CHIRP - #New Model 2745 · I tried another usb/serial converter (Silicon Labs CP2102) and tried to breadboard an interface, but when I try to communicate with the radio the Icom software

CHIRP - New Model 2745

Status Closed Priority Normal

Author TIm Carson Category

Created 07202015 Assignee Rick DeWitt

Updated 08112019 Due date

Chirp Version daily

Equipment Loan OfferedYes

Subject Icom IC-2730A

Description

Icom IC-2730A please add support for this very popular radio

Related issues

duplicated by New Model 3219 Icom IC-2730 Rejected 01252016

duplicated by New Model 3153 Icom IC-2730A Rejected 01102016

duplicated by New Model 3221 support IC-2370E Rejected 01252016

Associated revisions

Revision 2946ebcb6aeda1b8 - 01142018 0302 pm - Rhett Robinson

Adds support for a raw-mode Icom driver This is required for the IC-2730A (part

of 2745)

Revision 294730023a69e963 - 01142018 0302 pm - Rhett Robinson

[ic2730a] Add support for Icom IC-2730A Fixes 2745

Revision 29480ac31753af9e - 01142018 0411 pm - Dan Smith

[ic2730] Add test image for Icom 2730A from Rhett

Related to 2745

Revision 295105f340866a9c - 01172018 0504 pm - Rhett Robinson

Update IC-2730 driver to swap which byte is considered DTCS

I sniffed the traffic the official software sends to the radio and it only

changes the second byte so that seems to be where dtcs is stored

Addresses 2745

History

1 - 01252016 1242 pm - Tom Hayward

- Status changed from New to Blocked

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This is blocked until an equipment loan is offered to a developer See [[rules for loaning a radio]] if you are interested

2 - 10262016 0713 am - Rob Owens

- File ic-2730a_readlog added

- File ic-2730a_downloadicf added

Im not a developer but Id like to help with this if I can I just got a new IC-2730a and an aftermarket programming cable I ran Portmon and captured

a read using the Icom software Ive attached the Portmon log as well as the saved download of the radios settings The first thing I noticed is that

there are two different baud rates set Even if that werent the case I wouldnt know where to go from here The advice on the wiki Youre a smart

developer You should be able to figure out the protocol from here doesnt really apply to me unfortunately

Is there a developer who would be willing to work with me on this If there are any developers near northern NJ Id be willing to take the radio to you

so we could work on it together If this works out I hope to work on getting support for my IC-2710h as well

3 - 10262016 0719 am - Rob Owens

To read the icf file I attached you can download Icoms software for free here

httpwwwicomcojpworldsupportdownloadfirmIC-2730A_E1_00

4 - 11052016 1155 am - Louis Erickson

I have a radio Im not using much right now that I could loan to a developer to get this feature implemented I have the (horrible) ICOM software for it

as well

Im willing to do the shipping two-step described in the link above

Who do I need to talk to next

5 - 01192017 1156 am - Tom Hayward

- Status changed from Blocked to Feedback

- Priority changed from High to Normal

- Equipment Loan Offered changed from No to Yes

6 - 01252017 0543 am - Aaron Crawford

I have an IC-2730A as well I would love to see chirp support added for this and its encouraging to see someone has offered a loaner to a developer I

am a web developer but am still working to learn how to make chirp drivers Still a steep learning curve for me I am trying to make a driver for a

KG-UV8T using a KG-UV8D driver but still learning how things work

I am willing to test the IC-2730A driver with my radio and offer feedback I dont have a cable for it so I would need to pick something up or cobble one

together with a USB to TTL converter Let me know if I can help in that way

7 - 01252017 0305 pm - Rob Owens

I bought this cable for $14 and it works with my IC-2730a

httpswwwamazoncomgpproductB0092D3E8Qref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00ie=UTF8amp38psc=1

