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? _______________________________________________

Here is how I described my procedure to someone about a year ago:

---------8<---------8<---------8<--------- 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. ---------8<---------8<---------8<---------

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