This is very interesting. I didn't know Boafengs had any unique ID associated with a unit.
Is it perhaps a firmware rev that is used, or is it really an unique ID? I am programming some ICOM HTs for a friend and leaned that they transmit their unique ID with every trx. This "feature" may have been fatal to certain Lebanese recently. On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 12:25 PM Jim Unroe via Users <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM Ceferino Lamb via Users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I got a few new GT3-TP spares, and programmed them with CHIRP as > > usual. Something's changed in the startup display at boot. I use two > > parameters under "Setting/Other Settings" to display my CHIRP version > > level and my call sign on boot: > > > > Power-On Message 1 used to display on the 1st line > > Power-On Message 2 used to display on the 2nd line > > (both briefly on boot) > > > > Now, neither works. "GT-3" displays on the 1st line > > "MARK III" displays on the 2nd line > > CHIRP will skip these fields during the upload if it is detected that > the "aux" memory area in the uploaded image was from a different > radio. In other words, the power message will not be updated if the > uploaded image is not from the radio being programmed. What you must > do is download from the radio that you want to edit the power-on > message, edit the power-on message in this newly create tab and > finally upload this tab back to the same radio that it came from. > > If you have followed the process above and the power-on message does > not update, then the radio itself no longer supports the editing of > these fields. If this is the case, there is nothing that CHIRP can do > (CHIRP can't make a radio do something that it doesn't support). > > > > > And the 6+Power-On Message settings seem to also be ignored. They are > > also greyed out in CHIRP, cannot be changed. > > The ability to edit these fields have been remove from CHIRP for a > long time in order to preserve the date that is contains (since it is > very useful for troubleshooting) > > > > > Anybody BTDT? Got a remedy? > > I already jailbroke the new units with a hard factory reset. > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ -- //CRL Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