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If you search amazon for OPC478 youll find several cables available There is even one for $9 although there are no reviews for it Even at $14 its

way cheaper than Icoms cable

8 - 04032017 0403 pm - Frank DAmato

Robert Owens - Your cable works with Chirp

9 - 04032017 0405 pm - Frank DAmato

- File KB2MXV 2730icf added

I received a 2730A today Here is a ICF file from it using the Icom CS-2730

Would like to see this model work with chirp

10 - 05132017 0654 am - Rob Owens

Frank DAmato - Sorry I wasnt watching this thread so didnt get an email notification My cable works with the Icom software on my IC-2730a So I

assume itll work with Chirp once Chirp supports this radio

11 - 09152017 0103 pm - Rob Owens

Just giving this issue a kick to see if its still alive I would love to see support for this radio Hopefully Louis Erickson is still willing to loan his

equipment


Rob I just purchased a similar cable from a vendor on eBay that does programming cables Mine has the FTDI chipset in it where I think the one you

listed on Amazon has the Prolific chipset I dont know if there is issue with the cable or not I am still trying to work that out with the vendor I cannot

get the Icom CS-2730 software to work The cable shows up in device manager with a com port number but when I start the Icom software it lets me

select the port but gives me an error that it cannot communicate with the transceiver It is suppose to be a half duplex cable I believe but without the

cable plugged in I can do a loop back test on it with a terminal programwhich I find weird

I tried another usbserial converter (Silicon Labs CP2102) and tried to breadboard an interface but when I try to communicate with the radio the Icom

software tells me that it cannot find findopen the com port The comport works just fine in a loop back test So I am getting 2 different errors from the

icom software depending on the converter being used Do you have any trick to make it work Do I need to set my baud rate parity stop bits etc to a

certain value

13 - 10172017 0655 am - Rob Owens

Aaron I did not have to do any special tricks I checked my cable today Device Manager shows it is a Prolific chip and it reports the COM port

number In the Icom software all I needed to to was specify the correct COM port for my cable and it worked

Be sure you have the cable plugged into the correct speaker jack on the radio Only one of them will work I dont remember off the top of my head

which one it is

Also take a look at this site to see if you are affected by the FTDI driver that disabled counterfeit chipsets

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httpwwwmiklorcomCOMUV_ClonedChipsphp

14 - 10172017 0754 am - Rob Owens

It looks like FTDI did it again more recently httpshackadaycom20160201ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again


The cable is suppose to plug into SPK 2

Well I did some more testing last night with the cable The weird thing is it shows up in device manager and gets a port number I can get it to do a

loop back test on itself and get legit data back but that is without it plugged in I wouldnt think it would do that if it is a half duplex cable

I tried some additional test with other interfaces and the OPC478 cable

Computer to Computer (CoolTerm) - Same port settings

- WouxonBaofeng Cable (FTDI) to Silicon Labs CP2102 UART Bridge - This has no problems communicating in either direction Text comes out

as expected on both ends

- Generic OPC478 cable (FTDI) to Silicon Labs CP2102 UART Bridge - TX from CP2102 is received by OPC478 but garbled characters TX sent

from OPC478 is not received by CP2102 The CP2102 is validated as working in the above test It receive its own loop back on the chip set but it

doesnt seem to get out the cable My guess is there is something either internally wrong with the chip or there is something wrong on the cable side

circuitry perhaps a solder bridge

I wanted to see if I could breadboard an interface to bypass the cable and rule out the radio using the CP2102 but the Icom software doesnt seem to

like that chipset for whatever reason When I try to connect to it it gives me the error that it cannot connect to that comport even though it works fine

with CoolTerm (yes CoolTerm is closed) I get a different error with the generic OPC478 cable It seems like it tries but comes back and say that the

transceiver is not responding So it recognized the FTDI chip but doesnt get farther than thatlikely because of the test results above

From your post above Rob I am wondering if it could be a driver issue counterfeit chip Maybe I will see if I can find an older driver just to see It

seems like it is garbling text in one direction I am waiting to hear back from the cable guy he mentioned about sending another cable but I havent

heard from him since Friday I will give him a fair shake before I go down the dispute road

Hopefully I will get it resolved soon The Icom Cable is 3 times the price and I want to find something that will likely work with Chirp once someone

else or myself get around to trying to write a driver for it

16 - 10172017 1024 am - Rob Owens

The garbled text in one direction could be this (from the hackadaycom article) the latest FTDI drivers will inject garbage data into a circuit I guess

trying an old driver would be a good move Just be sure to avoid the ones that brick the counterfeit chips

17 - 10232017 0605 pm - Aaron Crawford

- File s-l1600jpg added

Well I got a working cable now Turns out the other one was a dud I tried rolling back the driver and also plugged it into my mac and attempted

transfers between computers with the same results The seller sent me a new cable no questions ask I got it on Saturday plugged it in it installed the

latest FTDI driver fired up the Icom CS-2730 software and it worked just fine

Anyone looking for a cable that has the FTDI chip this one works well Look up OPC-478 IC-2730 on eBay or Amazon (httpaco7yRbJlq) Sellers

name is Mark KJ6ZWL and goes by BlueMax49ers on both sites Once I got a good cable it was flawless I personally have had issues with cables

