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HAVE THE IC 705, YOU CAN CONNECT YOUR IPAD OR MAC DIRECTLY TO YOUR
RADIO IN ACCESS POINT MODE WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION PERFECT
FOR DIGITAL FIELD OPERATIONS.  CONCLUSION IM SO HAPPY THAT I CAN
OPERATE ALL OF MY ICOM RADIOS FROM MY IPAD OR LAPTOP ANYWHERE IN MY
HOME AND WHEN IM ON THE MOVE.  I CAN NOW ENJOY MY SHACK SETUP WHILE
SITTING OUTSIDE IN MY BACKYARD WITHOUT ANY COMPROMISE, AND THAT
ALONE MAKES SDR CONTROL A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR ME.  MANUFACTURER
MARCUS ROSKOSCH DL8MRE KALD SETTING UP YOUR RADIOS BOTH SOFTWARE
VERSIONS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ICOM IC 705, IC 7610, AND IC 9700.
ALL THREE OF THESE RADIOS ARE OF THE SAME GENERATION SDR AND ARE
ABLE TO CONNECT TO YOUR HOME IP NETWORK, USING THEIR ETHERNET PORT
OR A WI FI CONNECTION IC 705.  SETTING UP ANY OF THE COMPATIBLE ICOM
RADIOS IS THE SAME AS SETTING UP THE RS BA1, THE ICOM WINDOWS PC
SOFTWARE.  I HAVE THESE THREE RADIOS, AND THEY WERE ALREADY SET UP
FOR THE RS BA1.  THEREFORE, I WENT INTO THE RADIOS MENU AND WROTE
DOWN THE IP ADDRESS, THE PORTS MORE ON THIS LATER, THE USERNAME, AND
THE PASSWORD.  THEN I WENT INTO THE APP AND ADDED ALL THREE RADIOS,
AND I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT TO ALL OF THEM IMMEDIATELY.  KEEP IN MIND
THAT YOU CAN ONLY CONNECT TO ONE RADIO AT A TIME.  IF YOU INTEND TO
USE THESE APPS ONLY AT HOME, YOU DONT NEED TO CONFIGURE ANY PORT
FORWARDING INTO YOUR ROUTER.  BUT IF YOU WANT TO USE IT REMOTELY
OVER THE INTERNET, THE PORT FORWARDING IS NECESSARY.  AND IF YOU
HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPATIBLE RADIO, YOU HAVE TO CONFIGURE THEM WITH
DIFFERENT CONTROL, SERIAL, AND AUDIO PORTS.  FOR EXAMPLE, MY IC 7610
USES THE DEFAULT ICOM UDP PORTS 50001 CONTROL, 50002 SERIAL, AND
50003 AUDIO.  I CHANGED MY IC 9700 TO USE 50004, 50005, AND 50006,
AND MY IC 705 TO USE 50007, 50008, AND 50009.  THUS, IN MY HOME
ROUTER I HAVE THREE PORTS FORWARDING CONFIGURED THE INTERNAL LAN IP
ADDRESS OF THE IC 7610 WITH 50001 TO 50003 UDP PORTS, THE LAN IP
ADDRESS OF THE IC 9700 WITH 50004 TO 50006 UDP PORTS, AND THE LAN IP
ADDRESS OF THE IC 705 WITH 50007 TO 50009.  IF YOU IMPLEMENT PORT
FORWARDING AND YOU DONT WANT TO RECONFIGURE THE SOFTWARE SETTINGS
FOR HOME LAN AND REMOTE OPERATION WAN, USE THE RADIO SETTINGS THE
PUBLIC IP ASSIGNED TO YOUR HOME ROUTER.  IN MY CASE, ALL THREE
RADIOS HAVE MY PUBLIC IP ITS THE SAME FOR ALL THREE, WITH DIFFERENT
PORT FORWARDING.  IF YOU DONT HAVE A PUBLIC STATIC IP, THIS ADDRESS
CAN CHANGE OVER TIME DEPENDING ON THE IP ADDRESS LEASE TIME OF YOUR
INTERNET PROVIDER.  TO ENSURE IT STILL WORKS AFTER AN IP ADDRESS
CHANGE, BOTH VERSIONS OF THE SOFTWARE CAN USE A DOMAIN NAME INSTEAD
OF AN IP ADDRESS THEREFORE, ITS POSSIBLE TO USE DYNAMIC DNS SERVICES
TO CONNECT TO YOUR RADIO REMOTELY.  THIS MAY BE OVERWHELMING FOR
SOME USERS, AS IT REQUIRES MINIMAL NETWORKING SKILLS.  EVERY REMOTE
OPERATION SETUP WILL REQUIRE SOME NETWORKING SKILLS.  IF YOU WANT TO
LEARN THE BASICS TO BE FUNCTIONAL, I SUGGEST WATCHING MY IP
NETWORKING BASICS EXPLAINED VIDEO HTTPS// YOUTU.  BE/ HAVCXPI7OUY.
YOU WILL ALSO FIND INFORMATION IN THE SDR
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