[Dxbase] [dxbase] Fw: Help running two radios please

Sun Oct 2 15:59:15 EDT 2011

John,

Since you are truely using each rig for a certain section(s) of the band(s) -- then you simply
go into your bandplan mapping and as a ONE-TIME setup -- setup the  FREQ(s) for EACH
Radio ... 

For instance -- again - as a ONE-TIME setup --  set your 756ProIII
for whichever RADIO # it is -- for the FREQ(s) that you want --

let's say that the 756ProIII is setup for Radio 1 ... then, since THAT RADIO
is being used for 30m to 6m ... SETUP EACH freq (section(s)) that are for

30m thru 6m as  Radio 1  and just disable Radio 2  (for THAT Freq spread) ...

Once you setup the BandPlan mapping -- you should never have to change it
again -- unless you change the WAY in which you are USING the Radios ...

Joe

To: dxbase at yahoogroups.com
From: kg6i at att.net
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:50:58 -0700
Subject: Re: [dxbase] Fw: Help running two radios please

      Thanks for the info Greg. I have a couple more questions.
So the band mapping is specific to each radio then? I don't want to go through that whole process of deselecting etc. each and every time I want to use radio 2 or am I missing something?  I understand OK about defining each rig and COM port, baud rate rate, etc. But messing with band plans why?
And as far as de-selecting one rig or another, I use the 2 radio setup becasue I have a station for 30 m -6 m with an IC-756ProIII, Alpha 99 and brick amp for 6 m, and for the low band setup an IC-775DSP plus an old Alpha 77 dedicated just the low bands, 160-40, and a common full-wave loop for 160 m. So I normally just turn off the low band equipment when I'm operating 30 m and higher in freq. Likewise, when I'm operating the low band setup, I
 just turn off the 30-6 m rig. Then when I initialize DXBase, it only finds one radio and doesn't complain about the other one. I just wanted to know how the "Use Radio 2" command  under Tools works, and what I had to setup for it first.
Thanks, John

From: Greg Engle <tjjeeper at bak.rr.com>
To: dxbase at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, October 1, 2011 10:05:36 AM
Subject: RE: [dxbase] Fw: Help running two radios please

      To elaborate on Tony's answer.

He's right but you have to set it up.

The radios have two separate addresses on the CI-V buss but share the same

comport. 

You have to go to tools, options, user options and set up the second radio.

Then you have to go to the band map (tools, options, band plan mapping) and

deselect radio1 and set to Disable (all entries, click on radio1 and it has

a little drop down box).

Then it's just selecting the second radio when you want to use that one

(little grey icon with a >2 in my color scheme in the tool bar or as Tony

said, tools, second radio ).

Remember to have BOTH radios on before you start DXbase of it'll deselect

the radio that isn't on.

This will be pretty handy for me with the VHF/UHF on the 9100 (second

radio).

Now to get some bandpass filters so I don't blow up an HF front end!

73,

Greg

NZ6E

(With both the 7600 and 9100 working, finally!)

-----Original Message-----

From: dxbase at yahoogroups.com [mailto:dxbase at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

Tony

Sent: October 01, 2011 9:31 AM

To: dxbase at yahoogroups.com

Subject: RE: [dxbase] Fw: Help running two radios please

John,

You only have to click the toolbar or the use radio 2 under Tools.

73 de Tony, KD4K

-----Original Message-----

From: dxbase at yahoogroups.com [mailto:dxbase at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

John Farber

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 2:47 AM

To: dxbase at yahoogroups.com; dxbase at yahoogroups.com

Subject: [dxbase] Fw: Help running two radios please

----- Forwarded Message ----

From: John Farber <kg6i at att.net>

To: dxbase at yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sat, October 1, 2011 1:05:52 AM

Subject: Help running two radios please

I'm running an Icom IC-756 ProIII as Radio 1 and an IC-775DSP as Radio 2.

My setup uses both rigs connected through the IC-17 level converter to a

single COM 1 real serial port. I've gotten it to work, sort-of.

My questions: 

1. What has chnaged/improved for these rigs in Joe's new Radio.ini file?

2. How does using the "Use Radio 2" selection under Tools in DXBase2007

work?

3. Is it necessary when you want to use Radio 2 to have to turn off the box

for Radio 1 that sez "Connect radio 1 on program startup" a setup page under

Options>User Options>Radio 1, or can this be done by just selecting "Use

Radio

2" under Tools?

Thanks, John

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