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Hi Everyone, Once Tom joins we will get this party going. It will be MUCH easier to converse with him in a group session, especially since he is not on Facebook. I will be placing a timeframe soon for the removal of the FB group. I will let everyone know via announcements. Thanks Chuck K0XM

Is Contact Manager able to export data in a form that can be read by Radioddity programming software? -Dave, NF2G

All, We have just released N?GSG DMR Contact Manager version 2.80. N0GSG DMR Contact Manager is the "goto" software for working with codeplug data in many different makes of DMR radios, including Alinco, Tera, BTECH, Connect Systems, Tytera, AnyTone, and others. It allows you to freely edit information in all supported codeplugs, and also allows you to migrate data freely between any supported radio types using copy and paste commands for individual elements (such as contacts, channels, or zones), or Structural Import for seamlessly migrating complete codeplug structures. The following enhancements are included in Version 2.80: The program can now create Digital Contact CSVs for all AnyTone models. You can now update digital contacts in any AnyTone model by utilizing the DMR Online Database Searcher and clicking the "Export as CSV..." button. Contact Manager will nearly instantly compile your CSV according to the search parameters you've chosen, and in minutes you can import this CSV into the AnyTone CPS and directly port it to your radio. You can now configure DMR Contact Manager as the default application for opening codeplugs with the Associate DMR Files command. Once you select this, your codeplug files will appear with distinctive icons to make it easier for your to find them - - and they will open for you simply by double-clicking them. The software now fully supports the Alinco DJ-MD40T. Support for all previous models, including the newer Connect Systems CS800D (Types I, II, and III), CS750 (Type I), TYT MD-2017 and MD-9600 dual band DMR radios, is included. If you've got one of these radios, use Contact Manager to build the perfect codeplug - - use Contact Manager's Structural Import feature to splice together information from your existing codeplug(s) and be on the air in minutes. Or, if you've got a new radio, migrate the codeplugs from legacy models to your new radio. We fixed a minor bug in the DMR database import function so that missing fields in DMR user records are now properly handled. This bug intermittently caused problems during manipulation of Digital Contact lists. The documentation for Contact Manager is updated and explains how to use the new features. (AnyTone, Alinco DJ-MD5 and BTECH DMR-6X2 users, please read the documentation carefully to understand how to create DCF files from the CPS for editing these codeplugs within Contact Manager.) N0GSG Contact Manager is delivered via secured servers that are scanned daily for malware. Our site and software are 100% safe for your computer (we can make this claim only if you download Contact Manager direct from our site at http://n0gsg.com/contact-manager/). It is well known that certain anti-virus software (including Windows Defender) is notorious for delivering false-positive reports. You may view an authoritative scan of this entire site and its content by visiting Virus Total. We welcome your input on this software and very much appreciate your support for the Contact Manager project. PS: If you are a manufacturer or vendor of DMR radios, and would like Contact Manager to support it, reach out to us! Best, Tom

All, FYI - I've entered a ticket with AnyTone to correct the CPS (1.04) for this model. It writes defective DCF files and fails to read properly-formatted DCFs. Once this issue is corrected, Contact Manager will automatically support this new model. 73, Tom

I cannot get the DCF file I created to open in Contact manager. I am using 868 software 1.39. Any help would be appreciated. It says file is corrupt Thanks Mark

All, I'm using version 2.70 of the Contact Mananger to attempt to open a file I saved using version 1.59 of the Tera DMR CPS. When I attempt to open that file, Contact Manager gives me the error: "Failed to load Codeplug; the specified file is invalid." Any assistance would be appreciated. -Mike K0NGA

All, If you have an Alinco DJ-MD5FXT, you should be able to use Contact Manager to work with your codeplugs, but alas, there is a CPS bug. This model (and its CPS) come from Anytone. The CPS "About" command reports version "1.00" and copyright date of "2019-2020." The problem is that the CPS appears broken when it comes to reading DCF files, which are used for Contact Manager to work with. The CPS writes perfectly good DCF files that Contact Manager can read with no problem. However, the CPS can't read back DCF files, reporting "file error." It will even fail to read back files it just wrote (without being touched by Contact Manager). If you own this model, you may want to reach out the vendor to give them a heads up. I've forwarded the information to the engineering team at Anytone. It looks like a great model and is very reasonably priced. Best, Tom

