"Shouldn't" but apparently might. 

Josef
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> On May 24, 2019, at 5:27 PM, John Kemker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We're not talking about writing a new image of the firmware.  We're talking 
> about sending parameters to fit into a memory slot.  The memory slot 
> shouldn't leak over into another slot, the firmware shouldn't accept just any 
> kruft that's sent to it, and it should ALWAYS allow a reset to factory 
> defaults by the front panel.  Anything else is just poor programming practice.
> 
> As far as good vs. fast vs. cheap, Yaesu is not the cheapest out there.  I 
> find it hard to believe that they don't have as good a software standard as 
> less-expensive brands.
> 
> Dan, I understand your 3 requirements.  I'm assuming that CHIRP is performing 
> at least some basic checks to make sure that the radio is the one that 
> they're expecting.  That leaves 1 and 3, or a combination of both.
> 
>> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:19 PM Dan Clemmensen <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> I don't understand your question. The guy who writes the upload software 
>> that resides in the radio "determines" (i.e., controls) what it is possible 
>> to write. The design and implementation team that designs and implents the 
>> radio hardware and software "determine" what they think you are "supposed 
>> to" write. They will have some level of trust (ranging from totally paranoid 
>> to totally accepting) of the uploader software and the data being sent from 
>> the computer. Clearly, If the radio performs no checking and the softwrae 
>> performs no checking, then the uploading computer software can send data 
>> that the radio's software can use to brick the radio.
>> 
>> This would require:
>>    1)clueless software in the radio
>>    2)no checking by the computer software that it's the correct radio type 
>> for the software
>>    3)no checking by the computer operator that the software matches the 
>> radio.
>> 
>> When you say "I've seen bricks", can you provide examples? What exactly 
>> happened? if it's was a Radio-computer mismatch, then was taht a way thta 
>> the computrer could have identified the mismatch in advance? If there is no 
>> way to identify a mismatch, then you must either avoid using that software 
>> or you must accept responsibility as the operator to avoid the mismatch.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:00 PM Chance Fulton <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Who determines what you are supposed to write to and what you’re not? I’ve 
>>> seen bricks when you write the wrong image on image based radios.
>>> 73
>>> AD8CJ
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 4:13 PM John Kemker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Just got off the phone with Yaesu tech support.  I wanted to know if it 
>>>> was a Yaesu policy to tell people not to use CHIRP.
>>>> 
>>>> They say they've seen bricked radios caused by CHIRP.  Said it's because 
>>>> CHIRP wrote to areas they're not supposed to write to.  Said that RT 
>>>> Systems "works with Yaesu" and that's why they support RT Systems.  Who 
>>>> would write the internal software for a radio where the programming 
>>>> software could brick it?
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 3:33 PM Ben Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I love chirp but there are some know bugs with yeasu radios. Doesn't mean 
>>>>> you shouldn't use it though.
>>>>> https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/1735
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2019, 12:25 John Kemker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Just got off the phone with a national amateur radio vendor, asking if 
>>>>>> they had the cable for my FTM3200DR for sale.  I was told they have the 
>>>>>> cable with the RT-Systems ADMS software, but not the cable by itself.  I 
>>>>>> told the salesperson that I didn't need the software, that I had used 
>>>>>> CHIRP for years and he proceeded to tell me "You know, you're not 
>>>>>> supposed to use CHIRP with Yaesu radios...."  I cut him off before he 
>>>>>> got finished with his statement and told him that it was an old wives' 
>>>>>> tale and not true.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That's the second time I've heard the same propaganda from that 
>>>>>> particular vendor's sales team.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 73 de W5NNH
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:54 AM Peter J. McClosky 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> While I have only programed 1 Yeasu (successful), I have programed over 
>>>>>>> 150 Baofengs and Wouxuns, all but 2 successfully on the first try. (I 
>>>>>>> am the unofficial "programer” for my club). 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I made a simi-brick out of 2 Baofengs.  It look a while, but I was 
>>>>>>> successful in restoring both of these to full use.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I find that lack of understanding how to use Chirp leads to problems in 
>>>>>>> using it. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> (Also, and contrary to most rumors, I have never found a programming 
>>>>>>> cable that did not work.)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Peter, N7IY
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> P.S, Before anyone says anything, the way I program Baofengs, they will 
>>>>>>> not transmit outside of the amateur radio bands.
>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>> Peter J. McClosky, N7IY
>>>>>>> Eugene, Oregon
>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~pmcclosky/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On May 22, 2019, at 4:07 AM, John Kemker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yeasu
>>>>>>> 
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