[ICOM] ct17 and 706mkIIG

[Ed K1EP]

At 12/15/2005 04:48 PM, you wrote:
>Paying attention to the title of your email message, I see that you are
>running a 706mkIIG, for which the hexadecimal CI-V address is indeed 58.
>Verify that your transceiver control software is not expecting a decimal
>value, which would be 88.
>
>If that's not it, verify that the serial port parameters are set to 8-bit
>words, no parity, and 2 stop bits. 

Set it to 1 stop bit.  Only Yaesu requires 2 stop bits.  If you set it to 2, under some circumstances you will lose data or radio control.  YMMV.

The author didn't mention what software he was trying to use.  Be aware that the three models of 706 all have different addresses and the same address on the radio and the software is necessary.  That is the feature of the CI-V bus, it allows many devices to talk to each other.  If your software just says 706, it may just mean the original.  The address on most late model Icoms is programmable, if you need to change it.  The actual address means nothing, it's just that the canned software assumes the default for a particular radio, when in fact you can set it to virtually anything except the address that the software uses.

>The CT-17 CI-V interface is independently
>powered, so there's no need to assert a modem control signal for its
>benefit. Correct cable connectivity would be the next thing to check.

The CT-17 is just a level converter, there is nothing to program or talk to, it is the software on the computer that talks to the radio, so most of the configuration is on one of those two.


>   73,
>
>       Dave, AA6YQ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>Behalf Of Dave
>Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 16:15 PM
>To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>Subject: RE: [ICOM] ct17 and 706mkIIG
>
>
>The 706 CI-V address is 48 (hexadecimal), which is 72 (decimal). I don't
>know whether your transceiver control software wants the address specified
>in hexadecimal or decimal, but 58 is wrong is either case.
>
>   73,
>
>       Dave, AA6YQ
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>Behalf Of Gordon Bostrom
>Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 15:59 PM
>To: ICOM Reflector
>Subject: [ICOM] ct17 and 706mkIIG
>
>
>Have been trying to get the CT17 and my 706 to talk to each other but no
>success, have the baud rate at 19200, addee 58, port as com1,went into the
>radio menu and set it according to the manual, been tearing my hair out
>trying to get it to work, running out of hair , can anyone help , if you had
>this problem what did you do to correct it
>
>any help is apprecaited
>
>Gordon W4KYW
>
>
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