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Re: Codeplug loses info and problems exporting...
Michael,
Can you detail what key functions are disappearing? (Please note that the DCF file format as defined by AnyTone does not encapsulate all functionality of the various models. AnyTone uses this format specifically to support multiple models.) Also, most CSV import issues are caused by external editing tools such as Excel. Contact Manager expects certain fields to be wrapped in quotes in order to allow spaces, commas, and other delimiters within those fields. If the external editor fails to replicate this schema, errors may result when Contact Manager attempts to read the information. It's generally not necessary to use CSV files to move and/or manipulate information in Contact Manager. In particular, commands for transplanting/transforming channel information include Structural Import, Mass Change, and the system clipboard. If you must use CSV, we recommend using a raw text editor such as Notepad or GEdit that won't damage the information.
Finally, I've attached an Excel spreadsheet that details the mapping of Channel fields within CSV files. This map is used by the CSV Services layer within Contact Manager to transcribe information as it is transported within and between codeplugs.
Best,
Tom
On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:00 PM Michael Robinson < kd2sxd@...> wrote: When i edit a codeplug for any anytone radio and open to write to radio my key functions always disappear and i have to reset them up again. Any way to fix this?
Also when exporting channels only and trying to import the channel.csv?file i get an error code which says.. ImportFromFileError---o--C:\Users\Admin\Documents\578 Export List\Channel.CSV
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Any help would be appreciated.
-- Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Codeplug loses info and problems exporting...
When i edit a codeplug for any anytone radio and open to write to radio my key functions always disappear and i have to reset them up again. Any way to fix this?
Also when exporting channels only and trying to import the channel.csv?file i get an error code which says.. ImportFromFileError---o--C:\Users\Admin\Documents\578 Export List\Channel.CSV
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Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Codeplug Channel Generator
Great video Frank. It should help the others out there.? de KD2SXD?
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On Apr 14, 2020, at 06:37, Frank C. D'Amato < kb2mxv@...> wrote: [Edited Message Follows]
Son of a gun, that worked.? Thanks Tom --
Frank C. D¡¯Amato
KB2MXV
DMR ID: 3116586
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Re: Codeplug Channel Generator
Son of a gun, that worked.? Thanks Tom --
Frank C. D¡¯Amato
KB2MXV
DMR ID: 3116586
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Re: Codeplug Channel Generator
Hello Frank,
Great to hear from you - hope you are doing well. (Same for everyone on this list serve, of course). Neat implementation of your idea in Access. You've put a great deal of thought and effort into this. You can accomplish exactly the same thing by using the Mass Change command already built into Contact Manager - with the advantage that you don't have to export and import CSV file data. To build groups of custom channels that inherit from existing channels (and include existing talkgroups), simply proceed as follows: 1. In the Channels tab, highlight all channels that reference the talkgroups you wish to include for the new repeater. (Use CTRL-Click to highlight non-contiguous channels). [Note: You may find it helpful to temporarily sort channels by talkgroup to make it easier to locate the talkgroups you want.] 2. Right-click within the Channels list and select Mass Change. 3. In the Mass Change dialog: a) Check the box indicating that a copy of the channels is to be made. b) Enter the new repeater frequency. c) Set up any desired changes to the new channel names using the prepend, append, and/or replace boxes. d) Make any necessary changes to time slot. (NOTE: This will impact all of the new channels; choose wisely!) e) Click the COMMIT CHANGES button. Your new channels will be automatically created. If you wish to place them into a new zone, simply scroll to the end of the Channels list, highlight the new channels, and right-click to select the Zone Wizard. Thanks for sharing your information...let me know if we're on target. Best, Tom
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 9:48 AM Frank C. D'Amato < kb2mxv@...> wrote: I threw this Microsoft Access Database together to add DMR Channels to my exported CSV channel file for my Anytone radios.
This would be a great idea to add to contact manager.
Have a look
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Frank C. D¡¯Amato
KB2MXV
DMR ID: 3116586
-- Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Codeplug Channel Generator
I threw this Microsoft Access Database together to add DMR Channels to my exported CSV channel file for my Anytone radios. This would be a great idea to add to contact manager. Have a look --
Frank C. D¡¯Amato
KB2MXV
DMR ID: 3116586
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file.
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Ted Lawrence has shared a OneDrive file with you. To view it, click the link below.
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Hi Geep!
