Icom iC- r8500, Instruction Manual

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CONTROL COMMANDS
10
35
The IC-R8500 can be connected to a PC via the PC’s
RS-232C port. This allows you to control the receiver from the PC and/or transfer data from the receiver to
the PC.
Operation Cn Sc Remark
Reading freq. edges
Reading operating freq.
Reading operating mode 02
03
04 —
—
—
Reading M-ch contents package
Reading bank name 1A
1A 01
03 add bn+mc*
add bn*
Reading squelch condition
Reading S-meter level
Reading model ID 15
19
01
02
00
05 add fd*
Set operating
mode
06
0001
0101
0202
0201
0203
0301
0302
0501
0502
0601
Memory channel selection
Bank selection
Memory write 08
08
09 —
A0
—
mc*
bn*
Set M-ch contents & write package
Set bank name
Memory clear 1A
1A
0B 00
02
—
add dt*
add bn+nd*
Stop scan
0E
00
Programmed scan start
Auto memory write scan start 02
04 note 1
note 1
Memory scan start
Select memory scan start
Mode select scan start 22
23
24 note 2
note 2
note 2
Priority scan 42
SEL-CH release
SEL-CH tag B0
B1
VSC deactivation
VSC activation C0
C1
Scan resume selection “
∞
”
Scan resume selection “OFF”
Scan resume selection “DLY”
D0
D1
D3
LSB
USB
AM
AM narrow
AM wide
CW
CW narrow
FM
FM narrow
WFM
Operation Cn Sc Remark
Tuning step 10
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
11
00
10
20
30
13 00
01
03
04
05 add gd*
add gd*
add gd*
add gd*
Memory clear 16
10
11
20
21
30
31
Power OFF (activating sleep)
Power ON (from sleep active)
18
00
01
1 MHz
programmable
OFF
10 dB
20 dB
30 dB
frequency
10 Hz
50 Hz
100 Hz
1 kHz
2.5 kHz
5 kHz
9 kHz
10 kHz
12.5 kHz
20 kHz
25 kHz
100 kHz
Voice
synthesizer
Attenuator
AF gain setting
Squelch level setting
IF shift setting
APF control setting
14
AGC OFF
AGC ON
APF OFF
APF ON
NB OFF
NB ON
Note 1: Only scan group 0 is usable.
Note 2: Use these commands after sending a bank or
mode command.
Set frequency
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Command table
FE FE 4A E0 Cn Sc Data area
(e.g. fd)
FD
Preamb
le code
(fix
ed)
PC’
s address
IC-R8500’
s address
(selectab
le in set mode)
Command number
(see tab
le)
Sub command number
(see tab
le)
BCD code area
(‘REMARK’
in tab
le)
End of message code
FE FE E0 4A Cn Sc Data area
(e.g. fd)
FD
Preamb
le code
(fix
ed)
PC’
s address
IC-R8500’
s address
(selectab
le in set mode)
Command number Sub command number BCD code area
End of message code
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Data format
• Basic format from PC to IC-R8500 • Answer from IC-R8500 to PC