Many thanks to them and all my donors🙏🏻
The Icom IC-7300 or IC-9700 transceivers do not have Bluetooth or WiFi support.
This project allows to set up an HTTP proxy allowing to talk wirelessly, from an M5Stack (or other equipment), with an Icom transceiver like IC-7300 or IC-9700 and sending CI-V commands.
I don't own the IC-9700, so I haven't tested it. But it seems to work well.
This project was made to work with my ICMultiMeter and ICSMeter on M5Stack.
ICUSBProxy only need Python3.
M5Stack <--- (WiFi Connection) ---> PC with ICUSBProxy <--- (USB Connection) ---> Icom Transceiver.
As a PC, I'm using a simple Raspberry Pi under Raspbian. But it could work with another PC and another operating system.
civ = {CI-V bytes field command},{baud},{tty}
Examples,
civ = fe,fe,a4,e0,00,56,34,12,07,00,fd,115200,/dev/ttyUSB0
civ = fe,fe,a4,e0,03,fd,115200,/dev/ttyACM0
Check that you have Python3 on your PC. If not, install it.
Then, still on your PC or Mac, clone the ICUSBProxy project via the command :
git clone https://github.com/armel/ICUSBProxy.git
You can also download a zip archive of the project, if you prefer, and unzip it.
Plug your Transceiver via the USB cable to your PC. Ok, now it's time to start the Python3 script.
To start the Python3 script, here the basic command :
./ICUSBProxy.py
By default, the HTTP port is 1234, but you can change it. For example, if you want to change it for 2345 :
./ICUSBProxy.py 2345
For Linux users, if you want to run this process even after logging out, here is the command :
nohup ./ICUSBProxy.py 2345 &
If you prefer, I add a shell script too, with stop, start and restart action.
./ICUSBProxy.sh start
./ICUSBProxy.sh stop
./ICUSBProxy.sh restart
Edit line 4 to change default port (1234) if necessary.
The code of this proxy could probably be improved. But it has the advantage of being simple and light.
In use, I noticed some stability problems over time, probably due to a saturation of the streams exchanged by USB. In this case, you just have to restart the Proxy and everything goes back to normal.
Moreover, I get very good results, by restarting the Proxy automatically every hour, via the Crontab. I add this entry to my Crontab :
0 * * * * /home/pi/ICUSBProxy/ICUSBProxy.sh restart
Change it to your needs. It depends on the path where you install ICUSCProxy...
Many thanks to mdonkers.
Icom and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and/or other countries.
Special thanks to Rolf Schroeder DL8BAG, Brian Garber WB8AM, Matt B-Wilkinson M6VWM, Robert Agnew KD0TVP, Meinhard Frank Günther DL0CN, Johan Hansson SM0TSC, Tadeusz Pater VA7CPM, Frederic Ulmer F4ESO, Joshua Murray M0JMO, Mark Hammond N8MH, Angel Mateu Muzzio EA4GIG, Hiroshi Sasaki JL7KGW, Robert John Williams VK3IE, Mark Bumstead M0IAX, Félix Symann F1VEO, Patrick Ruhl DG2YRP, Michael Beck DH5DAX, Philippe Nicolas F4IQP, Timothy Nustad KD9KHZ, Martin Blanz DL9SAD, Edmund Thompson AE4TQ, Gregory Kiyoi KN6RUQ, Patrick Samson F6GWE, George Kokolakis SV3QUP, Ambrose "Bo" Barry W4GHV, Roger Bouche F1HCN, Christopher Platt, Pascal Paquet F4ICR, Gregory Kiyoi, Ning Yang BH7JAG and Mitsuhiko Nagasawa JL1LYT for their donations. That’s so kind of them. Thanks so much 🙏🏻
If you find this project fun and useful then buy me a glass of wine 🍷 🤗
You could use the code F4HWN in order to get 5% discount on the M5Stack shop 🎁
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