ic-7000 settings for data modes
I want to operate WSJTx with my 7000.
I've connected the radio to my laptop, via a rigblaster advantage and am using Ham Radio Deluxe for rig.? control.?
FT8 is decoding fine. Just wondered if there are any settings on the actual radio that I need to configure,? to ensure a good receive and transmit signal. Info on this is sparse on the Internet??
Apologies if this topic has already been covered.?
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
John -
? ?I've never directly programmed my IC-7000, nor have I ever used the packet data interface - so feel free to ignore this if you get more knowledgable feedback! ?;-)
? ?That said, some observations:
? ?- I compared my hardcopy version of the IC-7000 manual (the one that originally came with my radio) and my Section 17, page 146 visually matches the downloaded copy you have.? However, the Command Table entries for (what looks like...) Commands 0x06 - 0x0A on pg 146 look strange. Namely:
? ?1) the entries are "out of order". For the rest of the Command Table (which begins on page 142) the entries are all in numerical order, indexed first by Command # and then Subcommand #. But on page 146 the table jumps from Command 0x1A, Subcommand 0x050119 to "Commands" 0x06 - 0x0A (all with no Subcommands?), and then jumps back to Command 0x1B, Subcommand 0x00. Curious...
? ?2) Commands 0x06 - 0x0A have already been assigned to other functions?back on page 142 of the table, where they are shown in the proper numerical order! In other words, the out-of-order entries on page 146 (including the 0x0A one you're using) is in conflict with the assignments already made on page 142. At the very least, it looks like we have some kind of misprint in the documentation.
? ?If that's the case (i.e. the documentation is wrong) - what is the right answer? At this point I'm merely speculating, but it might be worth a try... ?What If: the 0x06 - 0x0A "Commands" on page 146 were mistakenly put in the wrong column, and they really should be Subcommands? Since something has to go in the Commands column - What If: they're all just additions to the "0x1A" Command family? This is just a guess, but moving 0x06 - 0x0A over to the Subcommand column and replacing them with 0x1A Commands would "fix" the numerical order?anomaly and remove the assignment clash with the original (page 142) Commands 0x06 - 0x0A. Sounds promising to me... ?;-)
? ?Again, this is just "paper debugging" (and a lot of speculation), so if you receive any better informed ideas feel free to ignore this. But if not, it sounds like you're set up to easily test the hypothesis if you want to try. Let us know what you find!
? ?73's and Good Luck,
? ?- Richard, ?NC6RJ
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
To me the manual is unclear as to what the actual byte code
should be for a "(0=off, 1=ON)" statement.
The manual states that the "Data Area is BCD code data for
frequency or memory number entry"
the unwritten and unstated assumption therefore is that everything
else is a full Ascii character.
so is "0" a binary or a character encoding?
You might try "x30" and "x31" in case it is supposed to be the
Ascii character "0" (zero) or "1" (one).
as opposed to the binary value of "0" (x00) or "1" (x01)
/s/ BillTurner, wb4alm
On 2/12/24 14:29, John Spoonhower
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Greg, and others,
I have attached the relevant manual page from the IC-7000 manual;
I just downloaded it from the Icom web site.
The command code I see for setting / getting the bps setting is
shown as "0A". Has this changed ?
I have successfully run a a number of similar commands listed in
the command table from this version of the manual.
For example:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x03 xFD returns the operating frequency (144390.00
Mhz) as:
FE FE 70 E0 03 FD FE FE E0 70 03 00 00 39 44 01 FD.
What am I doing wrong?
John NX2I
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
Greg, and others,
I have attached the relevant manual page from the IC-7000 manual; I just downloaded it from the Icom web site.
The command code I see for setting / getting the bps setting is shown as "0A". Has this changed ?
I have successfully run a a number of similar commands listed in the command table from this version of the manual.
For example:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x03 xFD returns the operating frequency (144390.00 Mhz) as:
FE FE 70 E0 03 FD FE FE E0 70 03 00 00 39 44 01 FD.
What am I doing wrong?
John NX2I
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
Pretty sure you have your codes confused, From my 7000 manual: ? 0A Memory to VFO 00 Frequency data 01 Mode data And the end needs to be FD for end of data not FE ? And in the command listing I do not see anything for controlling the data connection speed. ? I might be wrong though… ? Greg NZ6E ?
