Icom ci-v

JJJ

First - I'm a newbie to BS2 . This is a repost of my original "no subject" post to add the subject ...

I am using an ICOM IC-746PRO amateur radio transceiver with CI-V rig control. I have been trying to use my BS2 to control the radio but am not having any luck.

Does anyone have experience with CI-V and BS2? Is the BS2 output compatible with CI-V, or does it need to go through a level converter?

Chris Savage

In the future please do not repost...Edit you message to add a subject. The duplicate post has been removed.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support

Larry~

Yes I have done CI-V interface I will look around for my info

larry

Larry~

'{$STAMP BS2}
'This program allows you to read the frequencies stored into memory of a Optoelectronics Scout Model-25 which uses the Icom civ interface. I have a manual somewhere that has the Icom protocol I will look for it if you need it.
'

a var byte
b var byte
c var byte
d var byte
e var byte
f var byte
g var byte
h var byte
i var byte
j var byte
k var byte
L VAR WORD
BCD VAR WORD

HOLD:
IF IN11 = 0 THEN START
GOTO HOLD

start:
debug " START PROGRAM READ",13,13
FOR L= 0 TO 399
bcd = ((l DIG 2) << 8) + ((l DIG 1) << 4) + (l DIG 0)
pause 80
serout 3,84,[noparse][[/noparse]$FE,$FE,$90,$80,$7F,$22,bcd.highbyte,bcd.lowbyte,$FD]
serin 3,84,2000,stopPed,[noparse][[/noparse]wait(254),a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k]
debug hex2 a," ",hex2 b," ",hex2 c," ",hex2 d," ",hex2 e," ",hex2 f," ",hex2 g," ",hex2 h," ",hex2 i," ",hex2 j," ",hex k,13
debug dec3 l," ",DEC2 BCD.highbyte," ",DEC3 BCD.lowbyte," ",hex2 J,HEX2 I,".",hex2 h,hex2 G,13,13
IF IN11 = 0 THEN STOPPED
IF J=0 AND I=0 AND H=0 AND G=0 THEN STOPPED
NEXT

STOPPED:
PAUSE 500
debug 13," STOPPED COMMUNICATIONS",13," ENDING PROGRAM READ ",13,13
pause 2000
goto hold

JJJ

Larry:

Thanks for the help. I have a copy of the CI-V manual with codes and protocol, so the codes are no problem.
My idea is to read SWR from the radio and trigger an alarm if it is over a certain level - I'm prone to change bands
and forget to reset my antenna tuner.

Does the output of the Stamp go through a level converter, or is it compatible for direct connection to the radio?

Larry~

Well its been 10 years since I did this, and It if I remember correctly they have converters. The freq. counter I was reading there was no need for a converter, it hooks to a scanner and will control the freq. so just try it and see!