[Trlog] ICOM post #2

[Mark Beckwith]

Thanks Robert, that's a start, since I obviously don't have the computer and
the radio set to the same address.  I'll change one or the other so they
match and see what happens.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Brandon" <rbrandon at austin.ibm.com>
To: <trlog at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Trlog] ICOM post #2


> TR wants the receiver address in regular base 10 numbers.  The Icom rigs,
> however, display the address in hexadecimal.  (The "h" in the Icom display
> is just a tag to remind you that the number is in hex.)  You can use the
> Windows calculator to convert numbers.  Choose View, Scientific.  Click
the
> HEX radio button and enter 66 as shown on the Icom menu.  Then click the
DEC
> button, and you'll see the number that TR needs, in this case 102.
>
> Robert K5PI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:trlog-bounces at contesting.com]
On
> Behalf Of Mark Beckwith
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:00 PM
> To: trlog at contesting.com
> Subject: [Trlog] ICOM post #2
>
>
> So I have my Icoms and my interfaces.  I hooked it all up, and now I find
> some odd and incorrect behavior which I hope some of you TR-Icom Gurus can
> straighten me out on quickly.  Surely the program works perfectly if only
I
> knew how to use it, right?
>
> Icom 746 PRO
>
> I have the baud rate in the radio set to 4800 and TRlog set also to 4800.
>
> Then there's this "RADIO ONE RECEIVER ADDRESS" - it says to use "86" for
an
> IC746PRO, but the IC746PRO has a user-selectable address currently set to
> "66h" or something which I don't think is "base 10" (per manual).  Anyway
I
> put
>
> RADIO ONE RECEIVER ADDRESS = 86
>
> When I turn it all on, TRlog's band info is wrong, it says "NONCW" or
> something.  I turn the knob, and the frequency numbers come up correctly
on
> the TRlog screen, but even though it says "7048.5" TRlog still says
"NONCW".
> I stop turning, and the numbers go away.  I turn again and the numbers
> appear again, tracking correctly.  I change bands on the radio, and TRlog
> does not change bands.  I change bands on TRlog and the radio doesn't
track
> the bandchange.
>
> Sooooo, I'm wondering what I have done wrong.  Any tips?  I would like to
> get it all working prior to Field Day if possible.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark, N5OT
>
>
>
>
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