[Dx4win] Setup w/ a 706 MK II G using DX4WIN

[K2DBK - David]

Mark,
         I ran in that configuration for a while. I'm not sure exactly 
where to start. Of course, you can simply ignore radio control and there's 
nothing to it, but I assume that you want to connect your rig up and have 
it automatically tune, report frequency, etc. You'll first need a computer 
interface, a CI-V or clone for starters. There are a lot of those available 
or you can make one yourself (you might be better off inquiring on one of 
the Icom groups if you need help with that). Once you've got that set up 
and plugged into a serial port, basically you're going to go to the 
Preferences menu, and on the Radio tab, select the radio type (I think 
there's a 706 radio type in there), baud rate, radio address (I don't 
recall what the default is for the 706 MkIIG; I changed mine a while back 
and don't remember what it is, but you can access it by holding down the 
Lock button while powering on; rotate the channel button until you get to 
item 34, labelled "CI-V Address"; just power off and on to save the 
settings and exit) and select the COM port. The RTS and DTR setting may 
depend on the interface you're using; some interfaces get their power from 
one of those lines (mine does).

         That's the general overview, I'll do my best to walk you through 
the specifics as best I can when you let me know how far you've gotten and 
what you've done so far.

         Good luck.
At 08:06 PM 8/6/2002, Mark Bastings wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I will once again request any assistance from anyone familiar with the
>above.
>Is there anyone that can advise me on the setup steps for the radio and
>dx4win? I am using this w/ a laptop for portability.


73,
	David - K2DBK