[PCR-1000] PCR Command Codes

[Max Topley]

Hi Dwayne,

While the protocol documentation is not available in the public domain, Icom
will supply it to commercial, military, or government organisations on a
"need-to-know" basis, covered by a standard non-disclosure agreement. In
other words, those who have the information are not allowed to pass it on
(except in the form of a working product, of course).

Reading between the lines, I think this restriction is due more to US
guvmint restrictions and wider politico-economic influence than it is Icom's
own preference. In any case, I have reason to believe the situation is
unlikely to change anytime soon.

The RE'd documentation, freely available on the web, is accurate and
complete enough for all normal purposes though  ;o)
Here's a link:
http://planet.gcn.ou.edu/ahern/home/pcr1000/index.html

If you want to play with this, I'd suggest getting a decent comms port
monitor, to allow you to see what's being sent back and forth. Here's a nice
free one for Windows:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/portmon.shtml

-- 
  Max


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwayne Walker" <dwayne@wb5plj.org>
To: <pcr-1000@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:46 AM
Subject: [PCR-1000] PCR Command Codes


> Hi Group
> A question came up recently about access to the communication method that
> the PCR uses to communicate via the serial port. Specifically the point
> that Icom has not released this information publicly like they have with
> the C-IV protocol. This of course means to program for the PCR you must do
> a guess and go method. This is time consuming and dose not inspire
> confidence among programers. If this information where publicly available
> there would be far more programers willing to write programs for the PCR
as
> well as incorporate the PCR as a supported receiver in there software. Not
> to mention the general improvement of all Software designed to work with
> the PCR.
>
> So how can we get Icom to release this information? well the only way to
do
> this is to Petition them as a group. If we can show that a significant
> portion of their customers find the public release of the communication
> method the PCR uses a valuable asset. This will show that there customer
> base will be positively affected by such an act.
>
> One potential problem with this is that they may have a contract with Bono
> (or what ever that new software is shipping with the PCR.) In addition to
> this I do not know if any such petition has already been tried. In either
> case it seams that it is worth a shot. I thought I would send this message
> to get a feel for the support of this idea. Please give any and all
> comments. And feel free to indicate if you don't support such a movement
> and the reasoning behind it.
>
> thank you very much for your time
>
> Dwayne WB5PLJ
>
>
>
>
>
> ("Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. Like fire it
> is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington)
>
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