R2500 Mac OS X Control Software.

[ktrout153]

I recently got a R2500 and could not find any control software for Mac OS X (10.5). Being a geek, I decided to write something that I could use.

This software should work with any 1500/2500 because they use the same command protocols. It is not a full featured program by any means, but it does provide the basics. My goal was to make a front end that I could use instead of the control head.

"Features":
Frequency selection
Mode selection
Filter selection
Squelch control
S-meter
Basic scanning
Hotkeys, including direct frequency entry
Speaker volume control

This code basically provides buttons that send serial commands to the receiver. The scanning is also a hack right now because it does not use the scanning protocol built into the receiver. It works but it could be improved upon.

I have since decided to sell my R2500, so I am posting this software and its source code for anyone to use and/or improve on. I don't mind answering basic questions about it, but I don't want this to snowball into a support nightmare.

You can download it here: http://www.lathan.org/PCR_Control.dmg

I hope you guys like it and I would love to see someone pick it up and run with it.

Chris Lathan

 

[wa8pyr]

I have since decided to sell my R2500, so I am posting this software and its source code for anyone to use and/or improve on. I don't mind answering basic questions about it, but I don't want this to snowball into a support nightmare.

You can download it here: http://www.lathan.org/PCR_Control.dmg

I hope you guys like it and I would love to see someone pick it up and run with it.

Chris,

I don't have an R2500, but I'm going to take a look at this and see if I can adapt it to some other radios. I'm vexed by the inability to get Mac software for a number of radios I own and have just about determined to try and write something rather than keep doing the VMWare / Windows thing on my Macbook (or the Virtual PC7 / Windows thing on my G5 desktop).

 

[ktrout153]

I'm planning on replacing my R2500 with another Icom (probably a R20) and I plan to implement this same interface for use with the CI-V interface. I will probably do that as soon as I get the replacement...

I hope I commented my code well enough for you.

 

[bludvigs]

PCR-control

I am trying to install your PCR-control software under Mac OS X 10.7.2, but the SiLabs USB Driver refuses to be installed. The installer works, but the device dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART never shows up. Have you made any updates for Lion?

- Børre

 

[ktrout153]

I haven't done any updates to this in years. If you can't get a driver installed, the software will not work. My code only uses the serial port that the driver makes. Keep in mind that a driver may have already installed a serial port but using a different name.

I no longer own a Mac so I can't help with the code anymore and I can't help you troubleshoot this beyond general recommendations.

Good luck.

 

[mattede]

r2500 mac

Is there a software for icom pcr 1500 for mac lion that run?
Thanks.