[DXBase] Solution to ICOM 756Pro Freq Logging Prob w/DXB2004

[Ron Stordahl]

Brendan

I suppose there could be a difference between the ICOM756Pro and the 
ProII.  But just a few minutes ago I set my baud rate down to 1200 on my 
ProII and the radios.ini file parms as released with DXB2004 worked just 
fine.  Maybe the earlier Pro model would have burped, but I had no way 
to test that when I was trying to establish reasonable values for these 
delays and still obtain reasonably quick response.  I assumed the Pro 
and Pro II would have the same response.

I wonder if Sam tried his Pro with a baud rate of 9600 or 19200.  My 
guess is that it would have worked.  If it doesn't, then it would appear 
there is one set of working delays for the Pro and another for the Pro II.

I greatly prefer the much quicker response at 19200 to that at 1200.

Ron N5IN


Brendan Minish wrote:

> At 07:04 17/01/2004, you wrote:
>
>> First, THANKS to the many people who offered suggestions and help in 
>> dealing
>> with this problem.  Brendan, EI6IZ, was the most persistant in 
>> attacking the
>> problem, and got me going in the right direction after considerable 
>> dialogue.
>
>
> Just a little follow up on this, Sam is running his radio interface at 
> 1200 Bd. At this speed things take longer and I guess the default 
> timings are right on the edge of what will work. On the other hand if 
> you run your rig at 19200 all the time you may be able to make things 
> faster by reducing the timing values of  pacing and EOF.
>
>  Start with pacing, this controls the time between each byte of data 
> sent to the radio, some radios like the elecraft K2 Buffer data and 
> can work with pacing=1 I wonder will this work with other modern 
> Kenwoods?
>
> Icom radios don't appear to buffer data well (or at all?)
>
> EOF governs how long DXB waits for a response after sending the 
> command, at 19200 with the pro2 for example you can probably reduce 
> EOF to around 50 or 60
>
> By tinkering with these values you can expect to break the radio 
> interface at lower speeds so you are on your own..
>
> Back up your radios.ini file before you break anything <G>
>
>
> 73
> Brendan
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