<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//DE"><HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><TITLE>Message</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>Hi Bob,<br><br>thank you for your suggestions and sorry for the late response. Here is a first<br>update on this issiue.<br>
Win-Test manual says:<br><n6tv@arrl.net><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br><b>FT-990</b><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">COM port set to 4800 bauds, 8 data bits, no parity, no flow control and 2 stop bits.<br>For DTR and RTS, see FT-1000D below. Tnx F6GOX, NX5M.<br>
</div><b>FT-1000D</b><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">COM port set to 4800 bauds, 8 data bits, no parity, no flow control and 2 stop bits.<br>When using a powered CAT interface such as the Yaesu FIF-232C CAT interface box and CT-62<br>
cable, set DTR and RTS to Always OFF.<br>When using a "passive" (not powered) interface cable such as the K1NU CAT Control Cable, set<br>DTR to Always OFF, RTS to Always ON. Tnx F5FLN, NX5M, NQ4I.<br></div> </div>
<div>What were you using for flow control (DTR and RTS)? When using microHAM, I think you'll want to set this to Always OFF.<br><br>Yes, we were using the FT-990 default settings which are (as you mentioned) 4800Baud, 8-N-2, DTR and RTS both<br>set to always of.<br><br>Unfortunately there was no time this week to try the Omnirig setup, but I will catch up a.s.a.p. and report<br>the result on the list.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div id=":83">
Problem 2:<br>
When the TRX is set to RTTY, Win-Test assumes it is set to SSB. I<br>
first thought this may be a limitation of the CAT protocol, but as<br>
the Device-Router shows the correct mode it seems to also be a Win-<br>
Test issue.</div></blockquote></div><br>Did you select MODE=RTTY or MIXED in the Contest Configuration screen? What mode is shown in the logging window? When using mixed (e.g, for contest type DXpedition), does Ctrl-F1 cycle between radio modes properly?<br><br>I was testing with DXPedition and all modes. Yes Ctrl-F1 seems to cycle correctly as the TRX is being switched<br>to RTTY and also the Mode Indicator in the log shows RTTY for a very short period of time but then is set to<br>SSB after the status of the TRX has been read back by WT (TRX of course stays in mode RTTY).<br><br>When the log is set to MODE=RTTY only then WT will transmit as expected! Due to the problem<br>with the CAT Interface you have to set the band manually after each bandchange and also the<br>logged frequency will be wrong. Also bandmap etc. will not work as expected.<br><br><br>I will report any news on this list and once again thank you Bob!<br><br>vy 73<br>Simon, DJ4MZ<br><br>
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