[amsat-bb] USB driver for Windows 7, 64-bit, for IC-9100

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hi Erich,

I can't help entirely, but maybe I can add some information.  The 2 USB
ports are different--one appears to be dedicated to "CAT" control, the
other to audio to/from computer and radio.   So I don't think they are
interchangeable.  I had to experiment to figure out which was audio and
which was CAT!    This weekend I was using the IC-9100 on HF with FT8, with
both CAT control and USB audio for xmit and receive.  Very nice when
working.

I'm running under Win10.   Coincidentally, just yesterday I tried to remove
the current drivers (which are working fine!) and to replace with the
lastest USB drivers from ICOM (1.3 I think, which adds more radios and USB3
maybe?).  According to the docs, the first step was to remove the current
drivers. This was not possible with a "remove software" typical route!  So
I quickly gave up and resigned to using the current drivers, which work
fine anyhow.

My initial thoughts--have him remove any existing Icom USB drivers, per the
instruction sheets.  Next, Make SURE the rig is not connected via the USB
cable.  Install new drivers per the instructions.  Then connect rig.
Figure out which ports were installed (Device Manager).   Try setting in
SatPC32 to one of them, if that doesn't work, try the other com port number
installed.

There is a good bit of documentation on the iCom site, so your friend may
have some good reading to do first :)

Sorry I can't be any more help than that...

73,

Mark N8MH

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann at t-online.de
> wrote:

> Hello,
> A friend of mine needs  to steer the IC-9100 by SatPC32I/SatPC32ISS via
> the radio's USB port for a coming ISS school contact.    He is using a
> Laptop with Windows 7, 64-bit.
> As he told me the generated virtual COM ports are marked with a yellow
> exclmation sign (which indicates a driver problem) and he gets the error
> message that a USB device could not be recognized.
>
> Does somebody successfully steer the IC-9100 via one ot the USB ports
> under Windows 7, 64bit?
>
> If so, what driver are you using (dirver name, download link)?
> As far as I see (I don't have an IC-9100) the driver name could be
> CD-301501-004.zip
> and the link:
> https://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/firm/IC-7600/usb1_30/
>
> Can both USB ports be used for CAT control or only one of them?
>
> Many thanks
> 73s, Erich, DK1TB
>
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]