[WT-support] FT-100D - WT Band fluctuations

Bob Wilson, N6TV n6tv at arrl.net
Sat Apr 6 18:44:19 CEST 2013


According to some eham.net reviews <http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5748>,
the RIGTalk USB interrface uses the Prolific chipset, which is known not to
work well with many programs, including Win-Test.

You *may* have better luck setting Radio type to OmniRig, or by setting the
polling rate to 500 ms rather than "Auto," but instead I strongly recommend
using a completely different USB-to-Serial adapter, one based on the FTDI
or Eltima chipsets, not Prolific.

A good choice would be the Keyspan
USA-19HS<http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-USA-19HS-Hi-Speed-supports-Sequence/dp/B0000VYJRY>
.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Wes Printz, W3SE/ZL3TE <w3se at dxer.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have an intersting anomally.
> I just installed 4.10.0 , using a WMR Rigtalk to the FT-100D
>
> The issue I am having is in WT, the band does not stay on the selected
> band.
> Radio stays on the selected band.  The band change can be seen in the
> Summary window  and Logging line
>
> Example:  FT-100D set to 24.897 CW, in the logging window it jumps between
> 12 / 20M randomly.  Put the rig on 28.018, WT bounces between 10/20M.
>
> It would appear WT keeps searching for the radio to be on 20M.
>
> Environment is XP SP3, 4800-8-N-2   Does not matter if the DTR / RTS set
> to on or off.
> When using FT-100 Default DTR / RTS = Handshake it bounces between 40 and
> the selected band.
>
> Another software package - MixW seems stable. Have not tried any others
> yet.
> I'm hoping to get this sorted out soon, as I am stopping in 3D2 for JIDX
> CW on my way to  Visalia, and would prefer to use WT.
>
> TNX es 73,
>
> Wes, W3SE / ZL3TE
>
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