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REMOTE CONTROLLER’S BASIC OPERATION
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Connecting to a radio through a network
To connect to a radio through a network using the Remote Controller, first you have to access the radio using the
Remote Utility.
To connect the radio using the Remote Utility, see page 40 when you are operating as the Server, or see page 54
when you are operating as a Remote station.
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Double-click the “Remote Control” icon on your
desktop to open the Remote Controller.
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Click the icon in the toolbar as shown to the
right, or click “Connect Setting...” in the [Op-
tion] menu, to display the Connect Setting
screen.
• The Connect Setting cannot be set while the radio is
connected.
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Select a radio that you want to control in the
Model
menu.
• The items that cannot be used in the selected model will
be grayed out.
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Select how to connect to the transceiver between
REMOTE, REMOTE/RS-232C, RS-232C, LAN, and
USB.
• The selectable device differs, depending on the trans-
ceiver.
• When the “MOD Select has also been changed.” dialog
is displayed, click [OK].
• The confirmation dialog for the connection setting may
be displayed, depending on the transceiver. If connected
correctly, click [OK].
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Select a radio that you are accessing with the Re-
mote Utility, in the
Remote Utility
menu.
• The CI-V settings are automatically loaded from the
Remote Utility to the
CI-V
field. The settings include
the virtual COM Port number, the radio’s CI-V address
and baud rate and the virtual audio device for the Voice
Memory function.
If the desired radio is not displayed in the
Remote
Utility
menu, click [Search] to load the radios’ infor-
mation from the Remote Utility.
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Click the
Software closing turns OFF the Radio.
box to make a check mark to turn OFF the radio
when the Remote Controller is closed by clicking
the < > button or [Exit] on the File menu.
• Only for transceivers that can be turned ON or OFF with
the CI-V Power ON/OFF command.
• When the PC is shut down while the Remote Control-
ler is still running, the transceiver’s power may not be
turned OFF.
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Click [OK] to save the settings, and close the Con-
nect Setting screen.
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Connecting to a radio with the Remote Controller (Continued)
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Click the icon in the toolbar as shown to
the right, or click “Connect ON” in the [File]
menu, to connect to the radio.
• When the connection has succeeded, the radio’s cur-
rent data will be displayed on the main panel.
• If the connection fails, and an error screen is displayed,
solve the problem using the “6. TROUBLESHOOTING”
section. (p. 68)
• To disconnect from the radio, click the icon as
shown to the right, or click “Connect OFF” in the
[File] menu.
- The radio will be turned OFF if it can be turned ON or
OFF with the CI-V Power ON/OFF command.
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Select
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Select
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Click
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Click
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Select
If you insert a check mark, the radio power
turns OFF when closing the software.
See the Help file for the Remote Control soft-
ware for more details.
