Icom CS-51PLUS2 User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

CLONING SOFTWARE

CS-51PLUS2

The CS-51PLUS2 is a software application to setup the ID-51A or ID-51E 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® 7.

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

System requirements

• Transceiver

An ID-51A or ID-51E with a serial number label

that has “PLUS2” printed on it.

L The illustration below is for the ID-51A version.

• Operating System (OS)

Microsoft® Windows Vista® (32/64bit)

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

LSee page 3 for detailed instructions.

When using an optional data cable

• OPC-2218LU

data cable

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. Insert the CD into a CD drive.

3. Double-click “Menu.exe” on the CD.

L Depending on the PC setting, the Menu screen

shown below is automatically displayed.

ID-51 Menu screen

Installs the CS-51PLUS2

4. Click “Cloning software Installer.”

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

continue.

5. “Choose Setup Language” is displayed. Select “English” or “Japanese,” and then click <Next>>.

L In this document,

“English” is selected.

7. “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

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

Select language

Click

6. “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for CS-51PLUS2” is displayed, and then click <Nex t>>.

Click

9. Click “Quit” on the Menu screen.

10. Eject the CD.

11. A program group “CS-51PLUS2” is created on the program menu, and a “CS-51PLUS2” shortcut icon is created on the desktop.

L You can uninstall the cloning software using

“Uninstall a program” in the Windows Control Panel.

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.

Click

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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 available from Icom.

L Through the rest of this document, the microSD

card and a microSDHC card are simply called microSD cards.

L The microSD cards listed to the left are usable

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

(As of September 2016)

with the ID-51 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 reader or card slot. Step 2 Make the Initial setup.

Step 3 Setup. (p. 5)

D Setting up precautions

• To prevent data loss, you should rst copy the transceiver's setting data from the microSD card to the PC. After copying, read the data into the cloning software, and enter or edit parameters using the cloning software.

• Before editing or entering new data, make a backup

le onto your PC. A backup le enables easy

restoring even if the setting data in the microSD card is accidentally deleted.

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

• DO NOT remove the microSD card, detach the battery pack, 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)

To the Card slot

PC PC

microSD card

D Before starting the CS-51PLUS2 setup

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

See section 2 of the ID-51A and ID-51E Basic manual 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 microSD card slot of the PC or the microSD 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

To the Card reader

D Making the Initial setup

• 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

RxLog

ID-51

Setting

Voice

VoiceRec

VoiceTx

When you start the CS-51PLUS2, 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-51PLUS2 setup,” as described above.

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

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-51PLUS2 to the transceiver using the microSD card.

1. Set Memory channels, scan settings, call signs, repeater list, and other settings using the CS-51PLUS2.

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-51PLUS2 for assistance.

3. Copy the setting data (ICF file) into the “Setting” folder in the “ID-51” 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 section 2 of the ID-51A and ID-51E 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 data cable

D USB driver installation

Before you use the OPC-2218LU data cable or 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.

NOTE for the OPC-2218LU:

DO NOT connect the transceiver to the PC with the OPC-2218LU until the USB driver installation has been completed. The driver is not supported by the Windows automatic recognition system.

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-2218LU or OPC-2350LU, follow the steps described below.

Step 1 Step 2

Step 3

Connect the transceiver and PC using a data cable.

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

D Setting up precautions

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

• 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.

• 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 data cable (Continued)

D Before starting the CS-51PLUS2 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 data cable, as shown to the right.

4. Turn ON the transceiver.

5. Push [MENU] on the transceiver and enter the Clone Mode.

(MENU > Others > Clone > Clone Mode)

6. 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-51PLUS2 to save the backup le to a folder on

your PC.

To [DATA] jack

OPC-2350LU

OPC-2218LU

To a USB port

D Making the Initial setup

When you start the CS-51PLUS2, 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 “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 data cable (Continued)

D How to setup the transceiver

Follow the steps below to write the setting data that is edited with the CS-51PLUS2 to the transceiver using a data cable.

1. Push [MENU] on the transceiver and enter the Clone Mode.

(MENU > Others > Clone > Clone Mode)

2. 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.

3. Set Memory channels, scan settings, call signs, repeater list, and other settings using the CS-51PLUS2, 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-51PLUS2 for details.

4. 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.

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

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

The transceiver’s display

The Clone Mode display

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

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

Setup is completed.

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Editing the settings le

Downloading the

using the CS-51PLUS2

This section describes how to edit and save the settings using the CS-51PLUS2.

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

1. Editing the ICF le

Before using this software, make a initial setup to send the transceiver version information to the software. (pp. 3, 5)

1. Click menu of the CS-51PLUS2 to open the ICF file.

2. Edit necessary setting for each function, using the CS-51PLUS2.

L See the Help le of the CS-51PLUS2 for assistance.

2. Saving the ICF le

Click <File> menu of the CS-51PLUS2 to save the edited

settings le to a folder on your PC.

or select “Open Ctrl+O” in the <File>

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 “51P2_USA_160913”* folder, for example,

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

• File Name: 51P2_USA_160913.zip

Depending on the version.

* “51P2_USA_160913.zip” is used as an example.

TIP:

The downloaded ZIP le includes:

For the ID-51A

• 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-51PLUS2 format cannot be written to the ID-51or ID-51PLUS transceivers.

• If the settings le is saved in an ID-51 or ID-51PLUS format, the edited or added entries in the ID-51PLULS2 are not saved.

NOTE: To reset the settings of the transceiver to

their default values, copy the ICF le contained in

the “Preset” folder of the supplied CD, to a local PC folder, and then write it to the transceiver.

For the ID-51E

• Settings le (ICF le)

• Call channel (CSV le)

• GPS memory (CSV le)

• Repeater list (CSV le)

All setting data of the transceiver is saved in the ICF

le.

• See to the left to edit.

• See pages 3 and 8 to set up.

File Name (Example): 51P2_USA_160913.icf

Depending on the version.

Depending on the

updated le date.

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): 51PUSARpt160913.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-51PLUS2.

NOTE:

Other CSV les contained in the downloaded ZIP le can also be imported in the same procedure.

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.

NOTE:

When the data cable is used, the settings, except the repeater list, can be retained by doing the following procedures.

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

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

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

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-51PLUS2 are kept.

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

L See page 8 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-51PLUS2.

2. Edit the necessary items in the repeater list.

L See the Help le of the CS-51PLUS2 for details.

2. Exporting the Repeater list

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

“ 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.

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Icom CS-51PLUS2 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

System requirements

Installing the cloning software

Setting up from a PC using a microSD card

Setting up from a PC using a data cable

Importing the repeater list

1. Reading the data from the transceiver

2. Importing a repeater list

Editing and Exporting the repeater list

1. Editing the Repeater list

2. Exporting the Repeater list