Re: D-STAR Rig Control

["IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR" <teners@bh90210.net>]

Quoting don <don_reid@comcast.net>:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:02:44PM +0000, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
> > ALCON:
> >
> > I am curious what (if any) integration is existent with controlling rigs
> such as
> > the ICOM IC-2820H, IC-91AD, etc..., that are D-STAR radios.
> >
> > Being able to read and write memories, etc.., would be quite useful to say
> the
> > least.
>
> I have an IC-2820 and have looked into what it can do over the computer
> interface.  It appears that it can only upload or download the entire memory
> as one large chunk.  The data is in hex format and is a bit over 100k bytes.

Excellent! My goal (initially) would be to design a software for programming the
2820H, and IC-91AD that would be usable on a MacOS/Linux environment.

May I respectfully request if you could publish the information regarding how
one would accomplish this, and if the HamLib supports provisionment of an API
to do same?

>
> It doesn't seem to respond to any other commands.

At the moment, programming the radio would be my first interest.

>
> If someone knows differently I'd be very happy to be wrong.

Well, I am sure if anyone knows, Robin (AA4RC) does, and I plan to try to get
some time with him at the Hamvention.

>
>
> Don Reid - W7DMR
>


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