid:part1.07040402.00050208@gmail.com" alt=""
height="91" width="275"><br>
<br>
I also figured out that I cannot directly <i><b>Upload</b></i> a
CSV file to the radio, it has to be an IMG file, which makes
sense, but the method for getting an IMG file is not obvious and
with no documentation (that I could find), eew! So what I did was
<b><i>Download</i></b> from the radio, delete all except the first
row, save it as an "Empty" IMG file. Next, I <b><i>Open</i></b>
that IMG file then <i><b>Import</b></i> the CSV file containing
the memory channel data I want, and magically, it becomes an IMG
file that I can now <i><b>Upload</b></i> to the radio. Is this
how it is supposed to work or is there another way to do this?
Does it work basically the same regardless of the radio brand?<br>
<br>
Attached is the CSV file that causes the Column number mismatch
error. The only difference between this file and the one that
successfully imports is that there<b> IS</b> column heading text
in columns M, N, O, P and Q, but there is no data in those
columns. When I removed the heading text from just those columns,
the problem goes away.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your encouragement and ideas,<br>
<br>
Regards, Chris W7CFN<br>
<br>
P.S. Is there no one working on some basic documentation?
Perhaps I can contribute something, it's been pretty painful for
me.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2/26/2016 10:43 PM, Dave VK2FDJS wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I assume the file you attached
was the one that gave you the second (smaller) set of errors.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">If you look at it in Excel,
you'll see that rows 33, 35 and 40 are the only rows that have
nothing in the rToneFreq and cToneFreq columns.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">There are two other rows that
have nothing in the Tone column (rows 2 and 3), but these
still have values in the other two columns. Looks like you
have to have a value of some sort in these two columns.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Could you please post the file
that gave you the errors from row 17 on, so we can have a look
at it too.</font></div>
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Regards, Dave VK2FDJS<br>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users]
Chirp won't read CSV files correctly</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">This is the error I get when
importing or opening my CSV file:<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part4.01010306.09030201@gmail.com"
height="290" width="413"><br>
I'm using a file that was generated by Chirp using the export
function, then (In Excel) I copy/paste my channels into that
CSV file. When opened in Chirp using either File/Open or
File/Import, same errors every time.<br>
<br>
So, a little experimentation and I discover that it doesn't
like the empty columns to the right (where there is a column
heading but nothing in the column). So I deleted the column
headers (that Chirp created!) for the columns with no data and
voila, it got past that error. Now I get this one:<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part5.06000703.03010206@gmail.com"
height="356" width="534"><br>
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The new error about line 33 "[rTone] could not convert string
to float" I generally get what this error means but don't get
what exactly is causing it. And why does it reference line 33
and only import up to memory channel 25? I notice at the top
of the memory list window is an item called "Memories Memory
Range" where the default entries are 1 to 25. Bingo! I
changed the top end to 39 and it imported all the rows in my
CSV file. Wow, I know, there is a disclaimer about how you
guys are good at programming and not so much at
documentation. Not sure I agree with that and the
documentation part seems like a cop out. <br>
<br>
I can't say never, but rarely have I encountered a program so
unintuitive and persnickity. I know, I know, it's free, what
do I want for nothing. I guess I need to lower my
expectations. <br>
<br>
Chris Nordstrom<br>
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