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INSTRUCTIONS
CLONING SOFTWARE
CS-31
■ System requirements
D This cloning software is designed for data entry,
settings, and cloning of the ID-31A/E UHF TRANS-
CEIVER.
D The CS-31 has a Help file to describe functions
and operation.
To use this cloning software, the following computer
systems and items are required:
• Operating System (OS)
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP (32bit)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® (32/64bit)
®
Microsoft® Windows
7 (32/64bit)
NOTE:
These instructions are based on using Microsoft
Windows® 7.
• Others
Cloning cable + a USB port
OR
microSD card + a memory card reader or
memory card slot
■ Usable microSD card
A microSD card of up to 2 GB, or a microSDHC of
up to 32 GB, can be used with the transceiver.
Icom has checked operation with the following microSD and microSDHC cards.
<Cloning cable + a USB port>
• Optional OPC-2218LU
d a t a c a b l e
• A USB 1.1 or 2.0 port
<microSD card + a memory card reader or
memory card slot>
• microSD card (purchase separately)
• Memory card reader or Memory card slot to read
®
the microSD card (purchase separately)
■ USB driver installation
To use the OPC-2218LU d a t a c a b l e between the
transceiver and the PC, you must install a USB driver.
The latest USB driver and installation guide can be
downloaded from the Icom website.
Please read the guide before installing the driver.
(As of November 2011)
Brand Type Memory size
microSD 2 GB
4 GB
SanDisk
®
microSDHC
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
Through the rest of this document, the microSD
card and a microSDHC card are simply called microSD cards.
Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incor-
porated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany,
France, Spain, Russia and/or other countries.
Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective holders.
CAUTION:
• NEVER connect the transceiver to the PC with
the OPC-2218LU d a t a c a b l e until the USB driver
installation has been completed.
• The driver is not supported by the Windows®
automatic recognition system.
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■ Software installation
When installing the software, log on as the administrator.
q Make sure Windows has completed its start-up, and
no other applications are running.
w Insert the CD into a CD drive.
e The Auto Run function starts and the main menu
appears on the screen.
If the main menu does not appear, double-click
the “AutoRun.exe” contained in the CD.
Click to open this manual
Click to install the CS-31
cloning software
r Click [CS-31 Installer].
• If “User Account Control” appears, click [Yes] to continue.
t
“Choose Setup Language” appears. Select ‘English’
or ‘Japanese,’ and then click [Next>].
• In this document, the
‘English’ option is used.
u “Choose Destination Location” appears, and then
click [Next>].
• If desired, click [Browse...] to select another destination
folder before clicking [Next >].
Confirm
Click
i After the installation is completed, “InstallShield Wiz-
ard Complete” appears, and then click [Finish].
Select language
Click
y “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for CS-31” ap-
pears, and then click [Next>].
Click
Click
o Click [Quit] on the main menu.
!0 Eject the CD.
A program group ‘
!1
menu, and a ‘
CS-31
’ appears on the program
CS-31
’ shortcut icon appears on the
desktop.
• You can uninstall the cloning software using “Uninstall a
program” in the Windows Control Panel.
Please refer to the Help file of the cloning software
for assistance with the functions or settings.
To open the Help file, click [Help] in the top menu of
the cloning software and select “Contents,” or simply
push the [F1] key of the PC’s keyboard.
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Cloning from a PC using a microSD card
to the Card
reader
to the Card slot
PC PC
microSD
card
Tr ansceiver
To clone from a PC using a microSD card, follow the steps described below.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Insert a microSD card into your PC’s card reader or card slot
Make the initial set up
Cloning (p. 4 of this manual)
■ microSD card and a PC connection
NOTE: If you use a brand new microSD card, first format the microSD card.
See the PDF type Advanced Instruction for details.
q Save the transceiver’s settings data in the “icf” le
format onto the microSD card. Open the “Setting
Save” of the transceiver’s MENU screen to save.
(MENU > SD card > Setting Save)
w Turn the power OFF, and remove the microSD card
from the transceiver.
e Insert the microSD card in the microSD card slot of
the PC or the microSD card reader, as illustrated
below.
r Copy the transceiver’s setting data (ICF le), stored
in the [Setting] folder of the card to a folder on your
PC.
DAbout the microSD card’s folder composition
The folder composition on the microSD card is as
shown below.
The transceiver’s setting data (ICF le) is stored in the
[Setting] folder.
Gps
Reply
ID-31
Setting
Voice
■ Initial setup window
Before using this software, read the instructions thoroughly, and follow the steps below to make the initial
set up in order to send the transceiver version information.
NOTE: When the transceiver version information is
not correctly sent to the software, some items may
not appear on the software sheets.
q Click the [microSD] radio button.
w Click [Open...] to show the data file selection screen.
Select the ICF le, saved in “microSD card and a
PC connection,” as described above.
e Click [OK] to read the selected file, and open the
cloning screen.
