N4BKR
I would like to see the ability to convert the reflector lists for ysf/fcs hostnames to all caps in the hostfile so that they can display properly in the ft70d. I am also curious as to what this will do to make the rooms easier to save if possible.
Tia, N4BKR
HA2NON
Can you please post a photo of a hostname which you think is not displayed properly?
N4BKR
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. The FT-70d will only display caps in wiresX mode when connected to a room. The pi-star host does this by selection, which allows rooms to be saved in the memory slots of the ft-70d when in wiresX mode. But the rooms display like A -RC for America-RC in wiresX mode. AMERICA-RC displays properly when saved from the pi-star. I really don't have a way to take picture of it with anything other than my cellphone camera, and I don't think it would come out too well.
HA2NON
A cellphone photo would be fine. Do you mean the server names on the categories screen? FT1, FT2 and FTM400 are saving room names properly to the categories screen (we don't have an FT70).
N4BKR
Ok, I attached a file. I also switched over to the saved rooms I have, which are fcs rooms. I can save a room under wiresX in a memory slot, but as soon as I disconnect, then reconnect to wiresX, it will be gone.
In pi-star, they have a switch that converts room names to ALL CAPS. Those rooms will save in the ft-70d.
FT=-70s are great radios. Maybe in the future you can grab one for yourselves.
HA2NON
We don't see your photo. If you can't post to the forum then please send your photo to
info@sharkrf.com
and refer to this forum thread.
N4BKR
OK, this time the video should have uploaded. Sorry about that.
vid ft70d (2).zip
HA2NON
Thank you. Interesting limitation of the radio. Which connector and server did you use while recording the video?
N4BKR
Was using c4fm to ysf. Was linked to America-RC. the FCS rooms are saved in the bank.
HA2NON
Do you mean FCS002 room 85 (America-Ragchew-(Wires-X))?
Can I send you a beta firmware to test in email tomorrow?
N4BKR
YSF room 64230. And yes, I'll be happy to test.
N4BKR
Ok, loaded test v 39. The upper case conversion works, but there is another issue. I think with the leading YSF tag on the room names, that the room name is too long to be saved in the radio. In room 43953, the room is displayed as YSF US EAST PIP. The actual name is US EAST PIPELINE. Looks like the room names thaty can be saved can be no longer than 15 chars. I also don't think it is able to interpret the space char (the gap between YSF & US).
Perhaps replacing the space with a (-) dash character will allow the room to be saved. I don't know at this point. It does display correctly in the radio on the menu, and will still be displayed properly when disconnecting and reconnecting to the wiresX. It just doesn't save to memory.
HA2NON
15 chars is the upper limit for server names set by the C4FM/Fusion protocol. We've just tested saving 43953 YSF US EAST PIP to a category and it works all on our Fusion radios. I'll send you a firmware which replaces space characters to dashes.