[WriteLog] WL & IC-706 setup for Field Day

Sat Jun 20 21:50:19 PDT 2009

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 at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at 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 at mtaonline.net>
> To: "Writelog Reflector" <writelog at 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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