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Quanscheng UV-K5 radio CHIRP driver for F4HWN firmware
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Setting a scan list in Chirp with a single keypress #21

Closed KDMcMullan closed 1 month ago

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

It would be very convenient to be able to press a single key in Chirp to assign a particular channel to a scanlist. This allows rapid configuration of many scanlists from the keyboard, without clicking each (line item, and selecting the scanlist from the dropdown menu.

All that is required is that line 529 of the driver be modified as:

SCANLIST_LIST = ["None ", "1 List [1]", "2 List [2]", "4 List [1, 2]", "3 List [3]", "5 List [1, 3]", "6 List [2, 3]", "All List [1, 2, 3]"]

This way, we can go through a list (potentially of 200 channels) without even looking at the mouse or the dropdown lists, and very easily assign each a scanlist number by repetitive keyboard strokes.

I humbly apologise if this is considered a duplicate, but its such an extremely obvious, completely free augmentation that I must have been misunderstood the first time I proposed it. I added this line to my ow version and was able to configure all myscan lists with the new system in a few minutes without giving myself RSI from 800 mouse clicks.

armel commented 1 month ago

Hi,

I'll let Jocelyn answer that. But you know, it is possible to select several lines from Chirp. It's very fast.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b9bf04ca-33ec-4822-966d-c381f224dd12

Armel F4HWN

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

That's a workable option, too. Thanks.

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

I've changed my mind. It's a nightmare. It only works with contiguous lists of channels. If there's a gap, it just refuses to play. I found this out when I realised that the new version has messed up all my saved power settings.

armel commented 1 month ago

So I'll close this issue.

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

Ah, no. I was saying that the selection of a list of channels and setting them all at once is a nightmare. It doesn't work if there's a gap in the list. I've implemented my fix in my local copy.

armel commented 1 month ago

So remove the gap.

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

I mean, if I want ch 1-10 to be slist 1 and ch 11 and 12 to be slist 2 and ch13-15 to be slist 1 and and ch16-20 to be slist 2, I cannot select ch1-10 and 13-15 all in one go to perform that one single operation. To remove the "gaps" I'd need to group together all the slist 1 channels, then all teh slist 2 channels, etc...

I'm really sorry. Mine is such a painfully obvious time-saver. I'm clearly not explaining it well.

armel commented 1 month ago

@joc2 will get back to you (or not). My opinion is that you're making a big deal out of nothing. Seriously, this driver works like a charm even if I do most of the work directly from the transceiver.
According to me, @joc2 has done a great job and that's good enough.

Regards,

Armel F4HWN.

KDMcMullan commented 1 month ago

They have. It does.