On 4/24/2016 01:45, raymond reese via chirp_users wrote:

I have been unable to program my Icom IC-2100H with Chirp.
I am using the recommended FTDI cable for that radio.
The time frame in which to trigger the Icom versus Chirp is very short.
Can someone provide a step-by-step method to program it?
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Here is how I described my procedure to someone about a year ago:

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Last week, I programmed several of my 2100H radios.

I did the following:

* start CHIRP
* connect the cable to the radio
* turn 2100H on
* download from the radio (set the correct COM port, and select Icom 2100H from the dialog)
[the rig shows the cloning notation on its screen]
* have CHIRP save current radio image if desired (it gives me a way back to current state)
* make changes to the frequency lists
* turn off 2100H
* reset the 2100H (hold the [SET] and [S.MW] keys while powering on)
* upload to the radio
[the rig shows the cloning notation on its screen]
* turn off the 2100H
* disconnect the cable from the radio
* turn of the 2100H to observe the changes
* have CHIRP save the new radio image if desired

Perhaps some of the steps above are not necessary, but that is the procedure I use successfully.
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I have a number of 2100H radios (a wide span of serial numbers). The reason I routinely do the radio reset action is that sometimes the upload would seem to not take on subset of my radios. I don't believe that this is a CHIRP problem, but it is certainly a problem solved by forcing a reset--so I wrote a procedure that works consistently across all my 2100H rigs.

73 de Daniel KB3MUN