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On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 09:29 AM, Rob Johnson KK6JNI wrote:

I previously used Chirp successfully to download from and upload to my Quansheng UV–K5 back in May.

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Now (23-June, 20240618, Python 3.10.8, wxPython 4.2.0 msw (phoenix), wxWidgets 3.2.0), I’m getting an error that says “Firmware version is not supported by this driver”.

The driver now instead of having several flavors of UV-K5 models selections (standard, egzumer, etc), auto detects the firmware type during the download, stores it in the meta data and uses that to correctly upload back to the correct radio.

I suspect your 'image' does not contain the needed meta data. You probably have to download from the radio using the latest CHIRP, load the 'old' image into a second tab, and finally transfer the memories from the 'old' tab to the 'new' tab to build an 'image' that is compatible with the latest CHIRP builds.

I haven't had mine powered on in awhile. It uploads and downloads fine with the latest build. It has egzumer v0.21 firmware. I see that a few lines of the display have ceased to function. I guess I shouldn't complain for a $15 radio. Guess I'll have to dig out another one. I am a sucker for buying sub-$20 multi-band handheld radios.

I have upgraded Chirp two or three times since it worked well with this radio.

I have the older Chirp installers saved. Is it safe to re-install an older version of Chirp on top of the newer one that isn’t working with this radio?

Yes. The CHIRP website also maintains a few months of previous versions if you need to roll back for some reason.

Thanks,

Rob
KK6JNI

Jim KC9HI

The Quansheng UV-R5 Plus (K5), the new 8W version and USB to charge, comes with firmware 5.0.3 which does not support Chirp, you have to use the Quansheng software. see attached.