On 2024-01-10 08:15:, Jim Unroe wrote: >CHIRP CSV files often have multiple trailing commas at the end of each line >due to the URXALL, RPT1CALL, RPT2CALL and DVCODE fields rarely being used. >Power,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL,DVCODE 5.00,,Low,,,,, Excel is known to >remove multiple trailing commas at the end of a line. When CHIRP reads the CSV >file where the trailing commas have been removed, the trailing data will be >read into the wrong fields. Excel always works fine if there is alway >something in the last field of each line. I've read that there is a setting >that you can enable in excel that tells it to leave trailing commas alone. I >don't have excel so I can't verify this. Perhaps it would be possible to have >CHIRP always resync with the beginning of the CSV file's next line when a >linefeed is encountered? Jim KC9HI
// This is the discussion that I need to capture in my notes for the ARES group. // I have been "lucky" not to have run into this in the past. And wrt the present file, all channels end with a comment, so if there are blank fields, the csv will be correctly formatted (IAW your trailing ,,, comment). I will look into Excel settings, but any rate, I need to caution the group. I've never had a problem with chirp, but then I am fairly computer literate, and I don't know how that enhances my chirp experiences. ...and finally... >so I can't verify this. Perhaps it would be possible to have CHIRP always >resync with the beginning of the CSV file's next line when a linefeed is >encountered? Jim KC9HI Absolutely common sense. Would be surprise were it not already the case... 73 Rich NE1EE The Dusty Key On the banks of the Piscataqua _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to arch...@mail-archive.com at arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
