--- In [email protected], "lz1aq" <lz...@...> wrote: > > > > Hello Steve, > > --- In [email protected], "hsdx@" <hsdx@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for your reply Chavdar, > > > > I am trying to use your EXTIO_Icom_v11.dll with my existing copy of > > Winrad. I have used another .dll with success for my AVR/IC2 > > frequency control. The best senario for me would be to integrate both > > .dll's into one. Is this possible? > > It is not possible to open two Extio dll's simultaneously in > Winrad. It is possible to integrate several functions in one dll but > someone must write the software. > > >This way I can change the bands on > > my softrock and get the ICOM IC-746 to sync its frequency with the > > softrock. > > To change the AVR/SI570 frequency you can use the original software of > DG8SAQ http://www.mydarc.de/dg8saq/ <http://www.mydarc.de/dg8saq/> > and Extio_Icom.dll to sync the IC746. It is good to have "Always on > top" mode for DG8SAQ window since Winrad occupies the total desktop > screen and task switching is not straight forward. "Always on > top" means that this window can not be hidden by other application > it stays always on top. I have found in the Net numerous programs > that can be used to implement "Always on top" function. I tested > "Power Menu" http://www.abstractpath.com/weblog/ > <http://www.abstractpath.com/weblog/> and it works quite well. > > >I already use alone HRD with success. Do I need HRD > > running at the same time as Winrad? If the answer is yes then I will > > need software that allows the share of my Com1 port! > > You do not need to run HRD but you can still can use HRD simultaneously > with Winrad and EXTIO_Icom if you want. You can share 1 physical com > port with many Windows applications by using "Splitter port". > See again in my article about this possibility and look at > www.eterlogic.com <http://www.eterlogic.com/> . > > >Going back to > > your latest .dll I am unsure what to set the latter settings to as my > > radio does not display them. The only thing on my radio is 56h. Do I > > need to type 56 in for the first line of code? or do I translate the > > code into a digital number in some way? > > > You should type in ComSettings.cfg number 86 which is decimal > equivalent of 56 hexadecimal. This is the address of IC746. > > I uploaded the source files of EXTIO_Icom.dll in LZ1AQ folder in this > forum. > > I hope this will ease the man who will take the idea of Steve to design > a combined DLL which will control both TRX and SDR oscillator. > > 73 Chavdar > > lz...@... <mailto:lz...@...> > > www.lz1aq.sigancor.com <http://www.lz1aq.sigancor.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chavdar,
Thanks for your assitance, your dll now works after correcting the 56 to 86. Well done I'm so pleased...nice bit of coding your son did. Here's looking forward to the combination of ExtIO_Si570.dll with your EXTIO_Icom_v11.dll...good luck programmers... Best regards Steve 2E0ZEH
