ICOM CS-31PLUS Instruction manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

CLONING SOFTWARE

CS-31PLUS

The CS-31PLUS is a software application to setup the ID-31A PLUS or ID-31E PLUS from your PC.
You can set Memory channels, scan settings, call signs, repeater list, and other settings.
To use the software, a computer system and some items described in “System requirements” are required.
LThe instructions are based on using Microsoft

®

Windows® 10.

Thank you for choosing this Icom product. READ
ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely

before using this product.

System requirements

• Operating System (OS)

®

Microsoft® Windows
Microsoft® Windows
Microsoft

* Except for Microsoft® Windows® RT.

®

Windows® 10 (32/64bit)

7 (32/64bit)

®

8.1 (32/64bit)*

• Others

Required items differ, depending on the setup

method.

When using a microSD card

• microSD card (User supplied)

• Memory card slot built into the PC
or
Memory card reader (User supplied)
to read the microSD card

LSee page 3 for detailed instructions.

When using an optional cable

• OPC-2218LU

data cable

or
OPC-2350LU data cable

• A USB 1.1 or 2.0 port

LSee page 6 for detailed instructions.

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Installing the cloning software

1. Log in as the administrator.

L BE SURE no other applications are running.

2. Download and unzip the file.

L If “Security Warning” is displayed, click <Yes> to

continue.

3. Double-click “setup.exe” contained in the
unzipped folder.

L If “User Account Control” is displayed, click <Yes> to

continue.

4. “Choose Setup Language” is displayed.
Select “English” (or “Japanese”) and then click
<Next>>.

L In this document,

“English” is selected.

Select language

6. “Choose Destination Location” is displayed, and
then click <Next>>.

L If desired, click <Browse...> to select another

destination folder before clicking <Next >>.

Conrm

Click

7. After the installation is completed, “InstallShield
Wizard Complete” is displayed, and then click
<Finish>.

Click

5. “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for
CS-31PLUS” is displayed, and then click <Next>>.

Click

Click

8. A “CS-31PLUS” folder is created in the Windows
Start menu, and a shortcut icon is created on the
desktop.

NOTE: You can uninstall the cloning software using
the “Apps & features” in the “System” menu.
To get started, click on Start > Settings > System >
Apps & features.

TIP: See the Help le of the cloning software for

assistance with the functions or settings.

To open the Help le, 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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Setting up from a PC using a microSD card

D About a microSD card

NOTE: The microSD and microSDHC cards are not

supplied. (user supplied)

L Through the rest of this document, the microSD

card and a microSDHC card are simply called
microSD cards.

Icom has checked the compatibility with the following
microSD and microSDHC cards.

(As of October 2017)

L The microSD cards listed to the left are usable

with the ID-31 series transceivers, but their

specications are not guaranteed by Icom.

Brand Type Memory size

microSD 2 GB

4 GB

SanDisk

®

microSDHC

8 GB
16 GB
32 GB

D Procedure outline

To setup from a PC using a microSD card, follow the steps described below.

Step 1 Insert a microSD card into your PC’s card slot or an external card reader.
Step 2 Make the Initial setup.

Step 3 Setup. (p. 5)

D Setup precautions

• To prevent data loss, you should rst copy the
transceiver’s setting data from the microSD card to

the PC. A backup le enables easy restoring even if

the setting data in the microSD card is accidentally
deleted. After copying, read the data into the cloning
software, and enter or edit parameters.

• BE SURE to turn OFF the transceiver before
inserting or removing the microSD card.

• DO NOT remove the microSD card or turn OFF the
transceiver, while reading or writing data to or from
the microSD card. Otherwise, the data could be lost
or corrupted.

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Setting up from a PC using a microSD card (Continued)

D Before starting the CS-31PLUS setup

NOTE: If you use a brand new microSD card, rst format the card using the transceiver.

See the ID-31A PLUS and ID-31E PLUS Basic manual section 2 for details.

