When trying to use Dire Wolf with the ICOM IC-705 on Windows, PTT doesn’t work. Several software packages support CAT controls, but not the Icom CI-V controls, which makes using them on the Icom challenging. An app called CAT7200 can act as the middleman between CAT and CI-V controls, but it requires installing virtual COM port drivers that need to have some security stuff disabled. On Linux, Dire Wolf can be compiled to include hamlib support, which support PTT on the ICOM radios. With the steps below you can compile Dire Wolf with hamlib support for Windows.
Download the Dire Wolf User Guide
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/master/doc/User-Guide.pdf
Download hamlib for windows. In my case 4.2
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/files/hamlib/
Run the installer as administrator
In my case, hamlib installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\hamlib-w64-4.2
Add the hamlib bin directory to the PATH environment variable so that direwolf.exe can find it. Do a search for windows 10 modify path if you don’t know how to do that. Alternatively, you can copy the dlls to the same directory where direwolf.exe will be after the steps below.
C:\Program Files (x86)\hamlib-w64-4.2\bin
Go to section 4.6 in the User Guide and follow the directions for installing cygwin.
Search for and add each of the additional packages and select the version to install. They are under the devel category. I selected what looks like the latest stable versions.
Note that in the User Guide, the package bin-utils should be binutils and that the line cd buile should be cd build.
In addition to the export lines in the user guide, the following line updates the Cygwin bash PATH environment variable to provide access to the hamlib files:
export PATH=$PATH:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/hamlib-w64-4.2/include/:/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/hamlib-w64-4.2/lib/gcc
After building, testing, and creating a zip file, copy the zip file to the desktop and decompress it.
cp ~/direwolf/build/direwolf*.zip /cygdrive/c/Users/LUSER/Desktop/direwolf
From there, configure the Dire Wolf to use hamlib and the IC-705
PTT RIG 3085 COM3
Now you can use your ICOM IC-705 for APRS with Dire Wolf and PinPoint APRS
Or with Paxon Terminal for Packet Radio
Thank you very much! – The information in this article comes from
https://streamingmatters.com/2020/11/11/compiling-dire-wolf-with-hamlib-enabled-on-windows/
Another good solution ist the Soundmodem from UZ7HO. There you can also setup CAT for PTT. http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm
