[1000mp] computer control problem

[Tom Frenaye]

Tom/W1TO wins the prize...   Not sure exactly what was going on but the front panel did NOT indicate it was in mem mode.  I started on 15m.   Pressing the mem/vfo button switched to an AM station on 880 KHz(stored in a memory channel), pressing it again changed it to 28013.7(see below), and after a few switches back and forth whatever was going on has been cleared up.    

I wasn't looking forward to replace parts...    thanks for the various suggestions and hints!

                -- Tom

At 01:45 PM 11/29/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Have you checked that the radio is not in the MEM mode?  If the radio
>probably is in MemTune mode use the VFO/MEM switch to get out of it.
>
>73, Tom, W1TO
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Frenaye" <frenaye@direcway.com>
>To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 9:10 AM
>Subject: [1000mp] computer control problem
>
>
>>
>> I have an FT1000 MkV that developed a problem during last weekend's
>contest - looking for a suggestion on what to check/replace.  The front
>panel display still flashes "CAT".
>>
>> Looks like I can send commands to it via the RS-232 port and it behaves
>mostly correctly.  I use CT contest software.  If I send the command to
>change to a new frequency, like 7005, the radio changes correctly.   But if
>I try to change bands via CT, it switches between 10 and 160m using the band
>up/down command (alt-F1, alt-f2).   On the receive side I can not read the
>current frequency (alt-J).  It appears to say 28013.7 all the time.   Is
>this likely to be the chip that makes the RS-232 port work?
>>
>>                 -- Tom