Hello All Will Contact Manager work with the 800D Plus? I received the radio yesterday and am starting to program it and saw Contact Manager and would like to use it. Thanks Doug N8FRJ

All, I heard back from Echo at AnyTone - they just released a new CPS for these units that you can download from: https://we.tl/t-FMdEaRSL7H ( https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwe.tl%2Ft-FMdEaRSL7H&data=04%7C01%7Ctwheel13%40jccc.edu%7C6a66781c5dd84d80fbd708d9ff1b14c8%7C15244239dcf245e7aefd127b69fc5438%7C1%7C0%7C637821314582109765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4RxtLHAFVlFyKs9%2BDi3zHgdJHIjGJVqJn0pE7WFEBeQ%3D&reserved=0 ) *I have confirmed that the following work correctly for both DCF export, and import of Contact Manager 2.70 written files*. These CPS files were downloaded from the WeTransfer URL provided by Anytone: https://we.tl/t-FMdEaRSL7H ( https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwe.tl%2Ft-FMdEaRSL7H&data=04%7C01%7Ctwheel13%40jccc.edu%7C6a66781c5dd84d80fbd708d9ff1b14c8%7C15244239dcf245e7aefd127b69fc5438%7C1%7C0%7C637821314582109765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4RxtLHAFVlFyKs9%2BDi3zHgdJHIjGJVqJn0pE7WFEBeQ%3D&reserved=0 ) *WORKING CORRECTLY: 878UVII_2.04 220305* *WORKING CORRECTLY: D578UV_1.15 220305 * *UNTESTED: 878_1.26 220305* Everyone, remember that DCF files as defined by Anytone do NOT store all specific features of individual radio models. There are some model-specific settings that you may need to restore when importing a DCF into the Anytone CPS. Tom

I am having issues with contact manager and CPS 1.24N. I had export my .rdt file to a dcf file. I open up Contact manager with the dcf file. Import world wide contact list. Save the file. I tried to open up the new dcf file sith CPS. I am getting an error. I do not see any logfiles to open up what the problem is? Anyone else seeing this?

All, Echo at AnyTone responded very quickly to my message and stated that AnyTone would be testing CPS releases with Contact Manager prior to releasing them in the future. Hopefully this leads to a long-term resolution of the many problems we've encountered. Happy New Year to everyone... Tom N0GSG

Hello Echo, I am very concerned about software bugs that are present in three different AnyTone CPS releases. These bugs continue to reappear for various CPS releases after your team has "corrected" them. This is not acceptable. I have received many angry messages from AnyTone owners (one is below), and have confirmed their complaints. The affected CPS releases are D878UVII Version 2.04, D878UV Version 1.26, and D578UV Version 1.15. Detailed information on each problem is below. D878UVII Version 2.04 * Loads CM-created DCF with no problems. * Creates bad DCF. (Will display FILE ERROR when importing a DCF file created by CPS, even when this file has not been edited in any way.) * "New File" icon on toolbar does nothing (but CTRL-N works) * When exporting DCF with less than 60,000 contacts in the codeplug, displays an odd error message: D878UVII ACCEPTS MAXIMUM 500K DIGITAL CONTACTS. THE PARTS EXCEEDING 200K CAN NOT BE IMPORTED. This message is very confusing on many levels - (1) No import operation was in progress - a DCF was being exported, (2) The codeplug had less than 60K contacts, and (3) Why tell us that the 'PARTS EXCEEDING 200K CAN NOT BE IMPORTED' when the limit is 500K digital contacts?!? D878UV Version 1.26 * Loads CM-created DCF with no problems. * Creates bad DCF. (Will display FILE ERROR when importing a DCF file created by CPS, even when this file has not been edited in any way.) * When clicking the ZONE setting, CPS erroneously displays A and B channel data. The zones themselves are intact. Long-standing bug in AnyTone CPS. D578UV Version 1.15 * Loads CM-created DCF with no problems. * Creates bad DCF. (Will display FILE ERROR when importing a DCF file created by CPS, even when this file has not been edited in any way.) * When exporting DCF with less than 60,000 contacts in the codeplug, displays an odd error message: D878UVII ACCEPTS MAXIMUM 500K DIGITAL CONTACTS. THE PARTS EXCEEDING 200K CAN NOT BE IMPORTED same as for D878UV Version 2.04. In closing, please be aware that I have worked very cooperatively with AnyTone to resolve these same issues numerous times since 2018. Forensic investigations of third-party software (such as the AnyTone CPS) is time consuming and expensive. It is not reasonable for me to further pursue future occurrences of this problem when I can only expect AnyTone's software team will recreate the problems again at a future time. Therefore, I will probably no longer directly pursue problems of this type unless there is a clear and present defect in the Contact Manager software. You are welcome to use Contact Manager to fully test DCF file exports and I recommend that your software team add that step to the CPS release process. This software can be downloaded from http://n0gsg.com/contact-manager/. Best, Tom ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ted@... To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:03:55 -0800 Subject: Re: anytone 878uv problen Anytone needs to get its act together. My family owns 8 Anytones, and I cannot recommend an Anytone to anyone, nor will I buy another one until this is corrected. The length of time that they are taking to fix this makes me consider that I may never recommend one in the future. I'm probably not alone on this.

