Comments on: Update your FT-817, FT-857, or FT-897 with the new 60 meter channel http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel If they're not right...they're wrong Wed, 16 May 2012 18:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: willie http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7379 willie Sun, 13 May 2012 19:51:54 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7379 update: dan, indeed the populated 2.7 directory is in the R10 package! my workaround (in the absence of a proper removal incantation) was to use Pacifist app to extract the 2.7 directory from the R10 package (/opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7) and copy into the proper place using mv ... so now the latest chirp-0.2.2.app runs! thanks for all your work on this project - it is defintely appreciated! 73, bill, kg4zqz update:

dan, indeed the populated 2.7 directory is in the R10 package! my workaround (in the absence of a proper removal incantation) was to use Pacifist app to extract the 2.7 directory from the R10 package (/opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7) and copy into the proper place using mv … so now the latest chirp-0.2.2.app runs!

thanks for all your work on this project – it is defintely appreciated!

73,
bill, kg4zqz

]]> By: willie http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7378 willie Sun, 13 May 2012 19:12:57 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7378 i tried using the directions at: http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/153 and using: sudo rm -Rf /opt/kk7ds to completely remove /opt/kk7ds, and subsequently installing R10 using the file at: http://www.d-rats.com/download/OSX_Runtime/KK7DS_Python_Runtime_R10.pkg this results in empty directories under: /opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks the requisite directories/files are simply not there at all... mystifying! i'd be interested in the requisite terminal incantation to force a proper package install! :-) 73, bill, kg4zqz i tried using the directions at:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/153

and using:

sudo rm -Rf /opt/kk7ds

to completely remove /opt/kk7ds, and subsequently installing R10 using the file at:

http://www.d-rats.com/download/OSX_Runtime/KK7DS_Python_Runtime_R10.pkg

this results in empty directories under:

/opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks

the requisite directories/files are simply not there at all… mystifying!

i’d be interested in the requisite terminal incantation to force a proper package install!

Smilie: :-)

73,
bill, kg4zqz

]]> By: Dan http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7377 Dan Sun, 13 May 2012 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7377 This has been discussed at length in other places. The problem is with Apple's package installer. The bits are not missing from the package, apple's installer is just not properly overwriting the old version of the package. Remove the old one from your system and the new one will install without any problem This has been discussed at length in other places. The problem is with Apple’s package installer. The bits are not missing from the package, apple’s installer is just not properly overwriting the old version of the package. Remove the old one from your system and the new one will install without any problem

]]> By: willie http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7376 willie Sun, 13 May 2012 17:44:23 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7376 alas, chirp is broken on Apple OS X (my sys, 10.5.8) as of 02-14-2012, the last daily build that will run with the R6 Python kk7ds distribution... the R10 Python runtime appears to be missing an entire directory of files, and the executable shell script references the directory (2.7 under .../Versions) that is missing! i like chirp a lot and am grateful for the features i can use up to 2/14/12 - i hope that this problem is remedied soon - kudos to the programmers working on this project! 73, billy ball, kg4zqz alas, chirp is broken on Apple OS X (my sys, 10.5.Smilie: 8) as of 02-14-2012, the last daily build that will run with the R6 Python kk7ds distribution…

the R10 Python runtime appears to be missing an entire directory of files, and the executable shell script references the directory (2.7 under …/Versions) that is missing!

i like chirp a lot and am grateful for the features i can use up to 2/14/12 – i hope that this problem is remedied soon – kudos to the programmers working on this project!

73,
billy ball, kg4zqz

]]> By: Dan http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7372 Dan Sun, 13 May 2012 14:23:08 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7372 Please read the documentation on the website. CHIRP can talk to any COM port you want. Please read the documentation on the website. CHIRP can talk to any COM port you want.

]]> By: Steve http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7356 Steve Sun, 13 May 2012 10:36:25 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7356 Was able to change 60m Channel 3 to the new frequency yesterday. Used Windows Vista and the CT-62 USB cable with the Prolific chipset. The only two problem I had was that I had to disconnect all other USB devices and force the CT-62 cable to use COM3 because CHIRP would not list COM16, which Vista initially assigned it. The other problem was a cockpit error, I selected FT-817 instead of FT-817ND and that caused a checksum error. Other than that, follow the above precedure and it will work for you too! I checked it out using another HF rig with the new CH3 and is was right on frequency. Thanks for the program and procedure. 73, Steve Was able to change 60m Channel 3 to the new frequency yesterday. Used Windows Vista and the CT-62 USB cable with the Prolific chipset. The only two problem I had was that I had to disconnect all other USB devices and force the CT-62 cable to use COM3 because CHIRP would not list COM16, which Vista initially assigned it. The other problem was a cockpit error, I selected FT-817 instead of FT-817ND and that caused a checksum error. Other than that, follow the above precedure and it will work for you too! I checked it out using another HF rig with the new CH3 and is was right on frequency. Thanks for the program and procedure.

73,
Steve

]]> By: Dan http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7144 Dan Wed, 09 May 2012 15:28:24 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7144 The non-ND 817 doesn't have the special locked-down 60m channels, so there is nothing to "fix". However, if you have (hard or soft) modded your 817, then CHIRP will let you add the 60m frequencies to regular memory channels. The non-ND 817 doesn’t have the special locked-down 60m channels, so there is nothing to “fix”. However, if you have (hard or soft) modded your 817, then CHIRP will let you add the 60m frequencies to regular memory channels.

]]> By: Joe http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-7142 Joe Wed, 09 May 2012 15:23:32 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-7142 Will this work for the older (pre-ND) 817 models> Will this work for the older (pre-ND) 817 models>

]]> By: Kurt http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-6920 Kurt Sat, 05 May 2012 16:59:41 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-6920 Just changed out the M-603 on my FT-897D using the 20120428 daily build on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine. Using the directions above it worked as advertised. This was my first exposure to CHIRP, and I am very impressed. A ham friend and I were talking a couple weeks ago and we both commented it would be a great idea to develop radio programming software that was radio & OS agnostic. CHIRP fits the bill perfectly. Thanks for a great piece of software! Just changed out the M-603 on my FT-897D using the 20120428 daily build on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine. Using the directions above it worked as advertised. This was my first exposure to CHIRP, and I am very impressed. A ham friend and I were talking a couple weeks ago and we both commented it would be a great idea to develop radio programming software that was radio & OS agnostic. CHIRP fits the bill perfectly. Thanks for a great piece of software!

]]> By: Dave Koller http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2012/02/08/update-your-ft-817nd-with-the-new-60-meter-channel/#comment-5815 Dave Koller Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:52:21 +0000 http://www.danplanet.com/blog/?p=200#comment-5815 Just a followup on the blog... Thank you all. CHIRP loaded all the marine frequencies in one swoop... FT-857D now takes up to 164 MHz.. You guys are awesome -- and on the ball!! Just a followup on the blog… Thank you all. CHIRP loaded all the marine frequencies in one swoop… FT-857D now takes up to 164 MHz.. You guys are awesome — and on the ball!!

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