FlyByNight
Member
Hi Everyone,
After a ten year leave of absence from scanners and receivers I have just taken the plunge and bought an RX7. Whilst I am waiting for it to arrive I would like to start organising my frequencies ready for programming. I have a couple of questions that I hope you RX7 owners might be able to help me with:
Firstly, I understand that the data files used to program the RX7 are just a standard CSV format. Can anyone help me by providing the field list and the data types and requirements. eg.
frequency, fixed, 0000.0000
category, text, 16 chars
etc.
Secondly, Is it possible to program the RX7 from the PC without using the Icom software? In an ideal world I would plug in the USB cable, the RX7 shows up as a device, I drag a CSV file to the device, RX7 is now ready for action - am I living in a fantasy world?
I use Mac computers but I have VirtualBox in order to run any Windows apps so if I have to I'll get the CS-RX7 software. I am hoping that I'll be able to design and build an RX7 programming application for Mac eventually but I have a hectic schedule for the next few months so it won't happen any time soon.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Paul.
After a ten year leave of absence from scanners and receivers I have just taken the plunge and bought an RX7. Whilst I am waiting for it to arrive I would like to start organising my frequencies ready for programming. I have a couple of questions that I hope you RX7 owners might be able to help me with:
Firstly, I understand that the data files used to program the RX7 are just a standard CSV format. Can anyone help me by providing the field list and the data types and requirements. eg.
frequency, fixed, 0000.0000
category, text, 16 chars
etc.
Secondly, Is it possible to program the RX7 from the PC without using the Icom software? In an ideal world I would plug in the USB cable, the RX7 shows up as a device, I drag a CSV file to the device, RX7 is now ready for action - am I living in a fantasy world?
I use Mac computers but I have VirtualBox in order to run any Windows apps so if I have to I'll get the CS-RX7 software. I am hoping that I'll be able to design and build an RX7 programming application for Mac eventually but I have a hectic schedule for the next few months so it won't happen any time soon.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Paul.