[Dx4win] Radio timeouts?

Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:23:05 -0500

I haven't scoped the leads, but I can turn my TS-870 VFO as fast as I want
and not time out.  Maybe Kenwood recognized a problem and fixed it in later
models.

John, K2CIB

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bednar" <[email protected]>
To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Radio timeouts?

>
> Paul,
>
> I own a TS-850 and have noticed the same thing with
> DX4WIN and a contesting program. I scoped the data lead
> on the radio and turned the VFO. I was surprised to see that
> the data no longer comes out of the radio while the VFO is
> being turned.
>
> Several years ago someone told me that one of
> the signal lines changes state to tell the computer that the
> radio is busy and can not answer. I don't know if
> this is implemented with all programs. Since you are using
> the simple interface circuit, I don't believe that you have
> these lines connected.
>
> I have scoped the signaling pins on my radio and to my surprise
> they do not change state. At this point, I don't know if there is a
problem
> with my radio, if they need a pull up, or I made an error.
> I did try a Kenwood interface box and there was no difference
> with the contest program.
>
> I suspect that there is no way to fix this since the data flow is
> stops while the VFO know is being turned. Over the years, I've
> learned to pause every few seconds while tuning my TS-850.
> If you learn anything else please share it with me.
>
> John
> [email protected]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV" <[email protected]>
> To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:40 PM
> Subject: [Dx4win] Radio timeouts?
>
>
> > I use a pair of Kenwood TS-850's. The interface to my computer is the
> > N6TR -- ultra-simplistic design. It works great, but DX4WIN does from
> > time-to-time generate a radio timeout message. If I spin the dial hard
or
> > I'm just cruising up and down the band, I can without difficulty timeout
> the
> > radio. I have experimented with the poll rate and found 1000ms seems to
> > works better than the default of 5000ms -- but the timeouts still occur.
> The
> > interface works very well with other programs -- so I have eliminated
this
> > from the equation.
> >
> > I would be interested in knowing from this community and especially from
> > other Kenwood 850 owners (who might have seen similar radio timeouts),
if
> > you have experimented and changed the baud rate for the com port that
> hosts
> > the radio interface. In looking at my settings the com port (in the
> Windows
> > Control Panel System settings) is set to 9600 yet the radio operates at
> the
> > Kenwood default of 4800. Is this a problem?
> > Further if you have experienced radio timeouts (specifically with a
> Kenwood
> > radio), what if anything have you tried and did it work?
> >
> > 73 de Paul, VE7AVV
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