[WT-support] Icom IC-9700 under Linux/Wine

[Ralf Schueler]

Thanks Bob, you are a really huge source of knowledge.

I followed the hints, but the main problem stays. But with the CI-V 
settings the control comes back in shorter time and doesn't seem to go 
forever, like it can be without the CI-V settings.

I made a video for demonstrating the behavior

https://cloud.dl4mw.de/s/kjQtdraC4MZkXMg

Jens is indeed also a member of our group ;-) but runs a different QTH 
with a bit different equipment.

This special issue I'm targeting now is special for running Win-Test 
under Linux. With windows, it's OK.

Like Jens said, there are also issues under Windows, but I will not mix 
them here. We have their problems with switching the bands. Very often 
after changing the band in Win-Test the transceiver changes the band for 
half a second than jumping back (also in Win-Test). It seems that a 
pending frequency read from the transceiver changes it back. But this is 
hard to reproduce, perhaps it only occurs with transverter bands, 
perhaps the PC speed is a factor. But, this is under investigation, has 
no connection to the Linux problem  and should not be part of this 
discussion.

73 Ralf



Am 17.03.26 um 22:19 schrieb Jens Wagner:
> Hi Bob,
>
> we do not use Omnirig. We are using the native Win-Test 
> implementation. And in addition to Ralf I must consider that the 
> problem occures on Windows too.
>
> The problem seems to belong to the CAT handling in the 9700. As we are 
> using the 705 these problems seems to be absent.
>
> 73s Jens/DH1AKY
>
> Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> schrieb am Di., 17. März 2026, 18:22:
>
>     Icom rigs work best (under Windows) with CI-V Transceive ON (in
>     the Icom menu), CI-V box in Win-Test enabled, POLLING DISABLED.
>
>     Note that if you use any program that uses OmniRg for rig control,
>     such as Log4OM, it changes the Icom menu to CI-V Transceive OFF as
>     soon as it connects, and it doesn't change it back.
>
>     73,
>     Bob, N6TV
>
>     On Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 9:09 AM Ralf Schüler <dl4mw at schueler.ws> wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         some PCs in our contest group use Linux and run Win-Test. It's
>         not
>         native but works fine so far.
>
>         But one of the major problems is the CAT interface to the IC-9700
>         transceiver. While CW and PTT work fine all the time without
>         interruptions, the frequency reading from the transceiver as
>         well as the
>         possibility to set a new VFO frequency or band is interrupted
>         frequently
>         for about 10 -20 s.
>
>         It seems to be a timing issue with polling the transceiver. 
>         And, it is
>         independent if CI-V is checked in the interface dialog or not.
>
>         We understand that it is hard to integrate and test every RIG and
>         especially under such exotic conditions like Linux.
>
>         But would it be possible to get access to the source code that
>         we can
>         try to fix it by our self.
>
>         vy 73
>
>         Ralf, DL4MW
>
>
>
>
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