I had a similar issue when I upgraded the firmware. ?I had to export the existing code plug with the utility in the CPS for the extended zone channels. ?Then I updated the firmware and the CPS version afterwards. I then followed the sequence reported here:
All seemed to work okay afterwards. ?However, ?I continued to have issues with Contact Manager. ?I ended up using this site for the contacts and all worked fine:
Attached is an updated CS800D contact file I pulled down today.
Hope this was helpful
Ted
KD4EG
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I am not griping, just reporting what happened when I tried to solve a problem with the CS800D CPS.? Which is still not solved.? I looked before I posted, but the old group is gone, and this group has very few posts, so I thought I would just throw it
out there.? I don't do a lot of re-programming and can usually do what I need to do in the CPS, but it has an issue that makes a contact import impossible.?
When Tom checks this group, then I'm sure he will see what I posted, and provide an answer.? I figured out a workaround and posted it.? And I have supported his work in the past.? I appreciate what he has done, but I am surprised that other CS800D users have
not noted this problem, or if they have and there's an approved workaround, it can't be found with the current resources available.
Geep
Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
I am not griping, just reporting what happened when I tried to solve a problem with the CS800D CPS.? Which is still not solved.? I looked before I posted, but the old group is gone, and this group has very few posts, so I thought I would just throw it out there.? I don't do a lot of re-programming and can usually do what I need to do in the CPS, but it has an issue that makes a contact import impossible.?
When Tom checks this group, then I'm sure he will see what I posted, and provide an answer.? I figured out a workaround and posted it.? And I have supported his work in the past.? I appreciate what he has done, but I am surprised that other CS800D users have not noted this problem, or if they have and there's an approved workaround, it can't be found with the current resources available.
Geep
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
The rc3der@jetbroadband that doubles when I reply is an old E-mail that I don't have access to anymore can't remove it,, Chuck if you can remove it please do..?
Lee K4DUR
I'm not bitching, I use it for what It use it for , have said these problems over and over for a year or so I gave up on that outlet,, it saves a lot of time on huge code plugs, but has to be cleaned up extensively in Excel ,, also since I know Geep I thought this E-mail was sent straight to me not the group and would have replied privately?
Lee K4DUR
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 1:30 PM Chuck Kraly K0XM < k0xm@...> wrote: Lee,
Has ANY of this been conveyed to Tom? If not I think it is childish and just plain wrong to join a support group to bitch about a free software program you claim has issues and then not send the info for any possible repairs.
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
I'm not bitching, I use it for what It use it for , have said these problems over and over for a year or so I gave up on that outlet,, it saves a lot of time on huge code plugs, but has to be cleaned up extensively in Excel ,, also since I know Geep I thought this E-mail was sent straight to me not the group and would have replied privately?
Lee K4DUR
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 1:30 PM Chuck Kraly K0XM < k0xm@...> wrote: Lee,
Has ANY of this been conveyed to Tom? If not I think it is childish and just plain wrong to join a support group to bitch about a free software program you claim has issues and then not send the info for any possible repairs.
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
Lee,
Has ANY of this been conveyed to Tom? If not I think it is childish and just plain wrong to join a support group to bitch about a free software program you claim has issues and then not send the info for any possible repairs.
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
I stay away from contact manager and use it just for bulk edit feature,, moving zones around and other small changes,, I have noticed all large changes always have to be cleaned up In Excel an almost always has errors created by contact manager, if you get a chance, send me the code plug I will check it and try loading it on one of my 800Ds and see what it does, I know all the DMR radios hate it when you don't reorder the left number box by pulldown, that one will really tick you off trying to figure out what went wrong,, don't ask me how I figured that out LOL, I also found that sometims contact manager screws up the first channel on your plug and will send it like fragments duplicated all over zones and on manager itself won't let you edit that one when it does it,, make sure your contacts are under 130K or it will over run memory and wipe the voice announcement partition causing you to have to reload, had that happen before because of contact manager, it also corrupted the plug
Lee K4DUR
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 11:07 AM Gordon P. Howell, Jr. < geep@...> wrote: I'm trying to rebuild an latest firmware CS00D code plug.? Somehow, the one in the radio got corrupted, analog working fine, DMR not functional.
I used the saved code plug and exported contacts to an Excel file with the CPS, went in and cleaned it up, saved it.? Tried to import it into a new file with the CPS and? kept getting a server error no matter what I did.? So I decided to try contact manager.? Created a new plug in the CPS with minimal information, saved it, loaded it into Contact Manager.? did a CSV import of the saved Excel file, which I had converted to a CSV file.? The DMR addresses were inported as a straight series of number starting with 1.? Tried removing the header, same results.? Tried moving the DMR ID field to match the order of Contact Manager, and the import failed.
