RS-MS1I

I paid extra for the Bluetooth card for my ID-4100A and was looking forward to being able to use this app. In spite of triple checking the transceiver settings described in the “instructions”, and in spite of the fact that the app instantly sees the device, whenever I try to actually connect it tries for a few seconds then fails. The instructions go on at length saying that the app may not work on certain phones and certain operating system versions or with other apps installed. Therefore I tried it on two different phones and an iPad and the same thing happens. I have never seen any Bluetooth application fail to work and blame the platform like this. I contacted support and so far have not had a response. It seems clear that the app just needs some attention by the developer to actually work as promised, no excuses.

I won’t fault the program for not supporting radios it doesn’t claim to support. I have a 4100A and this app works like a champ. There are many basic functions that I prefer to use by app instead of radio, but don’t expect to be able to do deep menu work by phone, just the stuff basic menu functions. I really like the ability to pull up the map and select repeaters by map. The past contacts are very nice to see on the phone screen instead of just the small radio screen. Yes, I am pleased overall.

There is nothing in the description that says only for the ID-4100, After an hour of fighting trying to set this up I found in another rating that someone else took the time to rate it with the same problem, It does not work with the ID-5100. How about adding support for the other Icom radios that have DSTAR capabilities!