F5VHJ's Win-Test startup failure was caused by having Radio1=6000 (OmniRig) in his WT.INI file after OmniRig was uninstalled.<br><br>Reinstalled OmniRig by using "Run as Administrator" and "Run in XP Compatibility mode" on the installation program, and it installs and runs smoothly. Win-Test then worked fine.<br>
<br>But neither OmniRig nor Win-Test would communicate properly with the FTDX-5000, no matter what settings we tried.<br><br>I think the problem is that Al is using an "Airlink 101" model AC-USBS USB-to-Serial adapter under Windows 7 64-bit. This is one of those notorious "Prolific" chipset devices. The latest documentation for driver from the Airlink says that it supports:<br>
<br>Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista 32/64-bit, Windows 7, Mac 10.x<br><br>It's interesting that it doesn't say "Windows 7 32/64-bit".<br><br>Attempts to install the driver via "Update driver" and "Have disk" failed ("This driver is not compatible ...")<br>
<br><a href="http://www.airlink101.com/support/index.php?cmd=files&_a=download&id=432">http://www.airlink101.com/support/index.php?cmd=files&_a=download&id=432</a><br><br>Perhaps I should have run the SETUP program instead, but it was getting late in Europe.<br>
<br>The COM port shows up OK when you plug in the device, and it can be changed from COM3, to COM6 no problem, and Win-Test and Windows Device Manager see COM6, but the CAT light on the radio never worked. We did go into the FTDX-5000 and experiment with all the CAT settings, but had no success at all.<br>
<br>I told Al to give up on that USB-to-Serial device and try to obtain one based on the FTDI chipset, which I think has better Windows 7 64-bit drivers available.<br><br>If anyone has an Airlink 101 AC-USBS USB-to-Serial adapter working with Win-Test under Windows 7 64-bit, I'd like to hear what you had to do to make it work.<br>
<br>73,<br>Bob, N6TV<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
OmniRig should be installed and run as an Administrator.<br><br>According to <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxatlas_group/message/1834" target="_blank">this post</a> from VE3NEA, author of OmniRig and several other programs such as CW Skimmer, all of his programs are designed to run under Windows XP. So on Vista or Win 7, you should run them in XP compatibility mode. <br>
<br>To fix the immediate problem, paraphrasing from Alex's post:<br><br>"Uninstall OmniRig via Add/Remove Programs, then install it again, but be sure to run the installer with Administrator privileges. To do so, log in as Administrator, then right-click on Setup.exe and click on Run as Administrator in the popup menu. Note that a simple double-click on Setup.exe will start it with standard privileges even if you are logged in as Administrator."<br>
<br>Maybe you should do the same for both Win-test and OmniRig. Right click on the icon and select Properties then "Run in XP compatibility mode", and "Run as administrator." It may fix the hidden file problem as well.<br>
<br>73,<br><font color="#888888">Bob, N6TV</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Albert Crespo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:f5vhj@orange.fr" target="_blank">f5vhj@orange.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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test after installing OMNI Rig no longer works on the computer. I deleted
OMNI rig and Win-Test and restarted the computer. Re-loaded Win-Test and the
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<div>I tried the suggestion of OH2UA and using the Win-Test settings for
the FT9000 and just turning off RTS , but that did not work either.</div>
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