[ICOM] Computer control of Icom 718 and 706MKIIG

[John King]

Dave, Thanks for your email. I really need help
getting this thing set up. I have unlimited long
distance and might telephone you if you don't mind
walking me tthrough this nightmare.

My interface is a J.COM TX 1 which is supposed to be a
CT-17 clone or "funtionally" the equivalent of the
CT-17. It is powered by the computer through the port
I think and has a 1/8 inch plug to go into the Icom. 
I have one Icom 718 and two Icom 706 MKIIGs.

My wife, Barbara, K5MOL, and I spend springs and
summers in Alaska and the propagation out of Alaska to
the Southern States is next to NIL. I want to  set my
fixed station here in Louisiana up as a remote base
being controlled remotely from Alaska over the
internet.

Needles to say, I am not super computer literate and
being 67 years old, it is kinda late for me to become
so. The Japanese equipment manuals don't tell a real
"Redneck" a lot either.

Thanks in advance for all assistance. If you don't
mind, send me your twelephone number and let me know
if you will be available later in the evenings. I am
going to watch the LSU/Georgia football game which
starts at 5:00 P.M. Central time. 73, John, K5PGW  

If I can just get the computer and transceiver talking
to each other, I think I will have accomplished a lot.


--- Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq at ambersoft.com> wrote:

> What sort of CI-V interface are you using, John?
> Many of these interfaces
> are powered by one or both modem control signals, in
> which case you must
> configure your transceiver control software to
> assert RTS, DTR, or both. You
> must also set the transceiver control software to
> the correct baud rate
> (matching the setting in your radio's menu) and CI-V
> address (taken from the
> radio's manual). Word length should be set to 8,
> stop bits to 2, and parity
> to "none".
> 
> There's a wide variety of available CI-V interfaces;
> check out the reviews
> on www.eham.net . You can also build one for a few
> bucks worth of parts.
> 
> Commander will control your 706 and your 718; in
> fact, you can connect both
> radios to your CI-V interface, and Commander will
> switch between them either
> automatically based on frequency, or with a single
> mouse click. Commander is
> free, and available via
> http://dxlab.ky1v.com/Info/download.htm .
> 
>    73,
> 
>         Dave, AA6YQ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of John King
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 9:27 PM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ICOM] Computer control of Icom 718 and
> 706MKIIG
> 
> 
> Would like help controlling my Icom 718 and 706MKIIG
> with a Computer. If you have done this, I would like
> advice from you regardind hardware and software. I
> need help with setting the settings in the menus of
> the radios and making the computer and radio talk to
> each other.
> 
> I have them hooked up but can't get the computer and
> the transceiver to talk to each other and let the
> computer control the radio.
> 
> I may need a different interface. Any spares out
> there
> that will work? thanks and 73, John, K5PGW
> 
> 
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