IC-9700 Unable to connect?

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Hi there!

Been loving the experience with WFView so far. I tried to follow the steps in the wiki about configuring wtsj-x for use with FT8 over WFView with my IC-9700 (connected via LAN/Ethernet), but after trying to install the virtual serial program and re-launching wfv my radio can’t connect. I’m only getting the “searching CI-V bus” error messages.

Unfortunately I’m away for the week, otherwise I’d pop my head in and reboot the radio. An nmap scan on 50001-3 is showing open|Filtered at least (running WFView 1.1), so I’m not sure if it’s a computer error or radio end error. Any ideas on where maybe to look next?

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hmm, I didn’t install any virtual serial program. I entered the ip address of the 9700 into wfView in Radio IP Address, and port 50001, clicked on Connect over LAN, and it connected right up. If that’s the connection you’re having issues with. Shouldn’t be an issue over firewall settings, as outgoing ports from your computer are usually allowed.

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Hi,

The UDP ports will not turn up on an nmap scan, because UDP doesn’t answer per the UDP protocol, and the radio doesn’t answer unless it receives just the right magical bits.

Make sure the radio has network control enabled, and that you have defined a known password and username. Make sure the radio has the default CI-V address from the factory, whatever that is, and make sure that CI-V Transceive is ON. Some other programs will turn it off just to annoy you.

In wfview, use automatic CI-V address. Do not check “Manual CI-V” or “Use CI-V address as Model ID”. Those are for older radios. Set the RX and TX Codec to “LPCM 1ch 16bit” for starters.

Make sure you don’t have any unusual firewall rules. Make sure you can ping the radio from the computer.

If you still can’t connect, please check the log file and let me know what you see.

73,

–E
de W6EL

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Thanks W6EL. I think I may have gotten CI-V turned off when trying to use another program, but just in case I’ve attached the log file here. I attempted two searches/connections over LAN. I did reset the settings to the suggested values like you mentioned in your post.

2022-03-23 10:13:39.108 INF system: "Starting wfview: build ea09647 on Jul 26 2021 at 11:23:33 by build@wfview
.org"
2022-03-23 10:13:39.109 INF system: "Operating System: Windows 10 Version 2009 (i386)"
2022-03-23 10:13:39.109 INF system: "Build Qt Version 5.15.2. Current Qt Version: 5.15.2"
2022-03-23 10:13:39.429 INF default: setState 1
2022-03-23 10:13:39.429 INF default: setState 0
2022-03-23 10:13:39.429 INF default: setState 1
2022-03-23 10:13:40.022 INF system: Loading settings from  "\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\wfview\\wfview"
2022-03-23 10:13:40.044 INF gui: Got Audio Output:  ""
2022-03-23 10:13:40.044 INF gui: Got Audio Input:  ""
2022-03-23 10:13:40.049 INF default: Getting server config
2022-03-23 10:13:40.100 INF system: Cannot prepare WF view without rigCaps. Waiting on this.
2022-03-23 10:13:40.101 INF udp: Starting udpHandler user: "n2rts"  rx latency: 150  tx latency: 150  rx sampl
e rate:  48000  rx codec:  4  tx sample rate:  48000  tx codec:  4
2022-03-23 10:13:40.108 INF udp: UDP Stream bound to local port: 54252  remote port: 50001
2022-03-23 10:13:40.139 INF system: Received CommReady!! 
2022-03-23 10:13:43.068 INF udp: Closing UDP stream : "172.28.180.203" : 50001
2022-03-23 10:13:43.069 INF udp: Starting udpHandler user: "n2rts"  rx latency: 150  tx latency: 150  rx sampl
e rate:  48000  rx codec:  4  tx sample rate:  48000  tx codec:  4
2022-03-23 10:13:43.071 INF system: Received CommReady!! 
2022-03-23 10:13:43.074 INF udp: UDP Stream bound to local port: 65497  remote port: 50001
2022-03-23 10:14:23.355 INF udp: Closing UDP stream : "172.28.180.203" : 50001
2022-03-23 10:14:23.356 INF udp: Starting udpHandler user: "n2rts"  rx latency: 150  tx latency: 150  rx sampl
e rate:  48000  rx codec:  4  tx sample rate:  48000  tx codec:  4
2022-03-23 10:14:23.357 INF system: Received CommReady!! 
2022-03-23 10:14:23.364 INF udp: UDP Stream bound to local port: 52075  remote port: 50001
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I don’t see any evidence of traffic returned from the radio. Try using the wrong username, is the behavior the same?

If so, I would definitely check your network config.

—E
de W6EL

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Sorry for the super late reply on this. I ended up going in person and got reconnection after rebooting everything. Should be all set from here!

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Glad it’s all sorted out!

Let us know if you run into issues. We’ve got some great stuff in the pipeline with regards to network and audio stability.

–E
de W6EL