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with Prolific chipsets but there are some similar issues with FTDI chips too Ive just never encountered them


I see there is a supported driver for the previous generation radio the IC-2720H Hopefully when one of us gets around to trying to figure out a driver

this will serve as a good code base I cannot imagine ICOM would have changed a whole lot It basically looks like a refresh of the same radio

19 - 01042018 1004 am - Rhett Robinson

I recently purchased one of these and am making progress on supporting it I hope to have a patch ready in a few more days There are some notable

differences from existing ICOM drivers requiring changes in icfpy to support but not too significant

20 - 01042018 1016 am - Rob Owens

Excellent Let me know if theres anything I can do to help test etc

21 - 01052018 1106 pm - Rhett Robinson

Status update I have successfully written to my IC-2730A with Chirp I am still working on finishing mapping the memory (need to map out skip

settings and the two call channels at least and see if theres anything else) Plus I havent yet looked at tests

The differences Ive found so far for the new driver

- It uses raw bytes instead of BCD

- The bytes coming out of the radio need to be decoded by having their high-order bit flipped (^= 0x80)

- The weirdest when writing the checksum if the checksum gt 249 the checksum becomes two bytes 0xff checksum amp 0x0f

The first one can be easily supported in icfpy The second one can be supported in the driver file although its a bit awkward because the way icf and

the driver interact you need to special case get_mmap so when saving the images to a file you save the decoded bytes but dont double decode them

when loading the image

The third one however Im going to want to spend a bit more time thinking about Granted this is the only Icom radio that sends bytes raw but it feels

like a very weird thing to do and Id prefer to write that in a way that this Icom radio can customize without there being too much custom code in icfpy

One option might be to add a get_checksum(bytes raw=False) that returns the string and call that from within send_clone_frame and override it for

this radio


Also incidentally while the checksum sometimes works it doesnt always so I am still working on trying to figure that out


- File Icom_IC-2730Aimg added

Im attaching the test image used for this radio Patch should be sent out in a few minutes

Turns out the radio expects certain bytes sent to the radio as part of the payload to be encoded 0xfa should be sent as 0xff 0x0a up to 0xff sent to

0xff 0x0f That had me confused for a while

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Rhett I will see what I can do to help you out with testing Unfortunately my IC-2730a is permanently mounted in my truck and is not easily removable

to bring into the shack when I program it I have to go out to the vehicle with a laptop and fold down rear seat and plug into the RF deck I would just

need to test while I have an evening or weekend with some free time and its not freezing outside But Id definitely be willing to try and offer you some

feedback

25 - 01102018 0654 am - Rob Owens

Aaron

I have programmed my IC-2730a through an extension cable and it worked fine Heres a link

httpswwwamazoncomiMBAPrice-Professional-Quality-Nickel-ExtensiondpB008R5J51Uref=sr_1_8ie=UTF8amp38qid=1515595824amp38sr=8-8

38keywords=12F82Bstereo2Bextension2Bcableamp38th=1

Mine was 12 feet Not sure if you will run into problems with longer lengths or not Anyway maybe that will allow you to program the truck radio from

inside the house This cable is also useful if you plan to install a remote speaker on your radio

My car with my IC-2730a in it is in the shop and I plan to test as soon as I get it back


Rob Owens wrote

Aaron


httpswwwamazoncomiMBAPrice-Professional-Quality-Nickel-ExtensiondpB008R5J51Uref=sr_1_8ie=UTF8amp38qid=1515595824amp38sr

8-8amp38keywords=12F82Bstereo2Bextension2Bcableamp38th=1

Thanks for the suggestions Rob I had considered a shorter extension so that I could program from the front seat where I can see the control head

display It is mounted in my center console and angled up I dont need to worry about the remote speaker as I already have that in place I made up a

bunch of custom wiring (remote head extension mic extension speaker extension and power) for mine and everything is concealed nicely My

programming cable is only 3ft so it is long enough where I can fold down the split rear seat jack in to the rf deck and sit the laptop on the folded down

seat I can then sit in the other back seat and program it Only inconveince is I have to jump out of the back seat and up to the front seat to verify the

programming and power cycle the radio I may still pick up a 6 foot cable at some point I just dont have a garage and it can get cold this time of year

where Im at

27 - 01152018 0632 am - Rob Owens

I used daily build 20180115 to download from my IC-2730a this morning Everything appeared to go well No errors were shown on the radio or in

