Rig control - Latest CAT command file

UFB Irad, I just tested 4.0.7 and it works fine. Thanks a lot.

73 de Demetre M0SUY (SV1UY) ..

Ok Gentleman. I listen :)

I added to V4.0.7 the ability to run multiple commands together.

you can take any command from the rig file and with a comma, add additional commands to it. VarAC will play them one after the other.

Here is an example of 2 commands concatenated whem changing mode to USB_D

ModeUSB_D=FEFE94E02600010102FD,FEFE94E02600010103FD

You can also do a majority of this with DXLabs Commander also.

Highly useful for Ham radio. It can send CAT commands via serial or TCP/IP, depending on what your radio can support, and JSON for radios that support that such as Flex radios.

It would be best if Irad supported this because I feel it would be better, but he is too busy right now!

Thanks anyway!

Aha, I found it but it didn't seem relevant to Amateur Radio so I bypassed it! HiHi!

Thanks Gary!

Hi Gary,

I googled streamdeck and streamdecks and I cannot find anything relevant, could you please provide a link?

73 M0SUY

Well if Irad incorporates that into VarAC I think user defined macros would be the way to go as there is more than just that command, there are several that I always send as a Preset to all my radios. I send the Presets either before or after starting a program. However, on my StreamDeck I have buttons that do multiple functions on 1 press. For VarAC the button press Starts VarAC, my logging program, performs a Preset of 4 to 7 commands. My StreamDecks has been a very versatile tool for Ham Radio.

Thanks Gary,

Any idea of how can we incorporate the above CAT Command in VarAC so that whenever we select a new Frequency, this command is also sent to the IC-7300?

I guess that right now you are sending the commands before starting VarAC or am I wrong?

73 de Demetre M0SUY

I use a Pactor modem and Vara for WL, as well as VarAC on my 7300. I use macros to set the Data in method all the time. I use StreamDeck and/o DXLabs Commander.

For the following CAT commands replace <CIV> with you address, unless using DXLabs Commander:

For Pactor MOD uses ACC FEFE<CIV>E01A05006701FD

MOD uses USB FEFE<CIV>E01A05006703FD

I also do a lot of other presets all at once such as setting bandwidth, mod levels, filters, etc.

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to send to an IC-7300 a CAT command so the radio can set the Connectors-DATA MOD from ACC to USB and the opposite. This will help anyone who uses his IC-7300 with an external Modem (i.e. a PACTOR Modem) which need the Connectors-DATA MODE to be set to ACC and also uses it with VarAC/VARA or other soundcard Programs which need Connectors-DATA MOD set to USB.

WINLINK EXPRESS can do this and when you change from using PACTOR to VARA it changes automatically from ACC to USB and the otherway around but I can't find how to do this when I use VarAC!

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

73 de Demetre M0SUY

CAT not working for either PTT or freq control on the FT-847.

Works fine with ONMI-RIG, but the not the VARAC CAT.

This has to be a software problem if OMNI-RIG works OK.

Does anyone else have VARAC CAT working on the FT-847?

-- Bob, N0AOT