I could use the structural import feature, I guess, but I wanted to trim down the contact file and clean up errors as well as remove contacts that were showing the "F...L...C.." sequence (Lord only knows where THAT is coming from...) not re-import the entire contact file.? The Excel file I am trying to import has that done and all contacts re-numbered so as to be in the correct sequence.
I must be missing something.? Any comments welcome.
Geep
WA4RTS
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Re: Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
I tried re-arranging the Excel file and was able to import contacts correctly. ?The first column, with numbers needs to be removed. ?The DMR ID column need to be moved into the first position. ?Contact Manager then reads in the correct DMR id¡¯s.
I then used the structural import function to grab zones and channels from the old code plug, went back into the CS800D CPS to correct a few things there, and the new plug is working.
Geep WA4RTS
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On Apr 9, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Gordon P. Howell, Jr. < geep@...> wrote:
I'm trying to rebuild an latest firmware CS00D code plug.? Somehow, the one in the radio got corrupted, analog working fine, DMR not functional.
I used the saved code plug and exported contacts to an Excel file with the CPS, went in and cleaned it up, saved it.? Tried to import it into a new file with the CPS and? kept getting a server error no matter what I did.? So I decided to try contact manager.? Created a new plug in the CPS with minimal information, saved it, loaded it into Contact Manager.? did a CSV import of the saved Excel file, which I had converted to a CSV file.? The DMR addresses were inported as a straight series of number starting with 1.? Tried removing the header, same results.? Tried moving the DMR ID field to match the order of Contact Manager, and the import failed.
I could use the structural import feature, I guess, but I wanted to trim down the contact file and clean up errors as well as remove contacts that were showing the "F...L...C.." sequence (Lord only knows where THAT is coming from...) not re-import the entire contact file.? The Excel file I am trying to import has that done and all contacts re-numbered so as to be in the correct sequence.
I must be missing something.? Any comments welcome.
Geep
WA4RTS
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Contact Manager imports incorrect DMR ID's from CSV file
I'm trying to rebuild an latest firmware CS00D code plug.? Somehow, the one in the radio got corrupted, analog working fine, DMR not functional.
I used the saved code plug and exported contacts to an Excel file with the CPS, went in and cleaned it up, saved it.? Tried to import it into a new file with the CPS and? kept getting a server error no matter what I did.? So I decided to try contact manager.? Created a new plug in the CPS with minimal information, saved it, loaded it into Contact Manager.? did a CSV import of the saved Excel file, which I had converted to a CSV file.? The DMR addresses were inported as a straight series of number starting with 1.? Tried removing the header, same results.? Tried moving the DMR ID field to match the order of Contact Manager, and the import failed.
I could use the structural import feature, I guess, but I wanted to trim down the contact file and clean up errors as well as remove contacts that were showing the "F...L...C.." sequence (Lord only knows where THAT is coming from...) not re-import the entire contact file.? The Excel file I am trying to import has that done and all contacts re-numbered so as to be in the correct sequence.
I must be missing something.? Any comments welcome.
Geep
WA4RTS
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Re: Welcome to the Masses Tom,
Glad to see Tom is here --
Frank C. D¡¯Amato
KB2MXV
DMR ID: 3116586
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Re: Not finding all DMR contacts? 62,649
Deleting?that file fixed the problem, worked great. Now let's see if I can put more then 10K records in the MD-UV380 (I have the newest firmware D018.011 VP V01.12)
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Hello Bob,
Try deleting the CM_DBCACHE file which will be a hidden file within the same folder as Contact Manager. This file is automatically refreshed each day. It's possible that you simply got a bad download when the DB was pulled from the web. Deleting this file will force CM to retrieve the database again. (Waiting until the next day has the same effect.) If the problem persists, let us know what's showing the DB status pane when you open the DMR Online Database Searcher. Right now when I open a copy here I see the following: Cached DB content as of 03/02/2020
Database acquisition complete; 155429 total records.
Source: RADIO IDBest,
Tom
I have v2.66C Contact Manager, and use a codeplug for a TYT MD UV-380 radio. It has been working just fine updating my codeplug, but today when I do a full IMPORT of entire database(WW) it only imports 62,649
I noticed it since there were not DMR ID's beginning with 316, they ended with 315, so explains why so many unknowns. I have kept mine under 10,000 added to the codeplug, using Search parameters of
all the states around me in Mid-Atlantic area, but I noticed that I went from about 9700 to 9100 and now 8700 records selected.