Chirp But only some of my memories were downloaded

Chirp displays a grayed-out ERROR in the Name field for some of my memories and no other data from those memories Memories that were

downloaded correctly seem to be assigned the correct Banks The Bank Names tab contains no data The Settings tab contains only a single setting

Use Hi-Speed Clone It is set to Enabled

I retried the download and got identical results Let me know if it would be helpful for me to list the exact memory locations had problems The fact

that Chirp didnt alert me to any problems should laso be considered a bug I realize we are still in the early stages of support so its ok if that gets

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pushed off for a while


Yes if you can let me know how you have those memory locations configured that got errors programmed that would be helpful Also were you

running such that you could get output errors If so it might have left a stack trace or an error message that can help narrow down which field in

memory caused an error Did it correctly load memory locations after that slot

Im also still fairly new at both chirp and amateur radio so it wouldnt surprise me if Ive missed some things yet

Incidentally I opened the test image from the 2820 and the 2720 and neither of those had any settings so can you list out the settings you would

expect to see

29 - 01152018 0118 pm - Rob Owens

I cant seem to upload attachments Lets see if this comment makes it through

30 - 01152018 0121 pm - Rob Owens

I tried uploading my Chirp image and the Icom file so you could compare but the upload failed several times The first error I see is in location 31

There are some good memories after that then some more errors

If you tell me how to get the trace you mentioned Ill get it and upload it once uploads start working for me again

Regarding settings Id expect to see just about everything that shows up in the radios menu system For example screen contrast beep volume

home channel etc

31 - 01152018 0322 pm - Rob Owens

- File Icom_IC-2730A_20180115img added

- File 20180115icf added

files attached

20180115icf

Icom_IC-2730A_20180115img


On the radio what is memory location configured as From the dump

17 bytes at memory 0x020f 00 72 db 00 78 00 18 08 ff 00 18 57 42 32 4e 51 56

Which translates to

147015 Mhz

06 Mhz offset

TS = 50

MODE = WFM

RTONE = 1514

CTONE = 885

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DTCS = 0xff that one makes no sense and seems likely where your read is failing

DTCS1 (my notation) = 0x00 which would map to 23

TMODE = Tone

DUPLEX = +

DTSC_POLARITY = NN

NAME = WB2NQV

So based on that Im guessing the DTCS is where this failed at parsing

When I was mapping the memory it seemed that the radio was writing the DTCS index into two bytes (which was odd so I arbitrarily chose the first

byte) so let me play with reading it out of my radio a bit more and see if maybe I misread that or something Other than that the memory looks okay

mostly so let me know if what I wrote above matches the configuration you had stored It seems likely theres a bit of a hiccup around those two bytes

Ill try to narrow in on that

33 - 01152018 0501 pm - Rob Owens

DTCS is not set for any of the memories The Icom software shows a value of 023 but it is grayed out This is the same for all the memories

programmed into the radio I guess not used is a better description than not set

All the other data you listed looks right to me CTONE and DTCS_POLARITY are not set not used but the Icom software shows grayed out values

which match the values you read

If you have the Icom software available you can see this for yourself using the attached 20180115icf file I dont mind checking for you though


Yeah if it is set to the default I think itll show up as not used

I do have the Icom software (running via wine but it seems to work) On my radio it seems like the DTCS code is stored redundantly in two bytes (eg

when the only thing I do is change the DTCS code the memory diff shows two bytes updated to the same value) Its possible that I can just treat the

second byte as the correct byte instead of the first Based on my radio that will work just as well and based on your radio at least what Im seeing it

ought to work Im curious what that other byte is doing though I havent figured that out

For the other settings Ill need to study the chirp code a bit to see how other radios add settings to the UI I mostly copied the existing IC 2820 driver

and it didnt have settings that I saw which is why I dont have them in the UI Ive mapped at least some of them in memory though so hopefully

wont take too much longer to add those

35 - 01162018 0712 am - Rob Owens

Are you sure you didnt enable DTCS and set the DTCS code at the same time Have you tried different DTCS codes to see if they all get saved

identically in two bytes Did you change the DTCS code through the Icom software or using the radio front panel

