[Dx4win] Icom 756 Pro II rig file

[Erkki Heikkinen]

Steve,

Thank you very much for this. I changed my Pro III baud rate also to
19200 and now the occasional garbled frequency readings seem to be a
case of history!

73 Erkki OH2BF


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Tobe
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 2:15 PM
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: Dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Icom 756 Pro II rig file
> 
> 
> jim:
> 
> i am using a usb interface for dx4win. but i have found a fix 
> for the problem, through experimentation. i just changed my 
> baud rate to 19200 on the 756 pro II (and of course in 
> dx4win--you must uncheck the 'default' box) and all works fine now.
> 
> thanks for your suggestions.
> 
> 73
> 
> steve  VE3XO
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C 
> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > Are you using a COM port or USB interface?  I *sometimes* see that 
> > problem using a USB interface, but it doesn't always happen.
> >
> > Make the changes described in Erkki's E-mail to the:
> >
> >  ICOM 756 Pro II.rig
> >
> > file in the dx4w7xx/radios directory and see if it fixes 
> your problem. 
> > The changes start around line 99 in the file:
> >
> >  99,100c99,100
> >  < POS=6
> >  < LM=5
> >  ---
> >  > POS=5
> >  > LM=4
> >
> > You should NOT be running DX4WIN while making this change!
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> > On 9/14/2008 4:58 AM, Steve Tobe wrote:
> >>
> >> The recent discussion on the Icom 756 Pro III has raised another 
> >> question for me. I have an Icom 756 Pro II and in dx4win, 
> two extra 
> >> digits are consistently added to the frequency--e.g. 14.070.00 
> >> becomes 1407,000.00. Anyone know of a fix for this? It can be very 
> >> annoying!
> >>
> >> Thanks and 73.
> >>
> >> steve VE3XO
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Erkki Heikkinen 
> >> <erkki.heikkinen at pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Version notes: "Frequency field for Icom 756 Pro III was 
> too wide" 
> >>> (v. 7.05.03).
> >>>
> >>> The new rig file seems to be called ICOM 756 Pro III_B (there are 
> >>> two rig files for Pro III now). The only difference to 
> the earlier 
> >>> one I found is the field [RF-Current VFO] where the new 
> file now has 
> >>> POS=5 (instead of POS=6) and LM=4 (instead of LM=5).
> >>>
> >>> The new rig file works OK when you click a spot, but if 
> you choose 
> >>> "Return to last freq" the results are very strange - sometimes 
> >>> outside of ham bands.
> >>>
> >>> For the time being I am using the old rig file (but one 
> has to check 
> >>> the frequency before spotting or logging it - sometimes it is 
> >>> garbled).
> >>>
> >>> Anyone with ideas how to get the Pro III_B rig file to return the 
> >>> radio to the previous frequency correctly?
> >>>
> >>> 73 Erkki OH2BF
> >
> > --
> > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
> >
> 
> 
> 
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