Feature #380: FT8800 bank support - CHIRP

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Feature #380

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FT8800 bank support

Added by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago. Updated almost 12 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Dan Smith

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Target version:

0.3.0

Start date:

12/29/2012

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% Done:

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Chirp Version:

0.2.3

Model affected:

FT-8800

I read the instructions above:

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It would be nice to have the ability to specify a channel's bank.

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CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_BASELINE.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_BASELINE.img	BASELINE	Darryl Quinn, 12/29/2012 10:37 AM
CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_1.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_1.img	LEFT CHANNEL 1 to BANK 1	Darryl Quinn, 12/29/2012 10:37 AM
CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_2.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_2.img	LEFT CHANNEL 2 to BANK 1	Darryl Quinn, 12/29/2012 10:37 AM
CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_3.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_3.img	RIGHT CHANNEL 1 to BANK 2	Darryl Quinn, 12/29/2012 10:37 AM
CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_4.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_4.img		Darryl Quinn, 12/29/2012 11:02 AM
CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_01082013.img (21.7 KB) CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_01082013.img		Darryl Quinn, 01/08/2013 09:39 AM

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

I can provide before/after img files if necessary

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Status changed from New to Feedback

Okay, if you want to try that, we might be able to do it remotely. The general procedure is:

Download a base image
Make one modification on the radio
Download another image
Make another modification on the radio
Download another image

Each modification needs to be absolutely as small as possible. If you can avoid even changing the position of the dial from one image to the other, that helps a lot.

If you could start with a base image of several memories, and none of them in banks, that would be best. Add one memory to the first bank, then another to the same bank, then add one to the next bank, etc. Document what you changed between each image as carefully as possible. I assume the 8800's bank model will be similar to the other radios (i.e. the 7800) and thus it will mostly be a matter of us noting where the bank array is.

Thanks!

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_BASELINE.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_BASELINE.img added
File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_1.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_1.img added
File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_2.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_2.img added
File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_3.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_3.img added

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

Baseline has 4 channels in left bank and 1 channel in right bank, no bank selected.
TEST 1 assigned LEFT CHANNEL 1 to bank 1
TEST 2 assigned LEFT CHANNEL 2 to bank 1
TEST 3 assigned RIGHT CHANNEL 1 to bank 2

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Assignee set to Dan Smith
Target version set to 0.3.0

Okay, we might need a couple of other steps in there to put a left channel into a different bank. You can start with TEST_3 and do that and we can suss out the change.

Also, do you know if the hyper-memories store independent bank memberships? I can't remember and was thinking there was something weird about those...

I'm about to head out for a few days, but will look at these when I get back. An initial look at what you've got here seems sane.

Thanks!

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Model affected changed from (All models) to FT-8800

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_4.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_4.img added

FYI, I dumped my TEST 3 into FTB8800 and it shows my LEFT CH1 on bank 1, LEFT CH2 on banks 1 and 2, and RIGHT CH1 on bank 1.
I can redo these tests if you wish. In the attached TEST 4, I also added LEFT CH1 to bank 10. (FTB8800 verified that LEFT CH 1 is in BANKS 1 AND 10).

Sorry for the confusion.

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

Also, channel bank selection is not hyper memory specific. the scan/skip setting is hyper memory specific.

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks, Darryl - K5DLQ

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

Thanks for the reminder, sorry I forgot to do this when I got back.

I've pushed r1797 for tomorrow's build. Please test it tomorrow and report back.

Thanks!

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Updated by Darryl Quinn almost 12 years ago

File CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_01082013.img CHIRP_FT8800_TEST_01082013.img added

My comments:
The BANK tab is very slow to load (45-60 secs)
There are only 10 banks available on the 8800, but, the BANK tab shows 20. (is it 10 for left and 10 for right)
Bank names on the tab are zero-indexed (BANK-0), but, in the radio they start with BANK-1.

Channel 77 should be in BANK1 and BANK3 on both sides of the radio. (confirmed with FTB8800)
However, Chirp shows them in BANK-0, BANK-1, BANK-5, BANK-6

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Okay, I think I fixed the correctness issue in r1810. The key was the bank number difference between the FT7800 and FT8800. Please re-test tomorrow.

I agree the performance is pretty bad loading your image. It has to do with the NxN nature of the Yaesu bank system and how CHIRP models that. I'll see what I can do about the performance, but I want to at least make sure the correctness thing gets resolved.

Thanks for your help and patience!

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Updated by Dan Smith almost 12 years ago

Okay, I think I've got the performance thing licked as well. After changing from 20 to 10 banks for the FT8800, it took 23 seconds to load the bank list from your image on my machine. With my changes in r1812, it's just under 0.45 seconds.

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