Click
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Cloning from a PC using a microSD card (Continued)
■ Programming information
• To prevent data loss, you should rst copy the settings data (ICF le) of the card to the PC. After copy-
ing, read the data into the cloning software, before
editing or entering new parameters into the cloning
software.
• Before programming, make a backup le onto your
PC. A back-up file allows easy restoring even if the
setting data in the microSD card is accidentally deleted.
• Be sure to turn OFF the power before inserting or
removing the microSD card.
• NEVER remove the microSD card, detach the battery
pack/case, or power OFF the transceiver, while read-
ing or writing data to or from the microSD card. It will
cause the data to be corrupted or damage the card.
■ Cloning operation
To clone the memory channels, MENU item settings
and repeater list, set in the CS-31 c l o n i n g s o f t w a r e ,
using a microSD card, follow the steps as described
below.
Copying the ICF file in the PC into
the microSD card
q Set the desired memory channels, MENU item set-
tings and the repeater list in the CS-31 c l o n i n g
s o f t w a r e , and then save them in an “icf” file format
in a folder on your PC.
w Copy the ICF le into the “Setting” folder in the “ID-
31” folder on the microSD card.
e Insert the microSD card that includes the ICF le,
then load it to complete the cloning.
(MENU > SD card > Setting Load)
NOTE:
• After loading, the contents of the ICF le will be
overwrite to the current data.
• The loading contents can be selected between
“ALL,” “Except My Station,” and “Repeater List
Only.” Select “Repeater List Only” to load only
the repeater list into the transceiver.
• The original skip settings in your repeater list
can be kept when loading. When “Keep ‘SKIP’
setting in Repeater List?” appears, select “YES”
to keep the skip settings in the repeater list.
• See the PDF type Advanced Instructions for details.
r Turn OFF the power, then turn it ON again to oper-
ate the transceiver with the loaded data.
Click
Click
Click
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“icf” file to
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Cloning from a PC using the OPC-2218LU
to [DATA] jack
OPC-2218LU
to a
USB port
PC
To clone from a PC using an OPC-2218LU cable, follow the steps as described below.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Connect the transceiver and PC using the OPC-2218LU
Make the initial set up
Cloning (p. 6 of this manual)
■ Transceiver and a PC connection using the OPC-2218LU cable
q Install the USB driver.
• Download and install the latest OPC-2218LU USB driver from the Icom website.
See the OPC-2218LU instruction manual for details.
w Make sure the transceiver power is OFF.
e Connect the OPC-2218LU as illustrated to the
right.
r Push to turn ON the transceiver.
■ Initial setup window
Before using this software, read the instructions thoroughly, and follow the steps below to make the initial
set up in order to send the version information of the
ID-31 to the software.
NOTE: When the version information of the transceiver
is not correctly sent to the software, some items may
not appear on the sheets.
q Click the [COM Port] radio button.
w Select the correct COM port number from the drop-
down list, or directly enter the COM port number into
the box.
• See the “Driver Installation Guide” to confirm the COM
port.
e Click [OK] to open the cloning screen.
Click
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Cloning from a PC using the OPC-2218LU (Continued)
■ Programming information
• To prevent data loss, you should rst read (download) all the transceiver’s data before entering or ed-
iting parameters using the cloning software.
• Before programming, make a backup le onto your
PC. A back-up file allows easy restoring even if the
setting data in the transceiver is accidentally deleted.
• While reading or writing (uploading) cloning data,
NEVER turn OFF the transceiver or the PC, and
NEVER disconnect the OPC-2218LU. Otherwise, the
data could be lost or deleted.
• Before reading or writing cloning data, the “DV Data
TX” setting of the transceiver must be set to “PTT.”
Otherwise, when data is input from a PC through the
[DATA] jack, the transceiver automatically transmits
it.
(MENU > DV Set > DV Data TX)
■ Cloning operation
To clone the memory channels, MENU item settings
and repeater list using the OPC-2218LU, follow the
steps as described below.
q Click , or select “Read <- TR” in the [Clone] menu
to start reading the data from the transceiver.
Also, click or select “Open Ctrl+O” in the [File]
menu to open the ICF file to write to the transceiver.
w Program functions or settings.
• See the Help le of the cloning software for assistance.
e Click , or select “Write <- TR” in the [Clone] menu
to write the programmed data into your transceiver.
NOTE: After writing, the programmed data will be
overwrite by the current data.
r Turn OFF the power, then turn it ON again to oper-
ate the transceiver with the loaded data.
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Latest settings file and repeater
Programming the settings file in a
list downloading
The latest settings file and repeater list can be
downloaded from our website.
Access the following URL to download the latest data.
http://www.icom.co.jp/world/index.html
Decompress the compressed file that is download- q
ed from our website.
“31_U_111201” folder will be created on the same
place where the downloaded file is saved.
• File Name: 31_U_111201.zip
Depending on the
updated file date.
