A wish and a bug
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:57 pm
Hi!
I would like to kindly ask for a small change in the channel window handling. I already asked some time ago, but I can't find my original post now.
OpenGD-77 firmware allows to perfectly create and use "Dual-mode channels", where the channel mode can be quickly switched by Blue+Star. It's a really perfect feature, for multi-mode repeaters as well as for direct operation.
The default channel mode is stored in the codeplug, and it can be modified even by the radio's UI.
The current CPS disallows the user to edit data for the mode, which is not selected as the default one. So, to change, for example, a timeslot for a channel, which is analog by default, you have to change the mode to digital, change the timeslot and then change the mode back to analog. I believe that it would be much better to allow editing of all the channel data independently on the channel mode setting. I think it's a legacy feature from the original CPS, where the channels were not designed for this easy dual-mode operation.
And, whats even worse, there is a bug! When the channel mode is set to analog, CPS forgets the RxGroup and TG settings! You can set them in the radio, they are successfully kept in its codeplug and perfectly usable in the dual-mode operation, but they are even not read from the codeplug (or possibly they are, but they are immediately forgotten) by the CPS, if the channel mode is currently set to analog This really substantially degrades this otherwise absolutely perfect OpenGD-77 feature!
This applies to the R2021.06.10.01 release.
With regards / 73,
Pavel OK1PT
I would like to kindly ask for a small change in the channel window handling. I already asked some time ago, but I can't find my original post now.
OpenGD-77 firmware allows to perfectly create and use "Dual-mode channels", where the channel mode can be quickly switched by Blue+Star. It's a really perfect feature, for multi-mode repeaters as well as for direct operation.
The default channel mode is stored in the codeplug, and it can be modified even by the radio's UI.
The current CPS disallows the user to edit data for the mode, which is not selected as the default one. So, to change, for example, a timeslot for a channel, which is analog by default, you have to change the mode to digital, change the timeslot and then change the mode back to analog. I believe that it would be much better to allow editing of all the channel data independently on the channel mode setting. I think it's a legacy feature from the original CPS, where the channels were not designed for this easy dual-mode operation.
And, whats even worse, there is a bug! When the channel mode is set to analog, CPS forgets the RxGroup and TG settings! You can set them in the radio, they are successfully kept in its codeplug and perfectly usable in the dual-mode operation, but they are even not read from the codeplug (or possibly they are, but they are immediately forgotten) by the CPS, if the channel mode is currently set to analog This really substantially degrades this otherwise absolutely perfect OpenGD-77 feature!
This applies to the R2021.06.10.01 release.
With regards / 73,
Pavel OK1PT