[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Cross platform data copy on RT?

[Ian]

One thing to be careful with RT Systems - it needs to be updated each time
you open it (within reason) to be sure it aligns with the firmware version
on the radio. Click on "Help-Check for Updates".  Definitely important on
the IC-9700.
73, Ian N8IK


On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM Kenneth R. van Wyk <ken at vanwyk.org> wrote:

> I’m a fan of RT Systems software. I have a copy of their software on just
> about every radio I own.
>
> Just being able to easily import from RepeaterBook was a welcome feature
> for me.
>
> I was happy when they announced a version of their software for the new
> Kenwood TH-D75a. (Mine should be here in just over a week.) So sure, I
> grabbed it.
>
> In prep for the 75’s arrival, I figured, I’d put in my collection of
> “usual suspects”. Local repeaters around home, Kaua`i, OBX, Lancaster, New
> Orleans, etc. Places where I use my radio on a regular basis.
>
> It occurred to me it would be easy to copy the records from my Wouxun 9 HT
> to the Kenwood. Nope, nope, and NOPE. Copy the record on the Wouxun, paste
> in the Kenwood, and no go. NONE of the data pastes. TBH, it doesn’t even
> give me a “Paste” option in the Edit menu.
>
> To be fair, that’s a pretty tall order. Radios organize data differently.
> One radio’s data for a repeater might well look very different than the
> same on a different radio. Still, I’d hoped RT had used a fairly
> standardized database schema internally and could at least copy common
> fields like frequency, name, offset, PL tone, etc. Nope.
>
> Oh well. It was worth a try. (I understand there are some cases where this
> works, at least to a degree. For example, copying data from the D74 to the
> D75 apps works, but that wasn’t my use case. I wanted to go from Wouxun to
> Kenwood.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken van Wyk
> Armata Scientia
>
>
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