How safe is writing to an AT-D578UVIII-Plus?

[jsaern]

After looking at the closed issues, I am excited that QDMR has advanced to supporting Anytone D578 radios. I was only able to find the open comments from a couple of years ago when HM wrote the "Danger Zone" section in the manual.

The local DMR mentor and expert in our region (VE7CQT) programmed my radio with the customer programming software in Windows.

How safe is writing to an Anytone AT-D578 UV III Plus? Doug (VE7CQT) called it a Version 2.

I'm going to read, decode, and compare what I get through dmrconf to the original RDT file.

Poster's Note: Using the latest version to work through Hannes' instructions (rather than the default version in my distro) was key.

[jsaern]

Command

dmrconf decode --radio=d878uv codeplug-578.dfu codepl ug-decoded.conf

Error Messages

20260404-codeplug-decode.log

Notes

CPS code plug was 8.8 MB, and reading the data with QDMR collected only 391 kB.

• Talk Groups - incomplete
• Contacts - incomplete
• Channels - incomplete
• Zones - incomplete

[hmatuschek]

First, same CC is not a good option for an admit criterion. Use different CC. This would also resolve 99.9% of the messages.
However, there is a decoding issue that prevents the proper decoding of the codeplug. Could you read the binary codeplug and attach it here (you may need to zip it first, otherwise github may complain about the file type)?

dmrconf read d578uv_codeplug.dfu

This skips the decoding step and I can check the issue.

FYI: The 8.8MB manufacturer codplug may contain the call-sign DB. This is handled separately in qdmr.

[jsaern]

I still need to learn more about using the decode options.

The code plug based on the command you recommended:

d578uv_codeplug.dfu.tar.gz

Also, happy that the call sign database is handled. Just need to learn how to interact with it through QDMR.

[hmatuschek]

Concerning your initial question: The version 1 & 2 are identical w.r.t. to the CPS and firmware. The only difference is a different MCU. The version 1 uses a genuine STM32 chip while version 2 uses an bit-compatible clone GD32. The only difference is the USB VID/PID due to copyright issues. So yes, it is save to write it using qdmr.

[hmatuschek]

Quick question: Which firmware version are you running on the 578 and which version of qdmr/dmrconf? I had no issues decoding the codeplug.

[jsaern]

Doug installed Firmware 2.08 along with the codeplug.

It could have been an error on my end. I used the --radio flag. I missed reading how much progress you had on the 578 radios.

[hmatuschek]

Ah, yes. Haven't noticed it. The 578 ist supported natively.