1. Make a backup file.

L Save the transceiver’s setting data onto the

microSD card. Open the “Save Setting” on the
transceiver’s MENU screen to save.

(MENU > SD Card > Save Setting)

2. Turn OFF the transceiver, and remove the
microSD card.

3. Insert the card into the PC’s card slot or an
external card reader, as shown below.

4. Copy the transceiver’s setting data (ICF file),
stored in the “Setting” folder of the card to a PC
local folder.

Transceiver

microSD
card

Into the card
reader

D Making the Initial setup

PC

• About the microSD card’s folder composition

The folder composition on
the microSD card is shown
to the right.

Csv

Gps

The transceiver’s setting

data (ICF le) is stored in

the “Setting” folder.

QsoLog

Reply

RxLog

ID-31

PC

or

Setting

Voice

VoiceRec

VoiceTx

Into the card slot

When you start the CS-31PLUS, the Initial Setup
window is displayed. Before using the software,
follow the steps below to make the initial setup to
send the transceiver version information.

NOTE: When the transceiver version information is
not correctly sent to the software, some items may
not be displayed on the software.

1. Click the “microSD” radio button.

2. Click <Open...> to display the data file selection
window.

3. Select the setting data (ICF file) copied from the
transceiver in step 4 of “Before starting the
CS-31PLUS setup,” as described above.

4. Click <OK> to open the software and read the
selected file.

Click

Click

Click

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Setting up from a PC using a microSD card (Continued)

D How to setup the transceiver

Follow the steps below to write the setting data that is
edited with the CS-31PLUS to the transceiver using
the microSD card.

1. Set Memory channels, scan settings, call signs,
repeater list, and other settings using the
CS-31PLUS.

2. Save the setting data in an Icom Cloning Format
(ICF) file format in a folder on your PC.

L See the Help le of the CS-31PLUS for assistance.

3. Copy the setting data (ICF file) into the “Setting”
folder in the “ID-31” folder on the microSD card,
as shown to the right.

4. Insert the microSD card that includes the setting
data (ICF file) into the slot of the transceiver, then
load it to complete the set up.

(MENU > SD card > Load Setting)

NOTE:

• After loading, the contents of the setting data
overwrites the current data.

• The loading contents can be selected between
“ALL,” “Except My Station,” and “Repeater List
Only.” When you want to load only the repeater list
into the transceiver, select “Repeater List Only.”

• The original skip settings in your repeater list can
be kept when loading. When “Keep ‘USE (FROM)’
settings in the Repeater List?” is displayed, select
<Yes> to keep the skip settings in the repeater list.

• See the ID-31A PLUS and ID-31E PLUS Advanced
manual for details.

Open the “Setting” folder on the
microSD card

Double-click

Copy the

ICF le here

5. Turn OFF the transceiver, then turn it ON again to
operate the transceiver with the loaded data.

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Setting up from a PC using a cable

D USB driver installation

Before you use the OPC-2350LU data cable, you
must install its USB driver. The latest USB driver and
installation guide can be downloaded from “Options”

section towards the bottom of the rmware page on

the Icom website.

Carefully read the guide, before installing the driver.

http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/rm/

D Procedure outline

To setup from a PC using the OPC-2350LU, follow the steps described below.

Step 1
Step 2

Step 3

Connect the transceiver and PC using a cable.

Make the Initial setup.
Setup. (p. 8)

D Setup precautions

• To prevent data loss, you should rst read all the
transceiver’s setting data into the cloning software.

Before editing or entering, make a backup le onto
your PC. A backup le enables easy restoring even

if the setting data in the transceiver is accidentally
deleted. After that, enter or edit parameters using
the cloning software. If you write the setting data
into your transceiver before reading, the settings
such as “My Call Sign” or “Your Call Sign” is
overwritten.

• DO NOT turn OFF the transceiver or the PC, and
DO NOT disconnect the cable while reading or
writing setting data. Otherwise, the data could be
lost or deleted.

