[arm-allstar] IC-706MK2G CI-V and PL tones....

[David McGough]

Hi Mike,

Yes, that's basically the method how I currently manage PL tone
frequencies--again, using hamlib.

I guess my point was that there is no completely automatic (computer
controlled) way to do this with the 706mk2g. The user must poke in all the
PL tones manually into memories. If the radio gets reset or anything, they
must all get manually poked in again.

So, potential remote-base users need to know that some radios (like the 
706mk2g) are not just "plug into the computer and play."

Thanks for the feedback!


73, David KB4FXC





On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, J Roden wrote:

> It's my understanding that you will need to program a memory for each tone
> you want, such as all 38. Then you select the memory of the tone tone you
> want and change the frequency contents of that memory. It's the only
> workaround I'm aware of. One two reasons why I bought an IC7000. The other
> being the ability to have DTCSS in addition to CTCSS. And I've owned every
> version of the 706. Still have a mkII(non-g).
> 
> On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > I just looked thru the app_rpt.c code and it does implement CI-V commands
> > 0x16,0x42 and 0x16,0x43 --- which enable and disable tone encode/decode.
> > That is in the function: set_ctcss_mode_ic706().
> >
> > However, the set_ctcss_freq_ic706() function, which was intended to set
> > the actual PL tones used is commented out (#if 0 ....  #endif). See line
> > 16764 in SVN:
> >
> > http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/astsrc-1.4.23-pre/trunk/asterisk/apps/app_rpt.c?revision=1512&root=svn&view=markup
> >
> > set_ctcss_freq_ic706() implements CI-V commands 0x1B,0x00 and 0x1B,0x01
> > which do NOT work on the 706mk2g that I've got....However, they do work on
> > many other radios, including my ic-746 (I have confirmed this with hamlib,
> > years ago).
> >
> > If there is a work-around to make this work on a 706mk2g, I'm all ears! I
> > know several folks (including me!) who could be using this now.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your input-
> >
> >
> > 73, David KB4FXC
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Steve  Zingman wrote:
> >
> > > David,
> > > Take a look at how app_rpt.c does the the PL setting on the 706.
> > > It's crude, but it works.
> > >
> > > [Insert expected response here.]
> > >
> > > 73, Steve N4IRS
> > >
> > >
> >
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