ICOM CS-905 BASIC MANUAL [de]

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PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

CS-905

The CS-905 is a software application to setup the IC-905 from your PC. This manual shows system requirements and how to use the software.

System requirements

To use the software, you will need the following:

Select either of the following programming methods:

Operating System (OS)

• Windows 11 (64 bit)

• Windows 10 (32/64 bit)

L Except for Windows on ARM.

L The instructions are based on using Windows 10.

About an SD card

With a memory card

• SD card (User supplied)

L A memory card reader or memory card slot is required

for reading.

Through a USB Cable

• USB Cable (USB Type-C connector for the transceiver) Use a proper cable for data communication according to your PC’s USB port.

• USB Port (USB 1.1, 2.0, or 3.0 port)

Programming information

INSTRUCTIONS

(As of February 2023)

NOTE: The SD and SDHC cards are not supplied by Icom. (User supplied)

Icom has checked the compatibility with the following SD and SDHC cards. (As of February 2023)

Brand Type Memory size

SanDisk

L Through the rest of this document, the SD card and

SDHC card are simply called SD cards.

L The SD cards listed above are usable with the IC-905,

but their specications are not guaranteed by Icom.

SD 2 GB

SDHC 4/8/16/32 GB

USB driver installation

To use the USB cable between the transceiver and a

PC, you must rst install a USB driver.

The latest USB driver and installation guide can be downloaded from the Icom website.

Carefully read the guide, before installing the driver. https://www.icomjapan.com/support/

Icom and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

• To prevent data loss, you should rst read the transceiver setting data into the CS-905, or copy

the setting data (ICF le) of the SD card to the PC,

and read the data into the CS-905. Then edit or enter new software parameters.

• Before editing or entering new data, make a

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

easy restoring even if the setting data is accidentally deleted.

• While reading or writing (uploading) the data through the USB cable, NEVER turn OFF the transceiver or the PC, and NEVER disconnect the USB cable. Otherwise, the data could be lost or deleted.

• While reading or writing the data to or from the SD card, NEVER remove the SD card or turn OFF the transceiver. Otherwise, the data could be corrupted or the SD card could be damaged.

Updating the CS-905

The rmware and programming software may be

updated for expansion or improvement of functions. You can update the programming software to the latest version by downloading the update program from the Icom website and installing it. https://www.icomjapan.com/support/

L If an error dialog is displayed that indicates the versions

of the transceiver’s rmware and the programming

software do not match, update the transceiver’s

rmware and the programming software to the latest

version.

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Installing the programming software

1. Sign in to the PC as an administrator.

L Con rm that no other applications are running.

2. Download and unzip the file.

3. Double-click “setup.exe.”

L If the “User Account Control” dialog is displayed,

click <Yes>.

• “Choose Setup Language” is displayed.

4. Select “English” (or “Japanese”) and then click <Next>>.

L In this document, “English” is selected.

Select language

Click

7. After the installation has been completed, click <Finish>.

Click

8. An “Icom CS-905” item is created in the Windows Start menu, and a shortcut icon is added to your desktop.

5. On the “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for CS-905” screen, click <Next>>.

Click

6. On the “Choose Destination Location” screen, click <Next>>.

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

destination folder before clicking <Next >>.

TIP:

• See the Help  le of the programming software for assistance with the functions or settings.

To open the Help  le, click “Help” in the top

menu of the programming software and select “Contents,” or simply push the [F1] key of the PC’s keyboard.

• You can uninstall the programming software using the “Apps & features” in the “Apps.” Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features.

Con rm

Click

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Setting up from a PC using an SD card

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

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

Saving the setting data onto a PC Making the Initial setup Editing the parameters (p. 4) Writing the setting data to the transceiver (p. 4)

Step 1 Saving the setting data onto a PC

1. Save the transceiver’s setting data onto the SD card.

L Insert an SD card into the transceiver, and save the

setting data from “Save Setting” on the transceiver’s MENU screen. (

2. Turn OFF the transceiver, and remove the SD 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  le), stored in the “Setting” folder of the card to a PC local folder.

> SET > SD Card > Save Setting)

IC-905PC PC

NOTE: If you use a brand new SD card,  rst format

the card using the transceiver. See the IC-905 Basic Manual for details on the formatting procedure.

“Setting” folder

SD card

Into a card reader

Into the SD card slot

Step 2 Making the Initial setup

When you start the CS-905, the Initial Setup window is displayed. Before using the software, you need to make the initial setup to send the transceiver version information to the software.

1. Click the “SD” radio button.

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

3. Select the setting data (ICF  le) copied from the transceiver in step 4 of “Saving the setting data onto a PC,” as described above.

4. Click <OK> to open the programming screen and

read the selected  le.

NOTE:

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

• If you want to make the initial setup again, select “Initial Setup” in the <Option> menu.

1 Click

2 Click and select a  le

3 Click

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Setting up from a PC using an SD card

Step 3 Editing the parameters

1. Enter Memory channels, call signs, repeater list, set scan and other settings using the CS-905.

2. Save the setting data in the Icom Cloning Format

(ICF) le format in a folder on your PC.

L See the software’s Help le for assistance.

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

transceiver, click or select “Open... Ctrl+O” in the

<File> menu, and then select the le.