"Good Grief," said Charlie Brown. I'll look into this and contact AnyTone. AnyTone seems to have a habit of breaking their own code, very frequently. Tom

My anytone 868 has 200K digital contact storage. If I can filter out "Asia Pacific" that would update 187986 contacts. I would lose 14,480 contacts. Since the digital contacts are coming from radioed.net where that region can be unselected I would hope that N0GSG has that capably.

Hello Andrew, You're right on the money. I have resisted monetizing Contact Manager - it has remained a "free" product for hams with no strings, no "DLL Hell" and other nonsense that seems par for the course with modern software. What I'd like to do with this program now is connect it with non-DMR radios and allow free interchange of information across all makes. RT Systems makes great products, and this is probably a good time for them to begin supporting DMR transceivers. They seem to have held back (like you mentioned) while the dust cloud of new products was in progress. The Contact Manager concept is a bit of dinosaur, but it is a good working solution that seems to have served the ham radio community well. To take CM to the next level, we need a "dream team" of people that are committed to a long-term project. Skillsets that would be desirable : Data Security Systems Architect (Management of Distributed Development Teams a plus) Database Design Forensic Data Structures Web / CGI / AJAX administration Web layout for Uniform User Interface design Coding (C++ / C# / Javascript / etc.) Documentation and Customer Communication Legal with preferred experience with Software patents and law Best, Tom

All, I have received many reports of AnyTone D878 CPS 2.02N not reading DCF files written by Contact Manager. The problem (as several folks noted) is that CPS 2.02N is expecting some kind of additional data that are not contained in the DCF files written by Contact Manager. The DCF format was defined by AnyTone as simply the information written by D868 CPS 1.21. This is a very precisely defined format; Contact Manager follows it exactly as specified. AnyTone historically has been very responsive to our requests and I anticipate that they will provide the information to help resolve the problem. I hope we will learn that the DCF format has been extended appropriately to preserve special radio settings not covered in the existing DCF definition during CM transactions. I'll keep everyone posted and will post the updated tool once it becomes available. Best, Tom N0GSG

Is there any way on converting my database file from commercial European to US amateur without deleting the database? For somehow my 878UV is configured for no US amateur radio

All, We've released version 2.70, which enables support for 260,000 contacts in the latest Connect Systems firmware for the CS 750 and CS 800D. There are a couple of issues you should be aware of when working with these radios and the CPS: 1. The codeplug format for the CS800D Type IV (260k contacts, big zones) is no different than for the CS800D Type III (130k contacts, big zones). Therefore, if you have an older CS800D like I do, you must NOT import more than 130,000 contacts into your codeplug -- we can NOT guarantee that the prior CPS will not die upon loading such a codeplug, OR if you update to the latest CPS but insist on jamming 260,000 contacts into the older radio, we can NOT guarantee that you won't brick the unit. There is no way that Contact Manager can know you're doing wrong because the codeplug formats are identical. You have been warned! 2. The Type II CS750/751 (260k contacts) does NOT support big zones like the CS800D, so if you attempt to migrate CS800D Type III or IV codeplugs into the CS750, any big zones will be truncated to the maximum of 16 channels. (By the way, I tried during development to force big zones into a CS750 Type II codeplug to see what the CPS would do...it wasn't a good outcome, the broken glass in the street did not come from our lab.) By the way, for some odd reason, the CS750/1 CPS is much, much slower than the equivalent CS800D CPS when opening the contact list. As always, thanks for your support of the Contact Manager project! Best regards, Tom N0GSG