The first program is actually very generic and as such can be used with other transceivers as well. RS-BA1 consists of a program called Remote Utility that implements the client-server communication across the network and a program called Remote Control for controlling your rig from your PC. With this post I hope to create some more understanding, RS-BA1 deserves it. Here it helps to understand the software, before configuring it from the documentation or internet sources. Also the naming of the various menus (due to translation?) is confusing. So why these diverse opinions? My guess is that there is little knowledge on why Icom is doing things a certain way. Even more, I can remote control my TS-2000 with it as well.
Actually it works so much better than I expected. I’ve tested the software with my IC-7300 and concluded that it works fine. The Icom RS-BA1 software is being discussed a lot. In version 1.94 (introduced on ) the typos are corrected, the drop-down menu at the top is removed and a number of wizards are added to assist with configuration. Note: This post applies to RS-BA1 version 1.93.