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Setting up from a PC using a cable (Continued)

D Before starting the CS-31PLUS setup

IMPORTANT:

Before reading or writing setting 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)

1. Install the USB driver. (p. 6)

2. Turn OFF the transceiver.

3. Connect the cable, as shown to the right.

4. Turn ON the transceiver.

5. Make a backup file.

L Click , or select “Read ← TR” in the <Clone>

menu to read the setting data from the transceiver.

L Click “Save As...” in the <File> menu of the

CS-31PLUS to save the backup  le to a folder on

your PC.

D Making the Initial setup

When you start the CS-31PLUS, the Initial Setup
window is displayed. Before using the software,
follow the steps below to make the initial setup to
send the transceiver version information.

NOTE: When the transceiver version information is
not correctly sent to the software, some items may
not be displayed on the software.

Transceiver

To the [DATA] jack

OPC-2350LU

PC

Click

1. Click the “COM Port” radio button.

2. Select the correct COM port number from the
drop-down list, or directly enter the COM port
number into the box.

L See the “USB Driver Installation Guide” that can

be downloaded from the Icom website to check the
COM port.

http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/ rm/

3. Click <OK> to open the software.

Click

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Setting up from a PC using a cable (Continued)

D How to setup the transceiver

Follow the steps below to write the setting data that is
edited with the CS-31PLUS to the transceiver using a
cable.

The transceiver’s display

1. Click , or select “Read ← TR” in the <Clone>
menu to read the data from the transceiver.

TIP: If you have an ICF le to write to the transceiver,

click
and then select the file.

or select “Open Ctrl+O” in the <File> menu,

2. Set Memory channels, scan settings, call signs,
repeater list, and other settings using the
CS-31PLUS, and then save them in an Icom
Cloning Format (ICF) file format in a folder on
your PC.

L See the Help le of the CS-31PLUS for details.

3. Click , or select “Write → TR” in the <Clone>
menu to write the setting data into your
transceiver.

NOTE: The entered data will overwrite the current
data.

4. After the writing is completed, turn OFF the
transceiver, then turn it ON again to operate the
transceiver with the edited setting data.

When the PC starts reading
the setting data from the
transceiver.

When the PC starts writing
the edited setting data into the
transceiver.

Setup has completed.

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Editing the settings le

Downloading the

using the CS-31PLUS

This section describes how to edit and save the
settings using the CS-31PLUS.

The le format is Icom Cloning Format (ICF).

1. Editing the ICF le

Before using this software, make an initial setup
to send the transceiver version information to the
software. (pp. 4, 7)

1. Click

2. Edit necessary settings for each function, using

2. Saving the ICF le

Click
<File> menu of the CS-31PLUS to save the edited

settings le to a folder on your PC.

or select “Open Ctrl+O” in the <File>

menu of the CS-31PLUS to open the ICF file.

the CS-31PLUS.

L See the Help le of the CS-31PLUS for assistance.

or select “Save Ctrl+S” or “Save As...” in the

latest ICF le and CSV les

Download the Zip le containing the latest Comma
Separated Values (CSV) les and the ICF le from

the Icom website:

http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/rm/

1. Right-click on the downloaded compressed file
and select “Extract All...” to unzip it.

A “31P_USA_yymmdd”* folder, for example,

will be created on the same place where the
downloaded file is saved.

• File Name: 31P_USA_yymmdd.zip

Depending on the
version.

* “31P_USA_yymmdd.zip” is used as an example.

LThe downloaded ZIP le includes:

For the ID-31A PLUS

• Settings le (ICF le)

• GPS memory (CSV le)

• Repeater list (CSV le)

Depending on the

updated le date.

NOTE: About the saved le format

• The settings saved in the ID-31PLUS format cannot be
written to the ID-31 transceivers.

• If the settings le is saved in an ID-31 format, the edited
or added entries in the ID-31PLUS are not saved.