What am I doing wrong?
When doing codeplug work, I use
CPS MD-UV380 v1.12 software
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Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Re: Not finding all DMR contacts? 62,649
Hello Bob,
Try deleting the CM_DBCACHE file which will be a hidden file within the same folder as Contact Manager. This file is automatically refreshed each day. It's possible that you simply got a bad download when the DB was pulled from the web. Deleting this file will force CM to retrieve the database again. (Waiting until the next day has the same effect.) If the problem persists, let us know what's showing the DB status pane when you open the DMR Online Database Searcher. Right now when I open a copy here I see the following: Cached DB content as of 03/02/2020
Database acquisition complete; 155429 total records.
Source: RADIO IDBest,
Tom
I have v2.66C Contact Manager, and use a codeplug for a TYT MD UV-380 radio. It has been working just fine updating my codeplug, but today when I do a full IMPORT of entire database(WW) it only imports 62,649
I noticed it since there were not DMR ID's beginning with 316, they ended with 315, so explains why so many unknowns. I have kept mine under 10,000 added to the codeplug, using Search parameters of
all the states around me in Mid-Atlantic area, but I noticed that I went from about 9700 to 9100 and now 8700 records selected.
What am I doing wrong?
When doing codeplug work, I use
CPS MD-UV380 v1.12 software
-- Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Re: Welcome to the Masses Tom,
yes.? thank you.? ?your software makes dmr so much easier for the masses.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 15:58 John LaMartina < johnla@...> wrote: Tom and Chuck,
Thank you for all you do for the DMR community.
John ¡®Miklor¡¯ K3NXU ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom N0GSG
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 12:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N0GSGContactManagerSupport] Welcome to the Masses Tom, ? Thank you for everything you've done for the DMR community over the last five years (yes, half a decade). Contact Manager has only been possible because of the support of the ham radio community, as well as industry partners.
I check this e-mail every two days or so. It may be impractical at times to respond to individual mails, however, as in the past, I always try to address issues and questions as efficiently as possible. Our immediate emphasis will be to grow the support team. There are many skilled individuals that we will be engaging. I'm looking forward to where this takes us next! ? On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM Chuck Kraly K0XM <k0xm@...> wrote: Everyone I just noticed that we have a LOT of people form FB here and now Tom, N0GSG has joined us. Feel free to fire away, and we will grow this groups and hopefully everyone's questions/problems can be resolved.
I will be adding rules to the front page, but MAIN rule- KEEP IT CIVIL!!!
The ban button is not hard to push.
Chuck K0XM?
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Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Re: Welcome to the Masses Tom,
Tom and Chuck,
Thank you for all you do for the DMR community.
John ¡®Miklor¡¯ K3NXU ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom N0GSG
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 12:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [N0GSGContactManagerSupport] Welcome to the Masses Tom, ? Thank you for everything you've done for the DMR community over the last five years (yes, half a decade). Contact Manager has only been possible because of the support of the ham radio community, as well as industry partners.
I check this e-mail every two days or so. It may be impractical at times to respond to individual mails, however, as in the past, I always try to address issues and questions as efficiently as possible. Our immediate emphasis will be to grow the support team. There are many skilled individuals that we will be engaging. I'm looking forward to where this takes us next! ? On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM Chuck Kraly K0XM <k0xm@...> wrote: Everyone I just noticed that we have a LOT of people form FB here and now Tom, N0GSG has joined us. Feel free to fire away, and we will grow this groups and hopefully everyone's questions/problems can be resolved.
I will be adding rules to the front page, but MAIN rule- KEEP IT CIVIL!!!
The ban button is not hard to push.
Chuck K0XM?
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Tom Wheeler
Amateur Radio Station N?GSG
Overland Park, KS
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Not finding all DMR contacts? 62,649
I have v2.66C Contact Manager, and use a codeplug for a TYT MD UV-380 radio. It has been working just fine updating my codeplug, but today when I do a full IMPORT of entire database(WW) it only imports 62,649
I noticed it since there were not DMR ID's beginning with 316, they ended with 315, so explains why so many unknowns. I have kept mine under 10,000 added to the codeplug, using Search parameters of
all the states around me in Mid-Atlantic area, but I noticed that I went from about 9700 to 9100 and now 8700 records selected.
What am I doing wrong?
When doing codeplug work, I use
CPS MD-UV380 v1.12 software
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Mike - KD2SXD
Frank C. D'Amato - KB2MXV
K0XM Chuck
Bob Willey K3RLW
