CHIRP channels into a TYT MD-UV380, MD-UV390 or DM-1701
Drop the CHIRP file, a RepeaterBook export or a spreadsheet, and save Channel.csv for the factory programming software. It was imported into CPS V1.06 and V1.05 and exported back unchanged.
What goes in
Analog FM channels with frequencies, CTCSS or DCS, 12.5 or 25 kHz, power as Low, Middle or High, and receive-only channels marked Rx Only. Names are cut to 16 bytes, with commas turned into full stops because this CPS does not read quotes. Names are written in plain English letters, since the CPS cannot show others: Kraków becomes Krakow, and a name in another alphabet becomes the frequency. The software holds up to 3,000 channels.
Only frequencies the radio covers
This CPS does not check frequencies — it takes 29.6 or 520 MHz without a word. So only channels in 136–174 and 400–480 MHz go in; the rest are listed, not written to the radio.
In the CPS
Open your codeplug (or read it from the radio) and save a copy — importing replaces all the channels. Then Edit › Channel Information › Import with Channel.csv, and write to the radio. The CPS does not import zones or scan lists, so add the channels to zones in the CPS afterwards.
What is tested — and what is not
Tested: imported into TYT MD-UV380/UV390 CPS V1.06, Retevis RT3S CPS V2.41 and Baofeng DM-1701 CPS V1.05, which gave back the same file byte for byte. Not tested: other CPS versions. The files go to the programming software, not to the radio: what the CPS then writes to the radio is up to the CPS, and we cannot check that without the radio. The files can be made on any computer, a Mac or Linux too; the programming software itself runs only on Windows. Use at your own risk, and transmit only on frequencies you are licensed or allowed to use.
Questions
- Why no zones?
- The factory CPS has an import button only for channels and contacts. Zones and scan lists are made in the CPS, by adding the imported channels to them.
- And the contacts?
- See RadioID contacts for the MD-UV380.