Hi All:
Only one post, I promise! But, I can't resist.
To convert an ICOM address from "hex" to decimal:
first digit X 16 + second digit
For example, "56h" yields 5 x 16 + 6 = 80 + 6 = 86.
For example, "66h" yields 6 x 16 + 6 = 96 + 6 = 102.
Using a Windows calculator seems like overkill... :-)
We use the decimal system so much we "forget" that 102
is 1 x 10 x 10 + 0 x 10 + 2. Hex works the same way,
except each position is times 16 instead of 10.
The "digits" 10-15 are represented by A, B, C, D, E,
and F, in case you see a "number" like CF.
For example, "CFh" yields 12 x 16 + 15 = 207.
73,
Mark
Mark Beckwith wrote:
> Dear Josep:
>
> Ed said:
>
>> TR-Log needs the ICOM address in decimal, so just convert
>> between hex and decimal to get both the radio and TR-Log
>> on the same address.
>
> Yeah, well....for those of us to whom this is a foreign language, I have
> included a snippet from my configuration files that helps me keep it
> straight. If I didn't do it this way, with the helpful comment lines, I
> think I'd become an axe murderer. Here's what my CFG files say, and these
> combinations work perfectly:
>
> RADIO ONE TYPE = IC746PRO
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 2
> RADIO ONE BAUD RATE = 4800
> RADIO ONE RECEIVER ADDRESS = 86
> ;for base 10 "86" radio says hex "56h"
> RADIO ONE ID CHARACTER = L
> RADIO ONE NAME = <<<<<<<
> RADIO TWO TYPE = IC746PRO
> RADIO TWO CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1
> RADIO TWO BAUD RATE = 4800
> RADIO TWO RECEIVER ADDRESS = 102
> ;for base 10 "102" radio says hex "66h"
> RADIO TWO ID CHARACTER = R
> RADIO TWO NAME = >>>>>>>
>
> BTW you can convert from one to the other using the calculator in Windows.
> Click on "view" and make sure "scientific" is selected, not "standard."
> When you do, then click the bullet that says "Hex", put in the Icom address
> you want (on the 756PROII you have a bunch of addresses to choose from in
> the menu, right?), but don't put in the "h" - i.e. if you set the radio to
> "66h" just put "66" onto the Windows calculator. Then click the "Dec"
> bullet and the amount in the display is miraculously transformed to the
> number that you should type into TRlog.
>
> Mark, N5OT
>
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