For the ID-31E PLUS

• Settings le (ICF le)

• Call channel (CSV le)

• GPS memory (CSV le)

• Repeater list (CSV le)

<Settings le (ICF le)>

All setting data of the transceiver is saved in the ICF

le.

• See to the left to edit.

• See pages 3 and 6 to set up.

File Name (Example): 31P_USA_yymmdd.icf

Depending on the
version.

Depending on the

updated le date.

<Each CSV le>

The name of a CSV le represents the content.

• See page 11 to edit.

• See page 10 to import.

• See page 11 to export.

File Name (Example): 31P_USA_Rpt_yymmdd.csv

Depending
on the
version.

Depending on the

type of a CSV le.

2. Copy the ICF settings file and the CSV files
contained in the downloaded ZIP file to a folder
on your PC.

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Importing the repeater list

Read this section before importing the repeater list in

a Comma Separated Values (CSV) format le to the

CS-31PLUS.

1. Reading the data from the transceiver

Click

, or select “Read ← TR” in the <Clone> menu

to read the data from the transceiver.

L Before importing, make a backup le of all the

transceiver’s data onto your PC to prevent data loss.

2. Importing a repeater list

1. Select the “Repeater List” folder or double-click
on it to show each repeater group on the tree
view screen.

<Tree view screen of the CS-31PLUS>

NOTE: When a cable is used, the settings, except
the repeater list, can be kept by doing the following
procedures.

4. “Import from the file” is displayed, and then click
<OK>.

L If you select <Cancel>, the importing is canceled.

Click

5. “Keep ‘USE (FROM)’ settings in the Repeater
List?” is displayed, and then click <Yes> or <No>
to start importing.

“ Repeater

List” folder

Repeater group

NOTE: Select the “GPS Memory” folder or
double-click on it to show each GPS group on
the tree view screen to import the GPS memory

(CSV le) contained in the downloaded ZIP le.

2. Click “Import” in the <File> menu, and then click

“All....”

• The repeater information in a CSV le is imported,
and sorted into groups according to the group
number.

NOTE: When “Group...” is selected, all repeater

information in the le is imported into the

repeater groups, selected in step 1.
If you select the “Repeater List” folder in step 1,
“Group...” cannot be selected.

3. Select the CSV le, saved in “Downloading the
latest ICF file and CSV files” described on
page 9, and then click <Open>.

Click

• Yes: The original “USE (FROM)” settings set in the
CS-31PLUS are kept.

• No: All the “USE (FROM)” settings are replaced with
the imported CSV files.

L See page 10 for details about how to write the

imported repeater list to the transceiver.

L See page 11 for details about how to edit or

export the repeater list.

TIP: About the “USE (FROM)” setting

Select whether or not the repeater can be selected
as an access repeater (FROM), when you rotate
[DIAL].
If you select <NO>, the repeater is not displayed in
the “FROM” selection, and is skipped during a DR
scan.

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Editing and Exporting the repeater list

Read this section before editing and exporting the
repeater list.

1. Editing the Repeater list

1. Select a repeater group in the “Repeater List”
folder on the tree view screen of the CS-31PLUS.

2. Edit the necessary items in the repeater list.

L See the Help le of the CS-31PLUS for details.

2. Exporting the Repeater list

1. Select the “Repeater List” folder, or each repeater
group on the tree view screen.

<Tree view screen of the CS-31PLUS>

“ Repeater

List” folder

Repeater group

2. Click “Export” in the <File> menu, and then click

“Group...” or “All....”

NOTE: If you select the “Repeater List” folder in
step 1, “Group...” cannot be selected.

• Group...: Exports repeater information entered in only
the selected group.

• All...: Exports repeater information entered in all
groups.

3. Save the data in a CSV format file to a folder on
your PC.

NOTE: “GPS Memory” folder or each GPS group on
the tree view screen can be exported in the same
procedure.

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