[ct-user] Need help with CT 9.27 and 706mkII

[Mike Walker]

Matt:

Your radio is not communicating with the computer.  Make sure you are running native DOS (not under Win95).

Which comtsr are you using?
What are the values of the comtsr?
What baud rate is set in the radio?
What com port are you using?
What IRQ is it?
Is there anything else with the same IRQ?
Is the cable good?

What this boils down to is that it is not likely the software but the setup of the hardware.


Try using a radio address of something of a similar vintage (ie:  timeframe).  For the IC-706, I would use an address of x'26' for an IC-781 or x'46' for an IC-775.  The IC-735 is a very old radio, and it's command set may be a little different.

Here is what has been published before:

Please make sure that the baud rate on the radio matches the baud rate on
the computer.  I've had good success leaving the baud rate in the auto
position for the radio.  If not, setting the baud rate at 4800 or 9600
should be fine in most causes without causing buffer overruns.  

Kenwood, Icom and Yaesu do not change their command set, then just tend to
add to it.  If you have a TS-570, you can also tell your software that you
are using a TS-450 and as long as the software doesn't insist on using the
ID byte from the radio, it will work.

For CT  users, there hasn't been a radio that we have NOT been able to get
to work with CT.  When the 870 was  new, we just called it an 850 or 450
and it work fine.  

The last thing is that most radio to computer interface problems are all
user error.  :-)  Either the user has a bad cable, is using the wrong com
port, hasn't got the com ports configured correctly (you cannot share
IRQ's--this is a common problem), or the radio is configured incorrectly.





At 20:49 98-12-10 , Matt Burke wrote:
>
>Hello:
>
>I know that this has been hashed around a lot, but I am new to te
>forum.  I am trying to interface my 706mk2 with CT 9.27.  I have read
>through many of the previous posts over the past couple of months, but
>have not been able to get it to work.  I have verifed that I have the
>IRQs set up correctly.  I have verified that I have the radio set to 04
>(mimic the 735) and veified all other communication parameters that I
>can think and that can be controlled in the comtsr files.  Basically,
>when I try to enter a frequency (14250 e.g.) I get a "RADIO TIMEOUT" and
>"RADIO NOT ECHOING".  I have seen this error in other posts and was
>wondering what done to fix this.....
>
>Thanks for the help and 73,
>
>Matt Burke
>AC5RV
>
>
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