<div dir="ltr">I'm going to post this request on the developer's list instead, as that's probably the better place for it...<div><br></div><div>Steve</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 12:46 PM Stephen Hersey <<a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've used Chirp for my HTs now for many years (thanks, developers!), and recently bought a Yaesu FTM6000 dual-band mobile. Its primary deficiency from my point of view is that it isn't supported by Chirp, for which reason I bought a third-party programming program and serial cable made by RT Systems. <div><br></div><div>I'm not a fan of their business model of "Spend another $60 for a different (but actually near-identical) programming utility for every one of your different radios," so I view this as a one-time thing, and a way to give back by achieving Chirp support for this model.</div><div><br></div><div>I would be delighted to use this equipment and my embedded hardware/software development skills to bring about Chirp support for this radio, but I would need some help from someone familiar with Chirp internals. In particular, my Python skills are rudimentary; I can write Python, but it's not my best language. Implementing this support on my own seems rather daunting.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's what I can do well:<br></div><div><ul><li>Run test cases for reading/writing configurations from and to the radio with the third-party software</li><li>Intercept the serial data streams at either the USB driver level or the RS-232 serial link level (it's my understanding that this radio does indeed use RS-232 levels and async serial communications). Wireshark and logic analyzers are my friends!</li><li>Analyze the serial data streams for this radio and compare them to samples of known Yaesu programming protocols for other models (I believe they tend to re-use the same protocol for many models)</li><li>Compile and run test builds of a modified Chirp build from a Git repo and test them</li></ul></div><div>Here's what I would need help with:<br><div><ul><li>Someone familiar with Python, the Chirp drivers, and ideally Yaesu's programming protocols, to work on the Python code to adapt an existing Chirp driver for the FTM6000. </li></ul></div><div>Is there someone on the list who would be interested in working with me on adding support for this radio to Chirp?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Steve Hersey<br clear="all"><div><br></div><span>-- </span><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Hersey N1XNX <br><a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a><br>-----<br></div>"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Clarke's Third Law<br></div>"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Benford's Corollary</div><div dir="ltr">"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- Charles Stross, <i>Dead Lies Dreaming</i><br>“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” -- Terry Pratchett<span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Hersey N1XNX <br><a href="mailto:n1xnxham@gmail.com" target="_blank">n1xnxham@gmail.com</a><br>-----<br></div>"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Clarke's Third Law<br></div>"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Benford's Corollary</div><div dir="ltr">"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- Charles Stross, <i>Dead Lies Dreaming</i><br>“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” -- Terry Pratchett<span></span><br></div></div></div></div>