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</head><body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Dave, I hereby nominate your reply for the 2018 Chirp list hall of fame. Expect-level advice, yet lighthearted and fun to read. Two thumbs up with five stars on top. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On January 3, 2018 4:16:41 AM MST, Dave B <g8kbv@uku.co.uk> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p>Hi.</p>
<p>Other than for software that just isn't available for anything
other than Windows, there is no reason whatsoever to try to use
WINE to run Chirp under Linux.</p>
<p>Just go to:-
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download">https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download</a></p>
<p>And follow the instructions how to get the version you need for
your OS.</p>
<p>There is even a "Live CD" (bootable self contained system)
version!</p>
<p>As well as the ability to run it directly from a "tarball" file
once the contents are extracted.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux">https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux</a><br />
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<p>I do have some Windows specific programs that I need to use, that
do run well under WINE, but sadly the DMR codeplug software from
Motorola will not install, as the installer needs .NET version
whatever, and the Mono equivalent tools are not compatible.</p>
<p>All my other radio programming and configuring needs are happily
done via Chirp running natively under Linux.</p>
<p>As to the serial port issue, it's a "symbolic link" that you
create, that in effect redirects references to (for example) COM1:
to /dev/ttyUSB0 Job done. As you say, instructions are
available how to do that from many sources.</p>
<p>I would also dispute the assumption re the probably low
importance of the handshake lines. Many radio's use them to enter
programming mode, enable some esoteric mode, and/or exit from such
modes.</p>
<p>It is best to use the version of Chirp, that is natively
configured for your OS, rather than try to bludgeon it into
working via an abstraction layer, that can itself impose "other
feature" you may not want..</p>
<p>73.</p>
<p>Dave G0WBX.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/01/18 20:00,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> wrote:<br />
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<pre wrap="">From: Tom Consodine ND5Y <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nd5y@yahoo.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><nd5y@yahoo.com></a>
Subject: [chirp_users] USB serial ports and Linux/WINE
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I have no problems using USB serial ports with Windows software running
on Linux/WINE. One of the reasons I switched to Linux was one USB cable
I have would work on Windows 7 but not on Windows 10.
You have to configure the serial port permissions in Linux. There are
instructions for doing that on the Chirp web site.
If you are using WINE 2.8 or later you might have to configure the port
settings in WINE or manually make a "registry" key. There are
instructions for doing that on their web site at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.winehq.org/index.php?title=Wine_User%27s_Guide&oldid=2519#Serial_and_Parallel_Ports" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.winehq.org/index.php?title=Wine_User%27s_Guide&oldid=2519#Serial_and_Parallel_Ports</a>
Versions before that only require making a link in the wine folder to
the port.
Older versions of WINE before about 1.7 don't support all the RS-232
lines. This probably isn't an issue for radio programming cables that
only use TXD and RXD lines but it is if you need the RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR
lines to work properly.
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