Thanks, Joe and everyone else for your comments. I have collected all of the comments that I received primarily from Joe, but others, as well into one email entitled "Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700 / Collection of Comments" and have added a few ideas of my own. Unfortunately, I forgot that this would create a new thread. I apologize for that oversight.
73, Paul NO8D -----Original Message----- From: Joe Glockner <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:14 am Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700 aul, It appears that the ICOM 7700 doesn't have a ommand that can tell DXbase whether the 7700 is n the SPLIT condx.. Here are the words about the ICOM rigs from the Xbase Help File: COM Considerations Many of the ICOM radios, including late models such as the IC-756 line, do not rovide an RS232 command to determine if the radio is in split mode. This versight on the part of ICOM is a disappointment, but there is nothing DXbase an do about it. If your radio does not provide the capability to determine if t is in split mode, DXbase will be unable to retrieve VFOb information. The ogic in DXbase requires that the radio be in split before we will extract VFOb nformation but without the necessary command, DXbase will never know it. Looking at the ICOM 7700 set of control commands, I do not see ny command that can tell DXbase about the SPLIT mode/condx. 73 Joe wa6axe ________________ ________________ To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:31:26 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [Dxbase] Failure to Read VFO-B in Icom 7700 Hi, All - I am having trouble getting DXBase to read VFO-B on my IC-7700. Writing to both VFOs does not seem to be a problem and it will read VFO-A but always fails to read VFO-B whether I am entering a contact in the log or just using the Alt-Q / Retrieve option. I am somewhat familiar with the entries in the Radios.ini file and have been able to manipulate them in the past but this one has me stumped. I did notice that when DXBase writes to the radio it appears to write to VFO-A, then switch the contents of A and B, write again to VFO-A and switch the contents again; so, reading the contents may involve something similar but I don't know how to affect it. Has anyone else had this trouble and figured out the solution? 73 Paul NO8D ________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! _________________________________________________________________ indows Live™: Keep your life in sync. ttp://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009=
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