Icom IC-A120 Full Manual - Page 37

10 CI-V INFORMATION CI-V data setting You can control the transceiver with the Icom Communications Interface-V (CI-V) commands. Set the transceiver's address, baud rate and transceive functions. See page 7-6 for setting the CI-V conditions using the Menu mode. CI-V connection example Connect the transceiver to a PC as shown below. To use the OPC-478UC cloning cable and the OPC592 cloning cable adapter, you must first install a USB driver. The driver and installation guide are supplied with the cloning cable. Read the guide carefully before installing the driver. To a USB port Data format The CI-V system uses the following data formats. Data formats differ, depending on the command numbers. A data area or sub command is added to some commands. Controller to IC-A120/IC-A120E q w ert y u FE FE 92 E0 Cn Sc Data area FD Preamble code (fixed) Transceiver's default address Controller's default address Command number (see the command table) Sub command number (see the command table) BCD code data such as for frequency, memory number entry (see the data content description) End of message code (fixed) USB cable OPC-478UC FE FE E0 92 Cn Sc Data area FD q w e r* t y u IC-A120/IC-A120E to controller *The reply messages from the transceiver are the command "FB" (OK) or "FA" (NG). OPC-592 IC-A120/IC-A120E 10-2