[Dxbase] IC-7800

[Brendan Minish]

Hi Carl,

Just to be clear on this, your program knows about split becase it sets
it
IF the user were to attempt to set / unset split from teh front panel of
the radio can your software detect this ?

73
Brendan 



On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 11:40 -0400, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> My program controls the radio and thus sets the split status.  It does not
> just monitor the radio status.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Stordahl" <ron.stordahl at digikey.com>
> To: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>; "Brendan Minish"
> <ei6iz.brendan at gmail.com>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "Carl N4PY" <n4py at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:03 AM
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] IC-7800
> 
> 
> Brendan, Jim, and others:
> 
> I have carefully reviewed the list of commands for the ICOM 7800 and 756
> series, and the list is several pages of small type, and there is no
> published command to retrieve the status of split, dual-watch, and
> active VFO.
> 
> If the radio were to be controlled entirely via the serial port, you can
> set, but not read, these items, then the controlling program could
> maintain the status of these items.  If you pushed one of the 'buttons'
> to change these, then the program would be out of sync with the true
> status.
> 
> As I said earlier, other radio manufacturers (Yaesu, Kenwood, TenTec and
> perhaps others) do provide commands to read the status of these items.
> 
> ICOM America is aware of this issue, having heard (probably more often
> than they appreciated) from me and others for several years.  They have
> conveyed this information to the home office in Japan, but nothing
> happens.
> 
> I guess it's considered a small matter.  But not with me, I expect to
> buy a different brand when I next upgrade radios.
> 
> If N4PY has figured out a way to retrieve the status of these items,
> then I am impressed!
> 
> Ron, N5IN
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim McDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:12 AM
> To: 'Brendan Minish'; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Carl N4PY
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] IC-7800
> 
> The logging of split frequencies works in the PROIII (and the 7800?) if
> you
> use N4PY's control program: http://www.n4py.com .  I don't know how he's
> figured out how to do it.
> 
> Jim N7US
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> 
> 1/ the 7800 in common with all other Icom's won't log Split mode. this
> is because Icom have no way for software to tell if Split mode is
> enabled or which VFO is used for TX.
> 
> 
> 
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