[1000mp] CAT Control

[w8lo at earthlink.net]

Hi Dave -

Tnx for the info.

Another solution, possibly, would be to disable one CAT function, and the 
other should work ok.
Does that make any sense?  The CAT portion of MixW could be disabled, and 
not really degrade it's
usefullness, thereby opening up the DXbase portion for rig control.

73, Larry



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave AA6YQ" <aa6yq at ambersoft.com>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:41 PM
Subject: RE: [1000mp] CAT Control


> There are two problems:
>
> 1. Windows won't let two applications simultaneously open the same serial
> port
>
> 2. Without synchronization between the two applications, they would 
> quickly
> become confused in their interaction with the transceiver. For example, 
> one
> might might get half-way through sending a command only to have the other
> begin sending a command.
>
> If one of your two applications will work correctly (and usefully) by 
> simply
> monitoring the radio's responses to commands sent by the other application
> and you have two serial ports, then you could wire that application's 
> serial
> port's RX DATA to the CAT output (in parallel with that of the other 
> serial
> port) but leave its TX DATA disconnected (so any commands it sent would
> never reach your FT1000 MP). Each application would then open a separate
> serial port. One application would have full CAT control; the other would
> only monitor the CAT output.
>
> I have not tried this, so no guarantees...
>
>  73,
>
>      Dave, AA6YQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of w8lo at earthlink.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:22 PM
> To: 1000mp at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [1000mp] CAT Control
>
>
> Hello All -
>
> I presently have two different applications that use CAT control.  One, 
> MixW
> digital software, and two, DXbase logging software. When the digital
> software's CAT control is on, I am unable to use the DXbase rig control 
> for
> freq changes from DX spots.
>
> Does anyone know if the FT1000 MP can handle more than one CAT control?
>
> I have asked Yaesu for an answer, but recieved no response.
>
> 73,
>
> Larry
>
> W8LO
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