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From: ic7000@groups.io <ic7000@groups.io> On Behalf Of John Spoonhower Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 9:54 AM To: ic7000@groups.io Subject: [ic7000] CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port ? I am interested in trying to control the 9600/1200 bps setting for the data connection to the IC-7000. Thus far I have tried and failed using the "send Command" option in FLRIG.
Has anyone succeeded in doing this?
According to the manual command reference this is done with command 0A so, I have tried the commands:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x00 FD (for 1200 bps) and,
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x01 FD (for 9600 bps) .
These are claimed to turn on / off the 9600 bps connection.
Are there other approaches I should consider?
73, John, NX2I
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
yes I want to toggle? the audio connection setting from 9600/1200 bps. How do I do this using a remote controller? NX2I
Dave, ypur answer is not clear for me. I want to change the bps setting for packet. I am using the din 6 connector on the rear of the IC-7000. Nx2i
Hi the 1200/9600 is the audio data port not cat data, Dave 2E0DMB?
I am interested in trying to control the 9600/1200 bps setting for the data connection to the IC-7000. Thus far I have tried and failed using the "send Command" option in FLRIG.
Has anyone succeeded in doing this?
According to the manual command reference this is done with command 0A so, I have tried the commands:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x00 FD (for 1200 bps) and,
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x01 FD (for 9600 bps) .
These are claimed to turn on / off the 9600 bps connection.
Are there other approaches I should consider?
73, John, NX2I
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
Dave, ypur answer is not clear for me. I want to change the bps setting for packet. I am using the din 6 connector on the rear of the IC-7000. Nx2i
Hi the 1200/9600 is the audio data port not cat data, Dave 2E0DMB?
I am interested in trying to control the 9600/1200 bps setting for the data connection to the IC-7000. Thus far I have tried and failed using the "send Command" option in FLRIG.
Has anyone succeeded in doing this?
According to the manual command reference this is done with command 0A so, I have tried the commands:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x00 FD (for 1200 bps) and,
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x01 FD (for 9600 bps) .
These are claimed to turn on / off the 9600 bps connection.
Are there other approaches I should consider?
73, John, NX2I
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Re: CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
Hi the 1200/9600 is the audio data port not cat data, Dave 2E0DMB?
I am interested in trying to control the 9600/1200 bps setting for the data connection to the IC-7000. Thus far I have tried and failed using the "send Command" option in FLRIG.
Has anyone succeeded in doing this?
According to the manual command reference this is done with command 0A so, I have tried the commands:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x00 FD (for 1200 bps) and,
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x01 FD (for 9600 bps) .
These are claimed to turn on / off the 9600 bps connection.
Are there other approaches I should consider?
73, John, NX2I
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CAT control of 9600/1200 bps data port
I am interested in trying to control the 9600/1200 bps setting for the data connection to the IC-7000. Thus far I have tried and failed using the "send Command" option in FLRIG.
Has anyone succeeded in doing this?
According to the manual command reference this is done with command 0A so, I have tried the commands:
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x00 FD (for 1200 bps) and,
xFE xFE x70 xE0 x0A x01 FD (for 9600 bps) .
These are claimed to turn on / off the 9600 bps connection.
Are there other approaches I should consider?
73, John, NX2I
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Re: PMSIC/AD1ICM with IC7000
Sorry I forgot to reply. ?Thanks I had the PSIC connects swapped.
Ed
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Has anyone made a selector switch to switch from a PSIC headset to the Icom mike?
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The 7K's aren't much more DC voltage dependent than any other mobile HF radio, IF the poorly designed fuse holders on the factory DC power cable are replaced with good quality 30 amp holders that bite through the fuse blades' surface oxidation that builds up over time.? Cleaning the fuse blades will help temporarily, but the fuse holders have an inherent design flaw, compared to typical automotive-style ATC fuse holders.? Of course there can be other sources of voltage drops that all add up in a mobile or battery-powered installation.? There should be less than 500 millivolts drop from the battery terminals to the TUNER port pins 3-4 under load in a proper installation.
A properly adjusted 7K will operate down to 10.9 VDC (as measured across the TUNER port pins 3-4 while transmitting with the TX PO=100%).? The output power will decrease by 50-60% compared to 13.8 VDC.
