[Dxbase] Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700

Sat Jan 10 21:12:47 EST 2009

Thanks, Joe and everyone else for your comments.
 I have collected all of the comments that I received primarily from Joe, but others, as well into one email entitled "Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700 / Collection of Comments" and have added a few ideas of my own. Unfortunately, I forgot that this would create a new thread. I apologize for that oversight.
73,
Paul
NO8D
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Glockner <wa6axe at hotmail.com>
To: sumracer at aol.com; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 2009年1月10日 10:14 am
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700
aul,
It appears that the ICOM 7700 doesn't have a
ommand that can tell DXbase whether the 7700 is
n the SPLIT condx..
Here are the words about the ICOM rigs from the
Xbase Help File:
COM Considerations
Many of the ICOM radios, including late models such as the IC-756 line, do not 
rovide an RS232 command to determine if the radio is in split mode. This 
versight on the part of ICOM is a disappointment, but there is nothing DXbase 
an do about it. If your radio does not provide the capability to determine if 
t is in split mode, DXbase will be unable to retrieve VFOb information. The 
ogic in DXbase requires that the radio be in split before we will extract VFOb 
nformation but without the necessary command, DXbase will never know it.
Looking at the ICOM 7700 set of control commands, I do not see
ny command that can tell DXbase about the SPLIT mode/condx.
73 Joe wa6axe
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 To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:31:26 -0500
 From: sumracer at aol.com
 Subject: [Dxbase] Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700
 Hi, All -
 I am having trouble getting DXBase to read VFO-B on my IC-7700.
 Writing to both VFOs does not seem to be a problem and it will read
 VFO-A but always fails to read VFO-B whether I am entering a contact
 in the log or just using the Alt-Q / Retrieve option.
 I am somewhat familiar with the entries in the Radios.ini file and
 have been able to manipulate them in the past but this one has me
 stumped.
 I did notice that when DXBase writes to the radio it appears to write
 to VFO-A, then switch the contents of A and B, write again to VFO-A
 and switch the contents again; so, reading the contents may involve
 something similar but I don't know how to affect it.
 Has anyone else had this trouble and figured out the solution?
 73
 Paul
 NO8D
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