Programming IC-F4021

[ASAD]

I'm trying to program my IC-F4021 using CS-F3020/F5020 revision 2.3. IC-F3021 is the VHF counterpart of my F4021. When I hit Read or Write, I get the following error message. Do you know what's going on?

Illegal Information.
Check the following:
- The COM port settings .
- Cloning cable connections.
- Transceiver power is ON.
- Appropriate cloning software for the transceiver is being used.
- The revision number of the transceiver.

I think it's the last one of the above possible errors - revision number. Does it mean I have to update my software? If so, how do I update the software?

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Current most version of CS-F3020 is 3.3. I know you can buy it but I don't know about upgrades. Have you read from the radio yet? Another question, have you double checked your COM port? That's an issue I often have is the COM port one (my PC's tend to assign different numbers depending on where I plug it in but my Linux computer is setup to always see the OPC-478 cable as /dev/ttyUSB0 and always assigns it to COM 1 under WINE).

 

[ASAD]

Dear W5PKY,

I can't read the radio. I get the same error message as I do for write. I use the correct COM port but still tried all, one at a time. Yes I'm using OPC-478. I think the program requires upgrade.

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Sounds like it does. I know CS-F121 rev 1.3 actually tells me that I need to upgrade to a newer version (1.7 was the newest version made) when I was trying to figure out a used F221 I had acquired.

 

[ASAD]

I was trying to figure out what signaling would be good for us, in doing so I reprogrammed my Icom radio about a 100 times. Should I do alignment because of reprogramming? Or repetitive programming doesn't affect its performance?

 

[Project25_MASTR]

Repetitive programming shouldn't be an issue. Alignment is fairly minimal these day…in fact, I only know of DoD service contracts that require a periodic (every 12 months) alignment.