OpenGD77 Tier 2 now partially working
Just a quick update on the OpenGD77 Tier 2 functionality. I’ve been working on the Tier 2 functionality for the last 2 weeks, and I now have Tier2 “Passive” functionality working, but it still has a...
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I am moving my site hosting from HostGator to Ventraip in the next few days. So the site may be offline for some time while I transfer everything across and set it up at the new host. My blog is...
View ArticleOpenGD77 Tier2 – Alpha version
The OpenGD77 Tier 2 (Alpha version) firmware seems to now be stable enough that I can make it publicly available for other early adopters to test. I’d like to thank all of the testers including Clayton...
View ArticleGD-77 Official firmware v3.2.4 seems to have major problems
I’ve been hearing reports for a few weeks about problems with the ham bands being locked in the latest official Radioddity GD-77 firmware, but I assumed these were isolated incidents possibly caused by...
View ArticleSite moved to new hosting
The site has just been moved to new hosting and it seems to be taking a while for the SSL certificate to become updated. Hopefully this problem should resolve itself in the next 24 hours. Mark 2W0YMS...
View ArticleOpenGD77 update
Work is continuing slowly with the OpenGD77 Whilst working on the Tier2 version, I noticed that the Last Heard screen was completely crashing the radio, and on further investigation I found a bug which...
View ArticleGD-77 Community CPS and FlashManager updated
With more people starting to use the OpenGD77 firmware, I’ve realised that the operation of the CPS with the OpenGD77 firmware was not as obvious as I initially thought, hence I’ve made a small change...
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OpenGD77 Tier2 Alpha 2 now being tested
I think I am now close to having a stable version of the OpenGD77 Tier 2 Alpha 2 that I can release publicly. Over the last few weeks, the Alpha 2 has had a number of bugs which only seem to affect...
View ArticleGD-77 Community CPS false positive virus warnings
It looks like no matter what I do with the Community CPS installer, it now gets falsely reported as containing a virus. So I thought I may as well reinstate the OpenGD77 comm port driver as part of the...
View ArticleOpenGD77 Tier 2 Alpha 2 is available for download
The latest version of the OpenGD77 firmware can now be downloaded from this link https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/OpenGD77/raw/Tier2/firmware_binaries/daily_builds/OpenGD77_Tier2_Alpha_2.sgl...
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OpenGD77 User Guide updated
I’ve now updated the OpenGD77 User Guide to include the new features in the Tier 2 Alpha 2 release. A PDF of the guide can be downloaded from here...
View ArticleOpenGD77 Github changes
Because Kai is no longer actively participating in the OpenGD77 project, having my Github repository as “fork” (child) of Kai’s Github repository is proving to be impractical, and I am planning on...
View ArticleOpenGD77 GitHub bug tracking – enabled
In my post on Friday, I indicated that I thought I’d need to “unfork” my OpenGD77 Github repository in order for it to have its own “issues” system for bug tracking. However this is not correct. I...
View ArticleGD77 Community CPS – Updated
I’ve made some changes to improve support for the OpenGD77 firmware in the GD77 Community CPS, including the ability to backup and restore just the calibration data and also a new installer I’ve been...
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OpenGD77 Inverse colour display
Someone commented in a previous post about the possibility of having an inverted colour display so I have now enabled this in the OpenGD77 display options. The UC1701 display controller IC used in the...
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OpenGD77 Update Sunday 3rd November
I am continuing to update the OpenGD77 and a have made structural changes to both the firmware source code as well as moving moving the Tier 2 development files into the “master” branch of my GitHub...
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GD77 Calibration editor
As part of my continuing work to integrate the OpenGD77 into the Community CPS, I’ve now enhanced the Calibration viewer in the CPS to be a Calibration editor The editor can now read and write to both...
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OpenGD77 DMR mic gain
By popular demand, I’ve now added a DMR mic gain control into the OpenGD77 firmware The gain control only works for DMR as the signal path is different for DMR and FM. In FM the mic is connected...
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OpenGD77 CPS Timeslot assigned to Digital Contacts
With the OpenGD77 firmware Talkgroups are assigned to Channels, and the VFO, using a Rx Group list, however on DMR MARC and DMR+ networks, different TalkGroups operate on different Timeslots....
View ArticleOpenGD77 FM DTMF
Thanks to Alex DL4LEX, FM DTMF for the OpenGD77 is now functional —————————– Update 8th November —————————– VK3YNV has been some tests of the DTMF and it looks like the tones are currently...
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