[Dxbase] IC-7800

Tue Oct 9 05:18:21 EDT 2007

1/ the 7800 in common with all other Icom's won't log Split mode. this
is because Icom have no way for software to tell if Split mode is
enabled or which VFO is used for TX.
2/ I have, very very occasionally seen issues with the read from the
7800 producing incorrect output, I think this is down to data collisions
between my microham band decoder and Dxbase's Poll. I am seeing this in
perhaps 1 in 500 loggings. I really do not think this is a Dxbase issue
and is occurring because the microham decoder is polling the radio at
the same time as Dxbase 
3/ if the radio is set to 19200 there is quite a bit of scope for
speeding things up by shortening the pacing and EOC values in
radios.ini
As starting values. 
try pacing = 1 
and 
eoc(25) on the select and set lines
eoc(50) is a good value for the get lines, you may get away with further
reductions.
Also you should change the lines 
CWR and defaultcWR to =7
this is to ensure that CWR gets logged correctly and relates to Icoms
newer than about the 756pro reporting R-CW as a separate mode 
CWR=7
DefaultCWR=7
Below is a copy of my radios.ini entry for the 7800, please report back
if my timings work for you 
[ICOM_IC-7800_VFO_A_Only]
#IC-7800 revision by N5IN at digikey.com modified by ei6iz
P_LSB=0
P_USB=1
P_CW_USB=0
P_CW_LSB=0
P_AM=2
P_FM=5
P_FM_N=0
P_DATA_LSB=0
P_DATA_USB=0
P_DATA_FM=0
P_CW=3
P_FSK=4
P_RTTY=4
P_PACKET=4
P_CWR=3
LSB=0
USB=1
AM=2
CW=3
FSK=4
RTTY=4
FM=5
CWR=7
HIGH=1
MEDIUM=2
LOW=2
Address=0x6A
PACING=1
FREQDIVIN=1
FREQDIVOUT=1
USEEXTENDEDMODES=0
FREQSHIFT=0
DefaultCW=3
DefaultFSK=4
DefaultRTTY=4
DefaultFM=5
DefaultAM=2
DefaultCWR=7
SelectVFOA= hex(fe) hex(fe) hex(%ra) hex(e0) hex(07) hex(d0) hex(fd) eoc(20)
SetVFOA= hex(fe) hex(fe) hex(%ra) hex(e0) hex(00) bcd(%vfoa,5) hex(fd) eoc(20)
GetVFOA= hex(fe) hex(fe) hex(%ra) hex(e0) hex(03) hex(fd) rrs(16) eoc(40)
PrsVFOA= hex(%dummy, 11) bcd(%vfoa,5) eoc(0)
SelectVFOB=
SetVFOB=
GetVFOB=
PrsVFOB=
SetMode= hex(fe) hex(fe) hex(%ra) hex(e0) hex(06) hex(%mode) hex(fd) eoc(20)
GetMode= hex(fe) hex(fe) hex(%ra) hex(e0) hex(04) hex(fd) rrs(13) eoc(40)
PrsMode= hex(%dummy, 11) hex(%mode) hex(%dummy) eoc(0)
SetFilter=
GetFilter= 
PrsFilter=
SetSplit=
GetSplit= 
PrsSplit= hex(%dummy, 10) bit(%split, 0) hex(%dummy) eoc(0)
On Tue, 2007年10月09日 at 00:04 -0400, Peter Dougherty wrote:
> Hi all,
>> I will be setting up DXB 2007 for someone with an IC-7800 next week. 
> Can anybody tell me if there are any quirks or known pitfalls or 
> issues with this radio? I will be using this in conjuction with a 
> MicroKeyer and Router software.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> Cheers,
>> Peter,
> W2IRT 
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