Icom IC-R8600 - Panel Description; Front Panel Controls

D General description
Following 2 endpoints are reserved to send control commands:
• Sends the control commands from a PC to the IC-R8600.
• Sends the acknowledgement from the IC-R8600 to the PC.
D Command format
You can control the IC-R8600 using the CI-V commands. Every command is composed of a byte array in
hexadecimal. Every command’s total length in bytes must be an even number.
After sending a command from the PC to IC-R8600, an acknowledgement is returned. When you send
commands one after another, you need to send the next command after the acknowledgement is received.
Writing command format:
Send a writing command from PC to change an IC-R8600 setting.
A writing command is composed of a command number and setting data that follows the command.
The IC-R8600 will return the result as an acknowledgement after receiving a command.
LThe control command format is based on the ICOM Communication Interface V (CI-V) format.
LThere are 2 command types: Writing commands and Reading commands. Refer to the next topic for details about them.
■ Control commands
Address
(Hexadecimal)
Direction
Endpoint Number
(Hexadecimal)
Transfer Type
Control command
IC-R8600 → PC
88 IN 08 Bulk transfer
Control command
PC → IC-R8600
02 OUT 02 Bulk transfer
Preamble
IC-R8600
address
PC
address
Command Padding
Sub
command
Data area
Postamble
q w e r t y i o
F E F E 9 6 E 0 F D F F× × × × × × × × ………… × ×
1 byte
(Variable) (Variable)
q e w u i
F E F E 9 6E 0 F B F D
Preamble
PC
address
IC-R8600
address
Postamble
OK
code
q e w u i
F E F E E 0 9 6 F A F D
Preamble
PC
address
IC-R8600
address
Postamble
NG
code
• Command (PC to IC-R8600)
• Acknowledge to a valid command (IC-R8600 to PC)
• Acknowledge to an invalid command (IC-R8600 to PC)
I/Q SIGNAL
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