Mostly just copying this info over from my Mastodon account. I originally posted this:
“Is there a way to send a CAT message to an IC-7300 to change from a straight key to a paddle, or is that out of spec for CAT? I can wire up both key and paddle on the desk, but it’s the 7 button presses on the radio that bug me.”
Of course, immediately on searching I found this great page by ON7DQ that gave me the right commands to send: https://on7dq.blogspot.com/2017/02/ic-7300-paddle-or-key-easy-solution.html
I realized at some point that I could set up shortcut command buttons in flrig, which I use for CAT control for most of my operations (excepting Winlink and packet). Here’s how I did it (Mastodon):
IC-7300 CI-V commands
– straight key “xFE xFE x94 xE0 0x1A 0x05 x01 0x64 x00 xFD”
– paddle “xFE xFE x94 xE0 0x1A 0x05 x01 0x64 0x02 xFD”
Now what remains is to physically wire up the straight key and paddles together so both can be operated at the same time. Then switching is just a click away on flrig.
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