[Dx4win] Icom IC-7800 rig file

[Peter Bacon]

Guy
It must be possible to implement as I saw that an update to DXLab has  
been released yesterday to support this split feature.  The firmware  
has also been released in readiness for Icom's forthcoming RS-BA1 IP  
Remote Control Software which looks very interesting.
Peter G3ZSS


Quoting ON4AOI <on4aoi at skynet.be>:

> Peter not quite sure about that,
> Have been asking ICOM for many years to add it
> And 95% of the time they even didn´t answer my mails.
>
> Last year when I was in F´hafen I was lucky to
> Meet a staff member of Icom (Ja) who I explained
> Again the WHY and how they handle emails
>
> 1 week later I got this mail ....
>
>> Dear Mr. Guy,
>
>> I’ve just got an answer regarding "readout of the VFO B via PC / CI-V" .
>> Unfortunately, it’s a negative response.
>> For reasons of compatibility with other devices without a second VFO, ICOM
> Inc did not (and will not) include this function.
>> We are sorry, but we cannot give you any other information.
>
> Another thing is that we suspect the new doc is incorrect
> Command 0F (split on/off) is still working like b4 but in the doc is marked
> Read Split setting
> Nothing is mentioned about setting it anymore,
> Confusing .... ..
>
> Guy ON4AOI
>
>
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: Peter Bacon [mailto:peter at g3zss.com]
>> Verzonden: zondag 26 december 2010 18:24
>> Aan: 'ON4AOI'
>> CC: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>> Onderwerp: RE: [Dx4win] Icom IC-7800 rig file
>>
>> Guy,
>> Thanks for looking.  I suspect that similar firmware upgrades will be
>> made
>> available for other Icom rigs in the coming weeks, so there will be a
>> lot of
>> interest in having Paul look at what will need implementing in DX4win
>> to
>> support reading split frequencies across a wide range of Icom
>> transceivers.
>> Peter G3ZSS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ON4AOI [mailto:on4aoi at skynet.be]
>> Sent: 26 December 2010 4:01 PM
>> To: peter at g3zss.com
>> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Icom IC-7800 rig file
>>
>> Well Peter,
>> It looks not that simple.
>> I compared the cat commands from the original release and what is
>> changed in
>> the new release There are no new CI-V commands added Cmd 0F 00/01 is
>> changed
>> from split off/on to read split setting 00/01 = off/on.
>>
>> Cmd 1C is completely changed to what DX4WIN probably can to read the
>> split
>> freq but the previous value-check for cmd 1C was never used in DX4WIN.
>> They were used to check if you were in RX/TX or to read the antenna
>> tuner.
>> Think we have to wait after a solution from Paul
>>
>> Guy ON4AOI
>>
>>
>> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> > Van: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-
>> > bounces at mailman.qth.net] Namens Peter Bacon
>> > Verzonden: zondag 26 december 2010 13:48
>> > Aan: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>> > Onderwerp: [Dx4win] Icom IC-7800 rig file
>> >
>> > I see that Icom has updated the firmware for the IC-7800 to ver 2.30.
>> > The new firmware include the long awaited ability to read split
>> > frequencies.
>> > Has anyone figured out how to implement this in the DX4Win rig file/
>> > 73 Peter G3ZSS
>> >
>> >
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