If the other settings are easy to implement great If not Id put a much higher priority on getting the memory locations working well


Yes I tried multiple DTCS bytes What I found is that the radio seems to set both bytes I just set two different DTCS values on two different channels

in the official software and sniffed the traffic and sure enough it sets DTCS in the second byte not the first of those two Im submitting a patch to

swap which byte is considered the DTCS byte which I believe will address it

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I dont know why your radio had the other bytes set to 0xff but this patch will ignore that rather than crash when parsing

Ill continue looking at the settings though at a lower priority until I find some more time again (the holidays were great for finding time)

37 - 01172018 0634 pm - Rob Owens

On another radio I was working on I found that if I made changes using the radios front panel a hexdiff showed that two memory locations had

changed When I made the changes using the manufacturers software only a single memory location would be changed If you have been using the

radios front panel to change the DTCS values Id suggest trying to use the manufacturers software to do it and see if you still see a change in two

bytes

38 - 01172018 0642 pm - Rob Owens

Ill give a long-winded example of what I described above

Tune the VFO to frequency 111000 Save this as channel 1 Download and save the Chirp image


Do a hexdiff to find out where channel 1 is stored

I found two memory addresses had changed each from value A to value B In my attempt to change only the frequency saved in channel 1 I had

also changed the frequency saved in the VFO So it appeared that channel 1 was being saved identically in two different memory addresses because

I only changed channel 1


I think were talking about two slightly different things When I said it is setting two bytes I mean this for every memory channel there are 17 bytes

that store all the information for that channel For example the first three bytes store frequency in kHz divided by 5 For example to store 111000

MHz it would store 111000 5 = 22200 In bytes that is 0x00 0x56 0xb8 Of the remaining 14 bytes when I set the DTCS on the radio front panel and

dump the memory two of the bytes get updated identically when I take a memory dump For example if I store DTCS = 23 those two bytes are 0x00

If I set it to 25 those two bytes both become 0x01 If I set all the way up to 754 those two bytes both become 0x67 However if I set the DTCS within

the manufacturers software it only sets one of those two bytes the second byte So far I havent found any use for that first byte It is possible its

something Ive overlooked

So in this case it is the memory contents of the channel I havent mapped out just the VFOunsaved contents Im sure they are in there somewhere

Ive also occasionally observed random other bytes that seem to change when I make only an isolated change In some cases when I repeat the

change back and forth a few times those bytes no longer appear in the delta so I can reasonably ignore them and assume theyre not relevant for that

specific change Yet another example Ive found is a location that seems to simply increment on every change I dont know why the radio would think

its important to keep track of how many times youve made a change to memory

Anyhow I do believe the patch Ive got out will fix the issue but will wait until its been patched into daily and see if it works for you after that

40 - 01232018 1014 am - Rob Owens

I used todays build to download from my radio and the ERROR notations I spoke about in comment 27 are gone now Ill do some more testing

but so far everything looks good I do see memories 35-39 have no frequencies programmed but a grayed out S appears in the Skip column I cant

remember if this radio ever had anything programmed in those memories or not

Do you think its reasonably safe to try writing to the radio If so Ill fill up every memory slot and make sure it all works

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If you are only worried about damaging your radio yes I think its reasonably safe I certainly hit mine with all kinds of bad data and nothing harmed it

If youre worried about actually correctly saving all your updates I would say its probably safe but Im not 100 sure I havent missed any other edge

cases like the DTCS snafu Please give it a try and let me know how it works

By the way if youve only tried reading that should be a non-destructive operation so you can check your radio to see if 35-39 has anything in them If

it does and chirp didnt read it out correctly Id like to know that too

42 - 01232018 0106 pm - Rob Owens

I verified that the Banks tab is showing correct information regarding the bank assignment and the index

I verified that the radio does not have any frequency programmed in 35-39 I also used the Icom software to download from the radio and nothing

shows in 35-39 (not even grayed out)

I dont know if this will be useful information to you or not When I use Chirp with my Baofeng UV-5R Ive seen the phenomenon where a deleted

channel retains grayed-out settings For instance if I select a memory location and choose cut rather than delete all the settings get grayed out

rather than removed If I then upload the image to the radio the grayed out settings seem to be uploaded but the memory is not active If I then

manually save a frequency into that memory location the memory becomes active and it gets all those grayed out settings So Im always careful to

delete any memories that contain grayed-out settings Im not sure if a similar thing could be happening with the grayed-out S in the Skip column

but I figured it was worth mentioning

As of yet I have not uploaded anything with Chirp to this radio I will give that a try as soon as I have a chance -- hopefully in the next couple of days


