<div dir="ltr">Right now it is like every manufacturer uses different gage rails so you have to<div>have a set of rails for every sized railroad running. At least road vehicles all use</div><div>about the same width road base so they can (for the most) part use the about the</div><div>same width roadway regardless of location. I view the cable and connector inter-</div><div>face as being the point to start. Then chip away at the next level. At least if they</div><div>all used the same sort of cable (usb would be excellent) that would be a great</div><div>starter. </div><div><br></div><div>That was the way things were with cellular radios (it is a radio regardless of the</div><div>bling) now they are all USB (except for good old Apple, but even they have kept</div><div>the same connectors so it is not a "connector of the day" type thing) </div><div><br></div><div>I look at most of the issues here on the Chirp list and they appear to be centered</div><div>around the USB to serial converter on windows, never see if on Linux. </div><div><br></div><div>The other one being the failure to download the initial format from the radio and</div><div>work from there.</div><div><br></div><div>Beyond that appears that in most cases if the radio can be read and you can</div><div>download the original data out of the radio the whole thing appears to fly. </div><div><br></div><div>I am having issues with the Icom ID-5100, Albert is giving me a hand on that, I</div><div>am suspecting that the issue is with the upgrade to ver 1.2 firmware, at that point</div><div>all old ICS files and indeed the Icom software had to be tossed and new software</div><div>pulled from Icom, then read your radio and press on. </div><div><br></div><div>At this point I personally would just like to see a common physical interface as</div><div>a starter, that would be a win. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>This would be like try to get Ford, Chevy, BMW, Lexus, Ferrari, etc, to use interchangeable parts and have all the same features. There would not be a need for more than one vehicle available that would do everything. Lots of luck with that. Let us know when you have your improved software available for..... How many different radios are there in the world? <br><br><div>Jardy Dawson</div><div>WA7JRD Ham Radio</div><div><br></div><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Message relayed from secret Hillary Clinton server, located in the basement of her house. OOPS, you aren't supposed to know that!</span></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jun 7, 2017, at 19:23, Christopher F. Beesley <<a href="mailto:chrisbees2@hotmail.com" target="_blank">chrisbees2@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>
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<p>Hi guys, Chris G4OUG here. I believe I am a CHIRP member but the CHIRP site won't accept my log-in details. I have emailed someone at CHIRP but havn't had a reply yet. And now to business...</p>
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<p>Can anybody please explain why the Puxing PX-888 is not supported by CHIRP?</p>
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<p>On a broader note, I am absolutely fed up of seeing so many people complaining that they need different cables for each of their radios, that the software supplied is next to useless, and in a few cases that CHIRP cannot be used with this or that radio.
It is about time that ALL the manufacturers used standard USB interfaces, both hardware (connectors) and software (drivers and protocols). The memory inside the radio should be organised in such a way that a simple spreadsheet such as Excel can be used, the
supplied software need only be an example table with a few example records (rows) filled in. Nobody would need any of these stupid serial cables that only work with one radio, and everybody would be able to use tables containing their own programming needs
via several versions of Windows, Apple OS's, Linux distros, or whatever, for years to come without any problems.</p>
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<p>Ok, CHIRP would be redundant. That would be very sad in a lot of ways. But the current state of affairs is intolerable. How about everybody gets together and tells the major manufacturers that we will NOT buy any more of their radios until they implement
the programming of them PROPERLY! If I knew how to start such a campaign I'd do it myself, but I am not au fait with Social Media or any of that stuff.<br>
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<p>Regards, Chris, G4OUG<br>
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