NAME

       owx - utility to program Wouxun dual-band handheld radios

SYNOPSIS

       owx-check [ -v | -h ] [ -f ] [ -p <port> ] [ -t <timeout> ]
       owx-get [ -v | -h ] [ -f ] [ -p <port> ] [ -t <timeout> ] -o <path>
       owx-put [ -v | -h ] [ -f ] [ -p <port> ] [ -t <timeout> ] -i <path> -r <path>
       owx-export [ -v | -h ] -i <bin path> -o <csv path>
       owx-import [ -v | -h ] -i <csv path> -o <bin path>

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the owx commands.

       owx  is  a  set of commands that will allow you to fetch and update configuration on your Wouxun handheld
       radio. It is made of multiple commands.

COMMON OPTIONS

       These options are common to all commands.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -v     Show version of program.

       -c <command>
              Invoke owx-<command>. Makes sense only if called directly as owx.

OPTIONS FOR check, get AND put

       -f     Force operation even if your radio identifies different from  a  KG669V.   Use  this  option  with
              extreme  caution  -  it  is  very possible that your radio will be rendered unusable after you use
              this. It was NEVER tested with any radio different from mentoined above.

       -p <port>
              Use port <port>, defaults to /dev/ttyUSB0. Of course you must  have  appropriate  read  and  write
              permissions for this device.

       -t <timeout>
              Specify  the receive timeout for communication with radio. If you disable it (by setting to 0) and
              the communication fails, the program will hang forever. You probably  don't  need  to  change  the
              default value (5 seconds).

USAGE

       owx-check
              This  program  just  checks  for the connection and identification string. It can be used to check
              that your cable and port works.

       owx-get
              This program downloads memory map from radio to binary file.

              Options:

              -o <path>: binary file to write to

       owx-put

              This program uploads memory map from binary file to radio.

              Options:

              -i <path>: binary file to read from
              -r <path>: reference file

              Option -r is not mandatory, but recommended. You can specify original, unchanged file (exactly  as
              downloaded  using owx-get) and this will speed up memory uploading, as owx will compare input file
              to this reference file and upload only changed memory pages. When using this option, be sure  that
              nothing  has changed in the radio (even the currently selected memory channel) between downloading
              reference file and using it for upload. This is important as some variables that  cross  the  page
              boundaries (if there are any in the memory map) could be corrupted by this.

              Example:

              owx-get -o file.bin
              cp file.bin backup.bin
              owx-export -i file.bin -o wouxun.csv
              oocalc wouxun.csv
              owx-import -i wouxun.csv -o file.bin
              owx-put -i file.bin -r backup.bin

              Please  do  yourself  a  favour  and  double-check that you upload the correct file. If you try to
              upload incorrect or corrupted file, your radio will power down and fail  to  power  up.  owx  will
              refuse to upload any file with incorrect size, but this is the only safety check.

       owx-export

              This  program  exports  channel  data  from binary file to CSV file. This file can be later edited
              using your favourite spreadsheet editor or even text editor.

              Options:

              -i <path>: binary file to read from
              -o <path>: csv file to write to

       owx-import

              This program reads the specified, possibly edited by you CSV file,  and  patches  existing  binary
              file with this updated data. The file is now prepared to be uploaded with owx-put.

              Options:

              -i <path>: csv file to read from

              -o <path>: binary file to write to (must already exist)

SEE ALSO

       chirp(1), the README file.

AUTHOR

       owx was written by SP5GOF (Adam Wysocki).

       This  manual page was written by Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be
       used by others).

                                                October 26, 2011                                          OWX(1)