Step 4 Writing the setting data to the transceiver

Copy the saved setting data in Step 3 above to the SD card, and write it to the transceiver.

1. Copy the setting data (ICF file) into the “Setting” folder in the “IC-905” folder on the SD card, as shown below:

Double-click

2. Remove the SD card from the PC and insert it into the transceiver.

3. Write the setting data to the transceiver.

(

4. Turn OFF the transceiver, then turn it ON again to operate the transceiver with the loaded settings.

> SET > SD Card > Load Setting)

• The loaded setting data overwrites the current settings.

L Refer to the IC-905 Advanced Manual for details on

loading the setting data.

NOTE:

• The loading contents can be selected between “ALL,” “Select,” 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 IC-905 Advanced Manual for details.

Double-click

Copy the

ICF le here

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Setting up from a PC using a USB cable

To setup from a PC using a USB cable, follow the steps described below.

Step 1 Step 2

Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Connecting the transceiver and PC using a USB cable Making the Initial setup

Reading the settings from the transceiver (p. 6) Editing the parameters (p. 6) Writing the setting data to the transceiver (p. 6)

Step 1 Connecting the transceiver and PC using a USB cable

1. Install the USB driver.

L The latest USB driver and “USB Driver Installation

Guide” can be downloaded from the Icom website.

2. Turn OFF the transceiver.

3. Connect the USB cable, as shown below.

4. Turn ON the transceiver.

To a USB port

USB cable (User supplied)

USB Type-A or Type-C

USB Type-C

IC-905

To the [USB] port

Step 2 Making the Initial setup

When you start the CS-905, the Initial Setup window is displayed. Before using the software, you need tomake the initial setup to send the transceiver version information to the software.

1. Click the “COM Port” radio button.

2. Click <Search...> to display the IC-905 Search window. Select the appropriate transceiver and click <OK>.

• The COM port number will be set in the input  eld.

3. Click <OK> to open the programming screen.

NOTE:

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

• If you want to make the initial setup again, select “Initial Setup” in the <Option> menu.

1 Click

2 Click and select a port

3 Click

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Setting up from a PC using a USB cable

Step 3 Reading the settings from the transceiver

Follow the steps below to write the setting data that is edited with the CS-905 to the transceiver using a USB cable.

 Click

menu to read the data from the transceiver.

NOTE: Make a backup copy of the original setting data on the PC before editing.

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

While reading from the transceiver

Step 4 Editing the parameters

 Enter Memory channels, call signs, repeater lists,

set scan and other settings using the CS-905.

L See the software’s Help  le for assistance. L Save the setting data in the Icom Cloning Format

(ICF)  le format in a folder on your PC.

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

transceiver, click or select “Open... Ctrl+O” in the

<File> menu, and then select the  le.

Step 5 Writing the setting data to the transceiver

You can write the edited Memory channels, call signs, repeater list, scan and other settings to the transceiver.

NOTE: Writing the setting will overwrite the current setting data on the transceiver.

1. Click menu to write the setting data to your transceiver.

2. Check the items you want to write to the transceiver, and then click <OK>.

, or select “Write → TR” in the <Clone>

3. Click <OK> on the confirmation dialog.

• Starts writing to the transceiver.

While writing to the transceiver

Writing completed

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

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Downloading 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:

https://www.icomjapan.com/support/rmware_driver/

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

• A “905_USA_yymmdd”* folder, for example, will be

created in the same place where the downloaded le

is saved.

File name (Example):

905_USA_yymmdd.zip

Shows the

2. Save the unzipped file in a folder on your PC.

version

Shows the date of update

Contents of the downloaded ZIP le

(as of February 2023)

• Settings le (ICF le)

Example: 905_USA_yymmdd.icf

All setting data of the transceiver is saved in the

ICF le. See pages 4 and 6 to set up.

• GPS memory (CSV le)

Example: 905_USA_GPS_yymmdd.csv

• Repeater list (CSV le)

Example: 905_USA_Rpt_yymmdd.csv

The name of a CSV le represents the content.

• See page 9 to edit.

• See page 8 to import.

• See page 9 to export.

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Importing the Repeater list

MAIN DIAL

Read this section before importing the repeater list in a Comma Separated Values (CSV) format  le into the

CS-905.

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

1. Reading the setting data from the transceiver

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

menu to read the data from the transceiver. (pp. 4, 6)

L Before editing, 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.

“Repeater List” folder

Repeater group

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

“All....”

L The repeater information in a CSV  le is imported,

and sorted into groups according to the group number.

NOTE: When you select “Group...”, 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.

4. Click <OK> in the dialog.

Click

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

Click

• Yes: The original “USE (FROM)” settings set in the CS-905 are kept.

• No: All the “USE (FROM)” settings are

replaced with the imported CSV  les.

TIP: About the “USE (FROM)” setting

Select whether or not the repeater can be selected as an access repeater (FROM), when you rotate

. If you select <NO>, the repeater is not displayed in the “FROM” selection, and is skipped during a DR scan.

Importing the GPS Memory (CSV  le)

When you import the GPS Memory, select “GPS Memory” folder or each GPS group on the tree view screen in step 1.

3. Select the CSV file, saved in “Downloading the

latest ICF file and CSV files” described on the

previous page, and then click <Open>.

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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-905.

2. Edit the necessary items in the repeater list.

L See the software’s Help  le 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.

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

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