Installing OpenGD77 on the MD-9600 or the RT-90: Real-Time Ham Radio

Today I tackle using Linux as the OS to install OpenGD77 onto a compatible radio. The basics in this vid should apply to all OpenGD77 capable radios, but the specifics are for the MD-9600 from TYT or the RT-90 from Retevis.
👉 OpenGD77 Docs: github.com/Lib...
👉 Download OEM firmware, Extract: MD9600-CSV(2571V5)-V26.45.bin : www.passion-ra...
👉 Download OpenGD77 firmware, Extract: MD9600_firmware_V1HW.bin : www.opengd77.c...
👉 Download the Linux Script: www.opengd77.c...
💸 ./opengd77_stm32_firmware_loader.py -s MD9600-CSV\(2571V5\)-V26.45.bin -m MD-9600 -f MD9600_firmware_V1HW.bin
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👉 Raspberry Pi 4: geni.us/5nlUN
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[@DonzLockz]

Thanks T.O. Im interested in OpenGD77 in a HT first. Nice and concise info compacted into one short and sweet video.👍🤠

[@temporarilyoffline]

We did a nuggets episode on putting it on some HTs a while back. When my schedule frees up, I'll get an HT and put it on there as well.

[@RookieLock]

Hell ya! That's gonna make that decent radio an awesome radio ! That reminds me.. I gotta update the opengd77 firmware on my gd77. Anyway, nice trail blazin' TO! Looking forward to more on the rt90 !

[@temporarilyoffline]

Me Too!

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

Greatr video and I do love the OpenGD77 Firmware, really feels like it is made for us. I've been using it for a couple of month on a RT-90 and it is just joyful!

[@temporarilyoffline]

I'm looking forward to playing with it more. Esp if this radio really does have GPS in it.

[@TsiolkovskySportingLocks]

@@temporarilyoffline gettinng the GPS to lock takes an age with mine but I can't work out if it is firmware issues or simply a slightly less than optimal antenna. However once it is does get lock I am getting good reports of it.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Nice!

[@johnsalisbury7664]

Steve, I installed GD77 on my GD77 and loved it. Navigating your Raspberry was brutal to watch 🙂

[@temporarilyoffline]

All in a days fun!

[@johnsalisbury7664]

Steve, I met you at Quartzfest, I don't expect you to remember, but you were working on your solar after the rain. Saw the pooch too.

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@johnsalisbury7664 hey John! Good to meet you!

[@AndrewR2130]

have the same firmware on my rt3s absolutly love it makes the radio an absolute joy to use on both analogue and digital plus plenty of things to mess with and tune it gets updated quite often with exciting new features and general fixes and upgrades to fuctions

[@temporarilyoffline]

I'm looking forward to playing with it. Been too busy since this video was made to test it out. I am also a big fan of the new upgrade procedure they give you... this was... not fun.

[@AndrewR2130]

@@temporarilyoffline yeh it does seem tricky windows its pretty easy on the rt3s it went from a pain in the proverbial to a dream even has hot keys that u can save to the key pad on mine i have rssi set as 1 hold it and it brings it up also recently added custom themes so you can change all sorts of colours arround on the display de 2E0IQZ

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@AndrewR2130Looks like I'm in for a treat!

[@bob_mosavo]

Steve, if you have a filename with parentheses, spaces, etc., you can put single quotes around the filename and forego escaping those "funky" filename characters 😉

[@temporarilyoffline]

Sure can, there's about a million ways to do things in linux!

[@bob_mosavo]

@@temporarilyoffline It's not Linux. It's the shell 😉 I was just trying to make your life easier if you didn't already know 🙃

[@temporarilyoffline]

@bob_mosavo appreciate the feedback. Normally I use zsh and oh-my-zsh and these problems don't exist. If you haven't tried them, give it a shot, amazing stuff.

[@NatesRandomVideo]

Always appreciate that you show the complete “process” including difficulties. One thought - doesn’t your DHCP server track hostnames of things it hands out addresses to? I usually find it muuuuuch simpler to just go look in my DHCP server for wayward devices. (And all devices that are staying and not temporary get a MAC address assigned IP in the DHCP server. Only temporary things are getting random addresses.) I loved your reaction to the notes about TYT screwing with the version numbers. “Fantastic!” lol. My go to is “Super job! [mumbled: “you dummies!]” lol. Nice job on the Linux flash fun.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks Nate! I didn't actually know the host name until after I logged in. It was a left over config from when I was playing with SDR++ in a nuggets episode a few months ago and was "good enough for this mission" - I didn't bother to look. Most things are written by the developer that has done the trick a thousand times and has forgotten some of the intermediate steps. I always try to have somebody else do the thing and help with the directions because of this. "Fantastic"

[@don_n5skt]

That was interesting. Couple of notes: NMAP works very well on windows. scp assumes that the directory is the default directory so using the '.' after the ':' is redundant.

[@temporarilyoffline]

It was a mini nuggets episode! Thanks, the :. is muscle memory... I do a lot of things 'wrong' faster than I can do them right because of it...its only been 30 years now...

[@don_n5skt]

@@temporarilyoffline Yes, same. I never tried the . after words so that was new to me. ;)

[@540Baseball]

@13:35 I had the same frustration, but I managed to get it in firmware update mode very similar to what you did…

[@temporarilyoffline]

Just gotta keep plugging

[@victorcharlie7491]

Great info video ,tnx man!

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks VC!

[@bob_mosavo]

Thanks 👍

[@temporarilyoffline]

You bet!

[@Ant50501]

the CPS is also compatible with linux? can you run it using Wine or similar? Best regards

[@temporarilyoffline]

The Linux CPS is called qDMR

[@Ant50501]

@@temporarilyoffline thanks for the info, you have mi like and my sub

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@Ant50501 Awesome, welcome aboard!

[@nathanbieber2840]

Judt gotnone if these 9600s about to flash it with ipengd. Ive done a 390 and a dn1701 so i have good hopes. Watching this video a few times 73

[@temporarilyoffline]

Good luck! I just sent mine onto a new home!

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

Sherlock Holmesing. lol I love it. Stay Awesome! KO4HPC

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks Adam, you too!

[@Subgunman]

It’s been 30+ years but I still remember all of my DOS commands. This Linux based stuff gives me a headache!

[@temporarilyoffline]

I worked them both on and off for a long time. I miss dos, esp with the 4dos shell.

[@Siskiyous6]

Perseverance pays

[@temporarilyoffline]

I have a very particular set of skills...

[@nathanbieber2840]

If i had a 3d orinter i would total make rpi powered sniper drones sorry random

[@temporarilyoffline]

Sounds like fun. Party at Nate's house!

[@loraz0]

Neat! You could have done the video in ancient greek and it would have made just as much sense to a moron like me.

[@temporarilyoffline]

One step at a time and you'll get there. It took me a while to get to understand it myself.

[@bob_mosavo]

@@2025_Is_Going_To_Be_Great Then you have to deal with the pain of Windoze. Some of us are not masochists.

[@loraz0]

@@bob_mosavo I just wish they would stop making it "better".

[@1975adam]

It's like dos 6.22 🤣

[@temporarilyoffline]

Kinda, but only more modern ;-)