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diff --git a/dot_local/bin/executable_set-ic7300-time.py b/dot_local/bin/executable_set-ic7300-time.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf4ecf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/dot_local/bin/executable_set-ic7300-time.py @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python3 +# horrible python script to set time and date on the IC7300 +# or other Icom radios that use the same protocol. +# I made this script because the IC7300 has a faulty RTC battery and it does not have +# ethernet connection and NTP client like the 7610, 705, 9700, R8600, etc. +# This script sets the time slightly wrong because you cannot set seconds, only minutes. + +# I'm a sysadmin and not a programmer and this script violates ALL the programming +# best practices. ALL of them. Feel free to make it much better. +# IZ4UFQ +# +# cleaned up in 2026 by Ryan Kavanagh VA2RKV + +civaddress="0x94" #this is the default IC7300 address. Change to match your radio config. +baudrate = 19200 #change to match your radio serial speed +#serialport = "/dev/ttyUSB0" # Serial port of your radios serial interface. See comment below + +# you can set a serial port by id so that it always connect to the correct radio, usefeul if you have more than +# one usb serial port connected (I have 8 of them) +serialport = "/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2102_USB_to_UART_Bridge_Controller_IC-7300_02048039-if00-port0" + + +#Import libraries we'll need to use +import time +import serial +import struct + +# Get time in GMT. If you want local time change to "t = time.localtime()" +t = time.localtime() +offset = time.localtime().tm_gmtoff + +# extract strings for year, day, month, hour, minute +# with a leading zero if needed +year = str(t.tm_year) +month = str(t.tm_mon).rjust(2,'0') +day = str(t.tm_mday).rjust(2,'0') +hour = str(t.tm_hour).rjust(2,'0') +minute = str(t.tm_min).rjust(2,'0') +off_hour = "%02d" % abs(offset // 3600) +off_minute = "%02d" % (offset % 3600) +off_sign = "00" if offset > 0 else "01" + +# set date, ci-v command is 0x94 +command = ["0xFE", "0xFE", civaddress, "0xE0", "0x1A", "0x05", "0x00" ] +command.append("0x94") +command.append("0x"+year[0:2]) +command.append("0x"+year[2:]) +command.append("0x"+month) +command.append("0x"+day) +command.append("0xFD") + +with serial.Serial(serialport, baudrate) as ser: + for cmd in command: + senddata = int(bytes(cmd, 'UTF-8'), 16) + ser.write(struct.pack('>B', senddata)) + +# set time, ci-v command is 0x95 +# you CANNOT set seconds, so unless you want to wait for the minute mark +# you'll end up with a time that is set incorrectly by less than one minute +# I prefer to set time incorrectly than to wait for up to 59 seconds + +command = ["0xFE", "0xFE", civaddress, "0xE0", "0x1A", "0x05", "0x00" ] +command.append("0x95") +command.append("0x"+hour) +command.append("0x"+minute) +command.append("0xFD") + +with serial.Serial(serialport, baudrate) as ser: + for cmd in command: + senddata = int(bytes(cmd, 'UTF-8'), 16) + ser.write(struct.pack('>B', senddata)) + +# set UTC offset, ci-v command is 0x96 +# Format described on page 19-11 of IC-7300 "Full Manual" + +command = ["0xFE", "0xFE", civaddress, "0xE0", "0x1A", "0x05", "0x00" ] +command.append("0x96") +command.append("0x"+off_hour) +command.append("0x"+off_minute) +command.append("0x"+off_sign) +command.append("0xFD") + +with serial.Serial(serialport, baudrate) as ser: + for cmd in command: + senddata = int(bytes(cmd, 'UTF-8'), 16) + ser.write(struct.pack('>B', senddata)) |