Sounds like something was corrupt in the original program and your work cleared it. Good job, glad you got it going.

Jeff

kb5nmb?

On May 11, 2022, at 12:05 AM, James Holtzman via groups.io <emptech@...> wrote:

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Mission Accomplished!

I was unable to come to a conclusion as to the actual cause of the problem.

After doing a factory reset and restoring all of the memory channels and other settings, to my knowledge the radio is fully operational.

I wish I had a better answer, but it's done!

Thanks to everyone who offered me ideas.

Jim

------ Original Message ------

From: "James Holtzman via groups.io" <emptech@...>

To: [email protected]

Sent: 5/10/2022 8:16:02 PM

Subject: Re: [d-rats] D-rats not keying ID-51A

This is what doesn't work, something in the programing that the owner did, exactly what's wrong, who knows.

With the owner's data, I went through every settings menu and set the contents to factory, unless I had to fill my own info in, ham call, etc.

What does work, factory reset, blew everything away.? Using RT Systems s/w, filled out D-star settings menu.

Used D-STAR calculator and created four channels, talk, echo, status, and unlink, all used with a local DSTAR repeater.

If I give the radio back to the owner, it will work with DRATS.? Since the radio is backed up, perhaps the owner could restore a little at a time, it's still unknown where the problem is, could even be a glitch in the data file.

I certainly cannot explain what is going on here, but at least the radio is not defective.

Jim

------ Original Message ------

From: "KC5SAM Virginia" <kc5sam.vo@...>

To: [email protected]

Sent: 5/10/2022 6:20:57 PM

Subject: Re: [d-rats] D-rats not keying ID-51A

I HAVE THE ICOM 51 A+ ANNIVERSARY EDITION AND IF I HAVE BEEN USING THE RADIO WITH FL DIGI, AND I GO BACK TO D-STAR, SOMETIMES IT DOES THE SAME THING. I HAVE A MACRO SET UP FOR FOR FL DIGI AND IF THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN USED AND NOT SWITCHED TO MORE NORMAL MODES LIKE CW, THE RADIO WON'T KEY. ALSO IF THE CABLE IS STILL CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER THAT HAPPENS. DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL HELP AT ALL, I'VE HAD A RED FACE MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE I KEYED AND NOTHING HAPPENED.?

73 DE KC5SAM

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On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 5:38 PM James Holtzman via <emptech=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi, this is Jim K6NRA.? Helping a friend out who has a ID-51A Plus. We have not been able to get the radio to xmit, as the previous discussion indicated.? I know I have the correct com port, that is, device manager matches the one used in radio preferences.? Also the cable I've been using works fine for radio programing, so I know the cable is good.? I even purchased the software from RT Systems, a lot more user-friendly than the Icom s/w.

I've checked my radio settings as per this thread, the radio via the computer will not key up.

If I use DRATS with my ICOM 92AD, works fine, of course, I had to use the special Icom cable with usb-rs-232 adaptor, so I know everything on the computer side is good.

Is there such a thing as setting the radio back to factory defaults, as I don't know what settings the owner did.

I've got a full head of hair right now, but it isn't going to last long as I keep pulling it out, I've spent lots of hours on this thing.? The only thing I didn't do is look at the RS-232 voltages going into and from the radio.

Jim