Problem on the IC92AD solved.? I had no issues using voice on DSTAR.? My problems were with D-rats.? I've used several models of radios with D-Rats and usually communicating to the radio at 9600 baud.? For some reason I could xmit with the 92 but the data never got xmitted correctly.? Then I realized it had to be at 38.5kb, and bingo, the data went out and was readable.??
The other issue, I would not know that it worked unless I had a buddy on the air with me who could send and receive.? To make it more convenient? I borrowed a radio (2820) and a laptop from SHARP (sacramento sheriff's amateur radio program) so I could look across the room and see my progress.? Simplex worked just fine.? I then went to utilize our nearby DSTAR repeater, found that my 92 would send out ok? and the 2820 picked me up.? But, when a msg went out via the 2820, nothing.? After many hours of reprogramming, etc, I found the 2820 was never setup for a repeater.? Once I realized that, stopped spinning my wheels.
Bottom line, the 92 now works just fine.
now I'm back to touching up my ID5100.? I don't know the maximum baud rate I can send to it with, I'm trying to find that info.
So, we can close this trouble ticket, thanks everyone for helping out.? Now I can get back to our monthly DSTAR nets over RF.
Jim - k6nra
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Sent: 6/11/2022 3:47:05 PM
Subject: Re: [d-rats] D-rats not keying ID-51A
It’s likely one setting missing. If you follow the settings in
/g/d-rats/files/D-RATS%20Radio%20Settings.pdf from the D-RATS group, it will work.
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John WB4QDX
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Have you tried a different repeater?
There have been reports of some non-Icom repeaters not behaving well with older D-Star radios.
KI4UDZ?
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 15:28, James Holtzman via groups.io
[Edited Message Follows]
[Reason: problem is not d-rats but d-star, looking for a solution]
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.
edit:? Previous sentence, DRATS works fine with my ICOM 92AD on SIMPLEX, turns out it does not work through our local DSTAR repeater (2m).? After doing many factory resets, making tiny changes in the radio programming, still having problems with the 92. What
was found, some operator's radios signals (voice or data) will make it through the repeater but not everybody's radios will make it to my 92.? I'm afraid I've been barking up the wrong tree here, now believing the problem has to be with the other user's radio,
in this case an Icom 2820.? It's as though like analog, if the 2820 transmitted with a PL code and the repeater passed it, and thus the 92 opens up, vs, a 2820 not encoding the output with a pl code and thus the 92 not picking up the data.
I know DSTAR does not use PL codes (analog or digital), so what could be missing in the 2820 programming?? I know this is more of a DSTAR issue, not a D-RATS issue but by using D-RATS is how the problem was identified.? Just need the fix.??? -? Jim k6nra
Is there such a thing as setting the radio back to factory defaults, as I don't know what settings the owner did. - solved
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. - problem solved
Jim
