[DXBase] ICOM 758ProII

[Ron Stordahl]

There have been some recent questions about computer control of the Icom 
756Pro and Pro II. 

Here are the settings which are successful for me:

While I have the Pro II I use the Pro address.  This is because at one 
time WriteLog did not have a selection option for the Pro II, thus I set 
my Pro II interface address at '5C' so it would be addressable as a Pro, 
and I have never changed it back.

In DXBase2004 I have the software options set as:

Icom IC-756PRO
COM1  (although it also works with all my 10 com ports resulting from 
the installation of 2 Byterunner 4 port PCI cards)
19200/8/1  (also works fine at 9600, but this seems just a tad faster)
Parity NONE
DTR HIGH (Actually works just as well with this unchecked)

In the radio I have these settings:

CI-V Baud Rate 19200
CI-V Address 5ch
CI-V Transceive ON
CI-V w/IC731 OFF

I am using the ICOM CT-17.

I have it connected to the computer with an off the shelf DB9 to DB25 
Modem cable.  This cable connects all 9 pins from the DB9 to the 
appropriate pins on the DB25, plus shield.  This cable is overkill, 
probably only 3 wire would need to be run, but it was available 
prebuilt, so I used it.

Ron N5IN