That makes sense I believe Icom drivers in chirp by default zeros out memory when you delete a memory slot but its technically driver specific so I

dont know if all drivers do that For this driver if you save a memory as unused it will get wiped when its uploaded to the radio It would be possible to

set it to some other default value but I dont know if it makes a huge difference

44 - 01242018 1135 am - Rob Owens

I copied a bunch of memories from my Baofeng UV-5R image to an IC-2730a image Several memories failed to copy (with an appropriate error

message) because Duplex off is not supported I dont know if its possible to support that with this radio but it is a handy way of disabling transmit

I use it in particular for the NOAA weather frequencies

45 - 01242018 1138 am - Rob Owens

It would be nice if there was a way to add memories to a Bank in bulk Currently you have to check a box for each one you want to add If it could be

done like the Properties dialog box allows you to change a setting for multiple memories that would be great I realize Im getting a little picky here so

feel free to put this into the wishlist category

46 - 01242018 1237 pm - Rob Owens

I uploaded to the radio and it seemed to correctly write the two memories I added However the radio never came out of clone mode It said

CLONE END on the radio front panel if I remember correctly I had to power offon the radio in order to use the radio I repeated this test and got

the same results I was testing with a very slow Windows laptop I can test later tonight with Linux on faster hardware and see if there is any

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difference


I think I get the same behavior when doing that with the official software I have to restart the radio there too and the official software prompts me to

restart I think that is working as intended for this radio

48 - 01242018 1245 pm - Dan Smith

All Icom amateur radios require a restart after cloning CLONE END means successful

I think they do this to prevent you from automating usage of the radio by just pushing new memory into the radio and then having it reboot and start

working (ie to make a dynamic receive station for example) On some part-90 radios they do this because part-90 prevents you from having

automated frequency agility capability in the radio Perhaps its a holdover from Icoms commercial gear

Anyway every icom Ive ever programmed from the computer does this so nothing new

49 - 01252018 1129 am - Rob Owens

You guys are right I guess its been a long time since I uploaded with the Icom software because it does behave the same way

Using Chirp I uploaded about 80 memories and assigned them to a bank It all looks to be working fine

Tonight Im going to try to find the addresses for the C0 and C1 calling channels They are a little different from the other memories because they cant

be assigned to a bank and they cant be set to skip in a scan But Id like to get them into the Chirp gui if possible

50 - 01262018 0643 am - Rob Owens

One thing I noticed is that if I cut and paste a memory from one location to the other it loses its bank assignment Im not sure this is a big deal Im

not even sure if I consider that behavior right or wrong Im undecided I guess But I wanted to mention it


- File Icom Read Screen ShotPNG added

Hello Guys

Sorry I didnt get a chance to test and provide feedback until now

Firstly yes I can confirm that the CLONE END after writing to the radio is a normal behavior The stock Icom firmware does this as well and

specifically mentions in their PDF that you will need to power cycle the radio after writing to it

I am testing with CHIRP daily-20180123 While I have not had the time to perform detailed testing Here is what i have found When I read from the

radio some the frequencies out of the ham band get changed into 12GHz values in chirp I have attached a screen shot These are FRSGMRS freqs I

was going to attached the IMG file but it lock chirp up when I try to save it I have to force quit Chirp I tried a couple times with the same results

I was able to save the file after deleting the dozen or so bad reads I added 1 test channel with DTCS and I was able to write that back to the radio OK

And it shows as having DTCS on the screen

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That is just some of my quick observations at this time

Best Regards

Aaron - N3MBH

52 - 01302018 0759 am - Rob Owens

It looks like the C0 and C1 call channels are simply memory numbers 1000 and 1001 Can these be added to the GUI Would it be easiest to put

them in another tab separate from memories 0-999 since the Skip column doesnt apply to C0 and C1

