IC-705 RadioMail Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Setup

RadioMail and the IC-705 over Wi-Fi. No cables, the radio stays on the desk, and the iPhone remains in your hand. [upbeat music] Let's take a look at how we add the IC-705 to RadioMail. But first, let's go into the menu and make sure our WLAN is turned on. And in this, uh, case, the radio is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the iPhone using the connection type Station Connected to a Network. Everything looks good. We can get out of this. And one more thing, let's make sure that the modulation input is set to WLAN, otherwise we're not gonna be able to key the radio with the audio. So we change the data mode to WLAN, and now we should have everything we need. So now we can just Add Device. It will scan the network to look for any IC-705 on your network. And the reason it does that is this way you don't have to know the IP address of your radio. If you are on a DHCP network, the IP address will change all the time, so this is kind of a pain point that is taken care of for you. Uh, the scanning will take a little bit of time, so just be patient, but your radio will show up eventually. And when it does, you can just tap it and finish the setup. Here the IC-705. Now you can enter the username and password for the user you've configured. Uh, this is the settings that you've configured on the radio itself. Uh, and you can see here it found the radio and it will, uh, look it, uh, by host name, ic705.local, so even if the IP address change, RadioMail can always connect to your radio that way. Uh, you just press Done, saves the credential, and now you're good to go. Another thing you can do, uh, with the device is you can select the device and adjust some parameters such as the packet settings. So you just go into Mode and open the Packet Settings screen. You can change various parameters. In RadioMail 2.0, those parameters are saved per device, per radio. And so if you need to change anything, they will remain. And now we can just back out and we're ready to connect. We can just tap the antenna icon to open the connection session window. We can select the remote station we're trying to connect to by tapping the call sign. It will open the best path prediction window by default. Here are all the station you can reach with a score. We'll get into more detail in a future video. And I'm just gonna pick a favorite test station here and make a packet connection to it. As soon as I hit Connect, we look for the radio on the network. Once we connect, you see the WLAN indicator on the radio shows up. We also select the correct frequency. RadioMail is able to do full CAT control over Wi-Fi for the IC-705. It will change the frequency, the mode, the filter. This is indicated on RadioMail with the Auto label next to the device name. And we're doing a packet connection here. We can also do AARDUP. Both modem are built in into RadioMail, so you don't have to install anything else. Our session is done. If you're out in the field, you can do the same thing by setting the radio in access point mode and connect your iPhone or iPad directly to the radio. You don't need a Wi-Fi network. Next, we're going to see how we can do the same connecting to the radio via Bluetooth and USB. Now let's add the radio via Bluetooth. But before we can do that, we need to make sure that Bluetooth is turned on on the radio and that the radio can be discovered. Go into Settings, turn Bluetooth on. And now make sure the radio can be paired. On RadioMail, just tap Add Device. It finds the radio. It shows you that it's the Bluetooth endpoint of the radio this time, and it's not the Wi-Fi. And now the radio is paired. The Bluetooth pairing only needs to be done once. RadioMail will remember your IC-705. Uh, but before we can proceed, Bluetooth is only to control the radio. It's only the CAT channel. In order for the radio to work, you have to plug it in via USB, and you need to make sure that the modulation input is set to USB as well, not to Wi-Fi. This is the case right now. We're good to go. We can now just plug the radio into the phone and the audio interface will appear automatically in RadioMail as a sound card. And now we have a new audio interface that appears in RadioMail. Like any other sound card in RadioMail, you can open it and look at the audio input. Now let's start a session. We can tap the antenna icon. It will open the session window. Here we can verify that the remote station we want to connect to is correct. The mode we're using, we're doing packet. And if you notice, the packet modem USB audio is selected, and you have the Auto indicator that shows you that RadioMail will do full CAT control on the radio. As we're connecting, the frequency is changing automatically on the radio, and the session is underway. I composed an email off camera earlier and put it in the outbox. It should be proposed to the gateway shortly. [radio buzzing] Here we go. And once it's accepted, it will be sent, uh, over the air. Once the session is complete, RadioMail is going to restore the frequency on the radio and disconnect the Bluetooth connection. [radio buzzing] With RadioMail 2.0, all you need is your iPhone or iPad to send packet or AARDUP Winlink with your IC-705. Mahalo and 73.