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@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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