Depending on the version.
This instruction manual describes when the file
name is “31_U_111201.zip,” for example.
For your reference:
The latest settings le (ICF le) and repeater list
(CSV; Comma Separated Values file) are contained
in the downloaded ZIP file.
ICF format file using the CS-31
This section describes how to program the downloaded
settings le (ICF le).
Settings file (ICF file) editing1.
Before starting to program, make an initial set up in
order to send the version information of the ID-31 to
the software. (pp. 3, 5 of this manual)
q Click
of the CS-31 to open the ICF file, saved in “Latest
settings file and repeater list downloading” as described to the left.
w Program each setting for each function.
• See the Help file of the cloning software for more details
on programming.
Settings file (ICF file) saving2.
➥ Click
the [File] menu of the CS-31 to save the edited file
(ICF le) to a folder on your PC.
See pages 4 and 6 of this manual for about how to
write the saved ICF le to the transceiver.
or select “Open Ctrl+O” in the [File] menu
or select “Save Ctrl+S” or “Save As...” in
<Settings file (ICF file)>
All setting data of the transceiver is stored in the ICF
file.
• How to program (See to the right)
• How to clone (See pages 4 and 6 of this manual)
File Name: 31_U_111201.icf
Depending on the
updated file date.
Depending on the version.
<Repeater list (CSV file)>
Repeater list is only stored in the CSV file.
• How to program (See page 9 of this manual)
• How to import (See page 8 of this manual)
• How to export (See page 9 of this manual)
File Name: 31_U_111201.csv
Depending on the
updated file date.
NOTE:
The ICF (Icom Cloning Format) le, including the default values, can be downloaded from our website.
To reset the settings of the transceiver to the default
values, copy the downloaded ICF le to PC local
folder, and then write it to the transceiver.
Depending on the version.
w Copy the settings le (ICF le) and repeater list
(CSV file) contained in the downloaded ZIP file to a
folder on your PC.
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Importing the repeater list in a CSV format file
Please read this section before importing the repeater
list in a Comma Separated Values (CSV) format file to
write the repeater information to the transceiver.
When the OPC-2218LU is used to clone:
The setting contents, except the repeater list, can be
retained by doing the following procedures.
Reading the data from the transceiver1.
Click ➥
to start reading the data from the transceiver.
Before starting the importation, make a backup
Repeater list import2.
q Select the “Repeater List” folder or each repeater
group on the tree view screen of the CS-31.
w Click “Import” in the [File] menu, and then click
“All...”.
• The repeater information in a CSV le will be imported,
, or select “Read <- TR” in the [Clone] menu
le of all the transceiver’s data onto your PC to
prevent data loss.
and sorted into all groups, according to the group number.
<Tree view screen of the CS-31>
NOTE: When “Group...” is selected, all repeater
information in the file will be imported into the repeater group selected in step q.
If you select the “Repeater List” folder in step q,
“Group...” is not displayed.
e The [Open] screen appears.
Select the CSV le, saved in “Latest settings file and
repeater list downloading” described on page 7, and
then click [Open].
The “Import from the file” dialog appears, and then r
click [OK].
• If [Cancel] is selected, the importing will be cancelled.
The “Keep ‘USE(FROM)’ setting in Repeater List?” t
dialog box appears, and then click [Yes] or [No] to
start importing.
• Yes : If the repeater call sign in your original repeater group is in the CSV file format, the original
“USE(FROM)” settings will be kept when importing.
• No : Even if the repeater call sign in your original repeater group is in the CSV file format, the original
“USE(FROM)” setting will be replaced when importing.
y The repeater information of the repeater list is read
to the CS-31.
• Import is complete.
“Repeater List”
folder
Repeater group
Click
Click
• See page 6 of this manual for details about how to
write the imported repeater list to the transceiver.
• See page 9 of this manual for details about how to
program or export the repeater list.
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Programming and Exporting the repeater list in a CSV format file
Please read this section before programming and exporting the repeater list in a Comma Separated Values
(CSV) format file.
Programming the Repeater list1.
q Select the desired repeater group in the “Repeater
List” folder on the tree view screen of the CS-31.
w Program each item of the repeater list.
• See the Help le of the cloning software for assistance.
Exporting the Repeater list2.
q Select the “Repeater List” folder or each repeater
group on the tree view screen of the CS-31.
w Click “Export” in the [File] menu, and then click
“Group...” or “All...”.
NOTE: If you select the “Repeater List” folder in
step q, “Group...” is not displayed.
• Group... : Exports repeater information programmed in
only the selected group only.
• All... : Exports repeater information programmed in
all groups.
e When the “Save as” window appears, save the data,
programmed in the [1. Programming the Repeater
list] as described above, in a CSV format using a
individual file name. Then save it in a CSV format
file to a folder on your PC, and the exportation is
completed.
<Tree view screen of the CS-31>
“Repeater List”
folder
Repeater group
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