[WT-support] Icom 746 Pro Connection Help?

[SQ6MS Maciek]

Especially CI-V Transcieve is improtant parameter for Icom radios.
You should both check ci-v transceive settings in your 746pro
and win-test.
I guess that inside radio menu ci-v trans. is switch to off by default.
I would recommend you to set up ci-v trans. to on (both win-test and 
radio) and set up the baud rate to 19200.
By using high speed and ci-v trans. polling your band map will run much 
more smoothly.
I run this kind of configuration with ic781 and WT versions 3.2x to 3.27
and never had problems (pc is old P300 with 128Mb RAM and WIN98SE )

I don`t have expierience with WT 4.0 and win XP or Vista


Matthias Jelen pisze:
> Hi Felipe,
> 
>> Having similar problems with the 781 and mk2r+... mk2r+ works great 
>> and I get perfect reading as
>> I move my knob , but wintest reads the fequency initially but when you 
>> move freq it stops
>> reading it and you have to shut down win-test and back on to read again.
>>  
> 
> Used this combination many times without problems here... Have you 
> checked "use CI-V transceive" and unchecked "polling"? Does it work if 
> you enter a freqeuncy in WT and press enter?
> 
> 73s,
> 
> Matthias, DK4YJ
> 
>> using n1mm I dont have the problem, it works fine... any ideas?
>>  
>> Felipe
>> NP4Z 
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Bob Wilson, N6TV <mailto:n6tv at arrl.net>
>>     *To:* support at win-test.com <mailto:support at win-test.com> ; Neil
>>     Shapiro, W2NLS <mailto:neil at neilshapiro.com>
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:55 PM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [WT-support] Icom 746 Pro Connection Help?
>>
>>     Neil,
>>
>>     Are you using Win-Test 4.2?
>>
>>     Is your IC-746 Pro using the default address (66h) or the IC-746
>>     address (56h) (check the Icom menus).
>>
>>     In Win-Test, did you select Radio Type IC-746 or IC-746Pro?
>>
>>     Did you exit HRD before starting Win-Test?
>>
>>     Are you using a USB-to-serial converter or microHAM device or
>>     other virtual serial port, or a "real" COM4 serial port?  If it's
>>     not a real COM port, maybe you need updated device drivers for
>>     Vista 64, or maybe you should try COM5 in case COM4 comflicts with
>>     some other port on your PC.
>>
>>     Have you tried setting DTR and/or RTS to Handshake when "Use CI-V"
>>     was NOT checked?
>>
>>     Please send me a screen shot of your Win-Test SETUP screen and COM
>>     port Config screen and any screens from a virtual COM port setup
>>     program.
>>
>>     Finally, powering everything off and on in sequence sometimes
>>     fixes things.
>>
>>        1. Power up computer
>>        2. Wait for boot to complete
>>        3. Power up Radio
>>        4. Start Win-Test
>>
>>     Do you have a laptop or other (non Vista) machine you can try?
>>
>>     73,
>>     Bob, N6TV
>>
>>     On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Neil Shapiro
>>     <neil at neilshapiro.com <mailto:neil at neilshapiro.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I just got Win-Test today and was hoping to use it in the upcoming
>>         CQWW contest this weekend. But no matter what I try I can't
>>         seem to
>>         connect my Icom 746 Pro to the program. When I am in Ham Radio
>>         Deluxe
>>         the connection works fine set to Com 4, 19,200 and with DTR
>>         checked.
>>         In Win-Test I have tried the default which is both DTR and RTS
>>         set to
>>         off, then I have tried DTR set to On, no luck. I have tried
>>         baud rates
>>         of 9600 and no luck. I have tried with CI-V and polling set to
>>         both on
>>         and off (all combos) and no luck. Does anyone have an Icom 746 Pro
>>         working with this that you could share the settings with me?
>>         Or if you
>>         know.... Oh, running Vista 64 here. Help?? -- Neil (W2NLS)
>>
>>
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