53 - 06042019 0633 am - Rick DeWitt

- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

- Assignee set to Rhett Robinson

- Done changed from 0 to 90

Initial driver version has been released Update for settings is in progress

54 - 06052019 0549 am - Mark Kindred

A few observations after testing with my radio for the first time

Im able to read and write using CHIRP daily-20190601 on Linux On the Mac version however a write ends in All Reset message (and a reset

radio) rather than Clone End

Banks

- The banks seem to be read (mostly) correctly from the radio but I cannot assign or unassign them in CHIRP If I click on a checkbox it doesnt

change

- When I read from the radio if a memory channel is programmed without a bank on the radio it shows up as 0 frequency in the banks tab (as

opposed to 0000000 for empty memory channels) with everything grayed out Im still learning ICOMs banks so Im not sure what to expect here

Thanks for your work on this

55 - 06262019 0750 pm - Dan Theurer

I experienced similar behavior running CHIRP daily-20190601 on Mac I could read from the radio successfully but the write never completed The

upload got stuck around the 30 mark and I eventually aborted the process which resulted in a All Reset

Shout-out to all the contributors

56 - 06272019 0129 pm - Rick DeWitt

- Assignee changed from Rhett Robinson to Rick DeWitt

I have been working on adding the C0 C1 and massive Settings capabilities to the IC-2730a driver It is in the final test and submission process new

Those CLONE ERR problems seem to occur when the radio receives an in-valid frequency Check carefully for a freq lt 1180 or gt 5500 These bad

values can sneak in from corrupted img files

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57 - 06292019 0458 pm - Dan Theurer

Looking forward to the update Rick

In my case it was a not a faulty frequency I updated to 20190626 and tried the following Programmed two stations on the radio downloaded those

from the radio (success) and tried to upload again which never completed Tried both the high speed clone on and off

Any debug output that would be helpful

58 - 07152019 0328 pm - Rick DeWitt

- Status changed from Resolved to Closed

59 - 08112019 0838 am - Mark Kindred

I finally realized what was preventing the banks from working as expected for me The status message says [0] Getting Bank information for memory

xxx where xxx is a memory it doesnt like So far Ive seen it balk at FM receive-only frequencies like 159810 (railroad) but also 70cm frequencies

with 125kHz steps like 444862500 and 443762500 So it seems to get stuck reading bank info on certain memories rendering the banks tab

unusable Once I remove those from memory the banks work fine for me

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This is blocked until an equipment loan is offered to a developer See [[rules for loaning a radio]] if you are interested

2 - 10262016 0713 am - Rob Owens

- File ic-2730a_readlog added

- File ic-2730a_downloadicf added

Im not a developer but Id like to help with this if I can I just got a new IC-2730a and an aftermarket programming cable I ran Portmon and captured

a read using the Icom software Ive attached the Portmon log as well as the saved download of the radios settings The first thing I noticed is that

there are two different baud rates set Even if that werent the case I wouldnt know where to go from here The advice on the wiki Youre a smart

developer You should be able to figure out the protocol from here doesnt really apply to me unfortunately

Is there a developer who would be willing to work with me on this If there are any developers near northern NJ Id be willing to take the radio to you

so we could work on it together If this works out I hope to work on getting support for my IC-2710h as well

3 - 10262016 0719 am - Rob Owens

To read the icf file I attached you can download Icoms software for free here

httpwwwicomcojpworldsupportdownloadfirmIC-2730A_E1_00

4 - 11052016 1155 am - Louis Erickson

I have a radio Im not using much right now that I could loan to a developer to get this feature implemented I have the (horrible) ICOM software for it

as well

Im willing to do the shipping two-step described in the link above

Who do I need to talk to next

5 - 01192017 1156 am - Tom Hayward

- Status changed from Blocked to Feedback

- Priority changed from High to Normal

- Equipment Loan Offered changed from No to Yes


I have an IC-2730A as well I would love to see chirp support added for this and its encouraging to see someone has offered a loaner to a developer I

am a web developer but am still working to learn how to make chirp drivers Still a steep learning curve for me I am trying to make a driver for a

KG-UV8T using a KG-UV8D driver but still learning how things work

I am willing to test the IC-2730A driver with my radio and offer feedback I dont have a cable for it so I would need to pick something up or cobble one

together with a USB to TTL converter Let me know if I can help in that way

7 - 01252017 0305 pm - Rob Owens

I bought this cable for $14 and it works with my IC-2730a

httpswwwamazoncomgpproductB0092D3E8Qref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00ie=UTF8amp38psc=1

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TS = 50

MODE = WFM

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Documents

CHIRP - #New Model 2745 · I tried another usb/serial converter (Silicon Labs CP2102) and tried to breadboard an interface, but when I try to communicate with the radio the Icom software