Below about 10.5 VDC the radio will do a reset of the CPU, mainly designed to protect the radio during a power-up cycle until the supply voltage is stable.? IC1301 is the reset control IC for the CPU.
Transmitting at 100W on just battery power (without the engine running) is not good practice.? Adding a battery booster just makes a bad situation worse for? battery life.? Dropping the TX PO to 50W only decreases the received signal by 3 dB, but can quadruple battery run time typically.
Steve, W3AHL
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If it's indeed low voltage and not RFI, N8XJK (and others) make a 'voltage booster' that?may help.? When I was a sailboat liveaboard I used one while at anchor or under sail, essentially whenever not running engines.? Worked for my IC-7K.
73,
Bob, WB2DWD
On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 10:24?AM Al Browne < post2al@...> wrote: I had this exact problem with my 7000 as well on 40m only. Turned out to be RF in the shack. In the days before I had proper 1:1 Current BalUns in the feed coaxes. The culprit turned out to be a secondary feeder used to connect a SDR to a different antenna conducting RF back to the shack via the outer face of the coax braid. The moment I slugged the cable with some clip on ferrite sleeves at the shack end and a BalUn at the antenna end the problem disappeared.
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I had this exact problem with my 7000 as well on 40m only. Turned out to be RF in the shack. In the days before I had proper 1:1 Current BalUns in the feed coaxes. The culprit turned out to be a secondary feeder used to connect a SDR to a different antenna conducting RF back to the shack via the outer face of the coax braid. The moment I slugged the cable with some clip on ferrite sleeves at the shack end and a BalUn at the antenna end the problem disappeared.
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Michael.....Icom radios are very voltage dependent...My 7000 will transmit with the truck shut off about two or three times for short periods, then the radio shuts down. ?? Cut the power to 30 or 40 percent and its all good......Run the engine while transmitting and there's never a problem at full power. ? I had the same issue with my? Ic 706, and an Icom dual bander in the mobile.? Awg 10 wire feeding the radios so plenty of cutrrent.... Stick a voltmeter inline and you will see the voltage drop....about the only thing you can do is operate at less than full power. ?Good Luck Phil K2RRX
On Monday, February 5th, 2024 at 7:57 AM, Michael Parker <miketparker@...> wrote:
Anyone had this issue.? Powered by a LiPo battery and using a 1/4 vertical with a wolf river coil with an swr less than 1.5.? When transmitting CW at 100 W, the unit will shut down.? If I turn down the power to 25 W this won't happen.? Doesnt happen on 20m. Any ideas?
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Nott at home, so don't have a dummy load, but will try the ferrites.
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I have a. Choke on order.
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I would start with some ferrite but also try a dummy load at full power. If the radio shuts down then check the fuse holders by reseating both fuses. 73 GL
Feb 5, 2024 7:57:30 AM Michael Parker <miketparker@...>:
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Anyone had this issue.? Powered by a LiPo battery and using a 1/4 vertical with a wolf river coil with an swr less than 1.5.? When transmitting CW at 100 W, the unit will shut down.? If I turn down the power to 25 W this won't happen.? Doesnt happen on 20m. Any ideas?
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Michael,
This appears to be a case of RFI.? Most likely coming from current traveling on the outside of your coax feedline back to the IC7000 which is causing the shutdown.? The amount of "common mode" current will vary by band and this is why it occurs on 40 m but not 20 m.? ?My first step would be to install a common mode choke at the base of the antenna.? Connect the output of the choke to the antenna and your feedline to the?input.? ? Changing the length of the feedline might help as well, but this would likely move the problem from one band to another.
Balun Designs manufactures?these devices.? ?My experience is that they make good products.? Here's a link:??
I have no affiliation with Balun Designs.
Good luck,
Robie AJ4F
Anyone had this issue.? Powered by a LiPo battery and using a 1/4 vertical with a wolf river coil with an swr less than 1.5.? When transmitting CW at 100 W, the unit will shut down.? If I turn down the power to 25 W this won't happen.? Doesnt happen on 20m. Any ideas?
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Anyone had this issue.? Powered by a LiPo battery and using a 1/4 vertical with a wolf river coil with an swr less than 1.5.? When transmitting CW at 100 W, the unit will shut down.? If I turn down the power to 25 W this won't happen.? Doesnt happen on 20m. Any ideas?
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m0cvz - Don
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Steve W3AHL