After three days of this BS I'm at my wits end. Still no rig control under
WL! I've reset the IC-706MKII CI-V hex address back to its default of 4E
and entered the following line in the [Rigs] section.
Icom IC-706=0x4E
but it still makes no difference.
The interfaces to the Rigblaster and CT-17 via the USB to Serial adaptor are
apparently working. When I power up the net book computer the Rigblaster
Digital LED flashes and the radio TX keys up in sequence. When I start WL
the band map never shows communication with the radio and the map scale is
centered on zero. If I manually set the Band and Mode in WL the band map
shows the lower edge of the band selected, say 20M, regardless of the mode
selected CW or SSB.
Weird thing is I've discovered I can key the radio to send DVK audio
messages, but when I try CW all I get is random characters of code. The DVK
audio transmits regardless of the mode selected on the radio - under both CW
and SSB! It's like WL doesn't know I've created CW messages in its memory.
I have never before seen this behavior in WL in all my years of using it
(V10.71C). Under the Ports tab I have Comm3 set for CW and Comm4 set for
rig control of the IC-706. Poll is on, but whenever I set CommPTT to No for
both Comm3 and Comm4 the settings never make it back to the writelog.ini
file and eventually revert to Yes again - ???
Below are my writelog.ini file entries for the [Ports] and rigs] sections.
Does anyone see anything amiss that I am missing. At this point it looks
like my Field Day effort is in serious trouble!
[PORTS]
CWPTTCONTROL=2
CWPTTDELAY=15
dvktype=3
dvkport=4
cwtype=2
cwport=1
dvkstoploop=1
dvkechomic=1
Comm3Used=CW,POLL,24
Comm3RigManager={D0DE9422-0517-11D4-9D1B-00105AA43DDF}
Comm3XmitControl=ALWAYS
Comm4Used=USED,POLL,24
Comm4RigManager={D0DE9422-0517-11D4-9D1B-00105AA43DDF}
Comm4XmitControl=ALWAYS
[RIGS]
Com3:=19200,n,8,2
Com4:=19200,n,8,2
IcomForceSplit=1
Icom IC-706=0x4e
Incidentally I've set the hex address to both 0x4e and 0x4E with no
difference.
Any help really, really appreciated!!!
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
To: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a@mtaonline.net>; "'Writelog Reflector'"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: June 21, 2009 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day
>
>> I think you made a typo though in the 706 address.
>> Shouldn't it be:
>>
>> IC-706=0x48?
>
> No, that will leave the IC-706 setting looking for the original
> IC-706. By setting the address for 0x58, Writelog will work with
> the IC-706mkIIg (its default address is 58h) when the 706 is
> specified.
>
> Obviously one can not use the original IC-706 and an IC-706mkIIg
> at the same time. The same would hold when overriding a 756ProIII
> for a 7600, etc.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:12 PM
>> To: lists@subich.com; 'Writelog Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day
>>
>>
>> Never thought of that Joe! I'll give it a try later today.
>> I think you
>> made a typo though in the 706 address. Shouldn't it be:
>>
>> IC-706=0x48?
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
>> To: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a@mtaonline.net>; "'Writelog Reflector'"
>> <writelog@contesting.com>
>> Sent: June 20, 2009 8:50 PM
>> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Gary,
>> >
>> > To get this information into the archives (again), another way to
>> > support unsupported Icom transceivers is to use the
>> override function
>> > in the [RIGS] part of writelog.ini.
>> >
>> > > The following entries override WriteLog's default setting for the
>> > > Icom rig address for the various Icom rigs. All rigs
>> that have Icom
>> > > rig addresses have corresponding entries in WriteLog.ini
>> here under
>> > > the name that matches the name in the Setup Ports dialog
>> including
>> > > space characters!
>> > >
>> > > Icom IC-781=0x33
>> > > Icom IC-756PRO=0x12
>> >
>> > For example, since the IC-706mkIIg is not supported
>> directly one could
>> > add the following entry:
>> >
>> > Icom IC-706=0x58
>> >
>> > and then select IC-706 as the transceiver in Writelog. This avoids
>> > the need to change the IC-706mkIIg default address.
>> >
>> > Similarly, the IC-756Pro3 can be overridden for use with
>> the IC-7600
>> > until specific support for the 7600 is added.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > ... Joe, W4TV
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
>> >> [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
>> >> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:35 PM
>> >> To: Writelog Reflector
>> >> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> WELL CALL ME STUPID!! I found the answer in the WL archives
>> >> immediately AFTER sending the missive below. The IC-706
>> hex code is
>> >> 48H and all versions of the 706 must be set to this code
>> to work in
>> >> WL. I would like to
>> >> thank the author of the solution for his time consuming and
>> >> painstaking work
>> >> in finding the solution. That author would be ME, back in
>> >> Oct. 2004!!!
>> >> Getting old sure ain't pretty!
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >> Gary AL9A
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net>
>> >> To: "Writelog Reflector" <writelog@contesting.com>
>> >> Sent: June 20, 2009 4:25 PM
>> >> Subject: [WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Spent the better part of a frustrating afternoon setting
>> up a Field
>> >> > Day station in my RV. Rig is an IC-706MKII and I'm
>> using a new net
>> >> > book computer, the ASUS 1000HA. WL installed ok and I
>> think I have
>> >> > everything configured correctly, but Murphy spent the afternoon
>> >> > looking over my shoulder.
>> >> >
>> >> > The interface is a USB to 2 port serial adaptor, which
>> >> WinXP has setup
>> >> > as Comm3 and Comm4. Comm3 goes to a Rigblaster Plus,
>> Comm4 to the
>> >> > radio via a CT-17 Level Converter. I'm planning on running a CW
>> >> > station and have receive working ok through the Rittyrite
>> >> CW decoder.
>> >> > Problem is I can't get
>> >> > the radio and laptop to communicate. The band map has no
>> >> idea what band
>> >> > or
>> >> > mode is set on the the radio. I've checked and rechecked
>> >> all the wiring
>> >> > hookups and can find nothing amiss. I've used the
>> >> IC-706MKII radio before
>> >> > with WL on my main desk station with a different computer
>> >> when my main
>> >> > radio
>> >> > was in the repair shop a couple of years ago, with
>> >> virtually the same
>> >> > interface setup, so I know it works.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm sure it's a configuration issue somewhere. Just as I
>> >> was throwing
>> >> > in the towel for the day I thought I heard Murphy
>> whispering in my
>> >> > ear. I haven't used the 706 for sometime and when I
>> reviewed the
>> >> > operator manual I discovered that the hex address in the
>> radio was
>> >> > different than what the book default value is. Without
>> thinking I
>> >> > reset the radio to the default. Now, I'm thinking that was
>> >> the bullet
>> >> > I put squarely into my foot! The list
>> >> > of radios in the WL Ports section shows IC-706, not
>> IC-706MKII or
>> >> > IC-706MKIIG. So now me thinks that a couple of years ago I
>> >> changed the
>> >> > hex
>> >> > address to what the original IC-706 hex code is as that is
>> >> probably what
>> >> > the
>> >> > WL rig interface is programmed with. Problem is I don't
>> >> remember what the
>> >> > hex setting was! Anyone know what the hex address code
>> is for the
>> >> > original IC-706? I suspect that if I change that setting in the
>> >> radio the problem
>> >> > will be resolved. HELP!!!
>> >> >
>> >> > 73,
>> >> > Gary AL9A
>> >> >
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