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Feature #11919

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Modify TIDRADIO TD-H8 and TD-H3 Driver for Constancy and New Settings

Added by Fred Trimble 9 days ago. Updated 7 days ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
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Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
04/01/2025
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Chirp Version:
next
Model affected:
TIDRADIO TD-H8 and TD-H3
I read the instructions above:
Yes

Description

This version of the TIDRADIO TD-H3 and TD-H8 CHIRP-Next driver attempts to correct the following issues with the existing driver:

  1. Convert all OFF/ON list settings to Boolean checkbox settings for consistency across the driver.
  2. Change capitalization for "Off" settings choices to "OFF" to be consistent with settings on the radio menus.
  3. Add setting for "Breath LED" on TD-H3 and TD-H8.
  4. Add missing Power Save option "1:8" on TD-H8.

These changes are a precursor to adding the TIDRADIO TD-H3 Plus to the existing driver as soon as I receive the new radio from China and can start working on it.

I'd like as many testers as possible before submitting a Pull Request to get these changes committed to the CHIRP master repository.

Please use the LoadingTestModules process to test out the modified driver and report any findings here.

Thx, Fred

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tdh8.py (88.2 KB) tdh8.py 00 modified TD-H3 and TD-H8 driver for testing Fred Trimble, 04/01/2025 05:01 PM
tdh8.py (88.2 KB) tdh8.py 01 Modified TD-H3 and TD-H8 driver for testing Fred Trimble, 04/01/2025 05:55 PM
tdh8.py (88.4 KB) tdh8.py 02 Modified TD-H3 and TD-H8 driver for testing Fred Trimble, 04/03/2025 02:28 PM
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 #1

Updated by Dan Smith 9 days ago

Fred, my preference is to always capitalize things like "Off" instead of "OFF". I would only use all caps for something that is an acronym, like "PTT" or "ANI". You don't have to implement my preference, but just FYI :)

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Updated by Fred Trimble 9 days ago

Dan Smith wrote in #note-1:

Fred, my preference is to always capitalize things like "Off" instead of "OFF". I would only use all caps for something that is an acronym, like "PTT" or "ANI". You don't have to implement my preference, but just FYI :)

It can be done either way. I'd rather have it done the CHIRP way . Very easy to change to title-style capitalization, OFF/ON -> Off/On

Attached is a modified module to use for testing...

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Updated by Dan Smith 9 days ago

Cool. FYI you probably won't get a lot of bites by just posting here, so if you really want feedback you might want to email the users mailing list (or maybe post elsewhere like on social media) with a link to this bug (and the instructions to load the module at LoadingTestModules). Definitely good to start a bug/feature like this and attach so people can load directly from the issue - just needs more press coverage to get attention :)

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Updated by Fred Trimble 7 days ago

This version of the TD-H8/TD-H3 driver address some additional issues I can across:

  1. Adds DTMF Side Tone setting for the TD-H8.
  2. Fixes long standing (probably original to this driver) bug where DTMF Decode setting was not being saved to the radio for the TD-H3.

Thx, Fred

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