<div>Ladies and Gentlemen,<br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->After much frustration, many failed attempts, and almost a year of trying, I finally got the LiveCD archive to download and burn to a USB thumb.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Imagine my joy when it actually booted, loaded, and ran the Live version, then miraculously brought Chirp up !!!   Wow !!!<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I would finally be able to program all my radios and make them able to all communicate.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I could actually have the UV82s in the stands programmed the same and just grab a cloned radio on the way out and not have to deal with swapping batteries...<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Unfortunately, the only radio that version of Chirp would read/write is the UV-5R, it reads the UV-82's but does not display the data screen - just stays blank, and it refuses to read the UV-5x3.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->My install of Chirp on my Debian Squeeze OS, will read/write the UV-82 and 82L, but has firmware issues with the 82HP.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I have another install of Chirp on a TahrPup64 Thumb that will read/write the UV-82HP, but none of the others.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Perhaps if there was the latest version of Chirp (Ubuntu) in the Puppy Package Manager (PPM), I could install the latest and it might have all the modules in it ?<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I DID notice a new selection in the menu about 'loading modules', did someone get Chirp set up to be module based on the firmware drivers and where can I find a collection of these modules for my various rigs ?<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->My inventory consists of:<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-82<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-82L<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-82HP<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-5R<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-5x3<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Baofeng UV-50x3  (mobile)<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Leixen VV-898S  (RV Base)<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->1 - Yaesu  VX-8DR<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->      (no cable for Yaesu yet)<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Is there *ONE* version of chirp that is able to program ALL of these without OS gymnastics ?  Loading/unloading modules while running would be acceptable, if Chirp only has hooks set up for one at a time...<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->But it would be nice to have them all (for the above radios) loaded at one time without having to reload Chirp, so I can copy-n-paste data from one radio to the other - if necessary...<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Also, there is no keyboard selection on the LiveCD that is compatible with my ACER AspireOne Netbook, but works with my HP-USB Wireless using the Generic-108 Key driver.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->And even if there was, the LiveCD (even if logged in as "chirp" user)  refuses to REMEMBER the keyboard setting but always reverts to the default after boot.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I tried to update to a newer version of Chirp on the LiveCD using the 'updater' kindly provided on the desktop, thinking I might be able to increase the radio-firmware driver list, but even though the browser sees and works with an internet connection, ChirpUpdater is blind to the net and reports 'No Internet Connection'...<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I have not tried copying that updater script over to one of the other OS's where Chirp exists, and see if it will work there.<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->Is there a location online where this 'script' is available for downloading ?    I know its a simple script, so even a text block on a webpage would work for me...<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s --><sigh><!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->I should have known it was too good to be true...  <!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br></div>
<div><!-- tmjah_g_1299s -->73 - Bruce<!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><br><br><br></div>
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