[Dx4win] A strange thing

Mel ve2dc at videotron.ca
Sun Aug 23 07:24:23 EDT 2009


You might try another port emulator such as com0com.

Tibor M. Blum - IK2SAI - wrote:
> Hy guys.
> 
> My set up is a TS2000X with CAT made via Ham Radio Deluxe.
> 
> Connection Is made with a serial/USB converter @ 57600
> 
> PC is an AMD Athlon @ 1 GHz, 640 RAM and Win XP sp3
> 
>  
> 
> Of course if I try to connect DX4WIN to my radio, PC says that the com is
> busy.
> 
> If I connect DX4WIN without running Ham Radio Deluxe, all is ok, band map is
> ok, no problem. 
> 
>  
> 
> Yesterday in a forum someone talked to me about Virtual Serial Ports
> Emulator freeware software (VSPE).
> 
> I immediately installed the software and after some minutes  I was able to
> create a virtual com where to address Dx4WIN AND HRD.
> 
> Fantastic: when I receive a spot I click on that, it change me the setting
> of the radio, HRD show all the new parameters and in the Dx4WIN I get the
> call in the right place.
> 
> All works ok.BUT:
> 
> Looking at the band map, it flickers: the vertical, qrg line moves from left
> to right and than again right to left.
> 
> The frequency showed on the top of band map start from the right one and
> step by step goes down..down..down to zero.without moving the real QRG on
> the radio.
> 
> On the QSO input window, the same happen in the frequency display. But even
> the mode and the band are changing step by step without sense.
> 
> I tried to set the radio on 18140 SSB, on the band map the frequency starts
> to move down. In the QSO window problem is that the mode changes to CW, and
> so on and even the qrg moves. If I log the "qso" dx4win doesn't get the real
> data but what is displaying at that time.
> 
>  
> 
> I have tried to reduce the com speed down to 9600 but nothing has changed.
> 
>  
> 
> So I returned to my old setting.but there is any way to fix the problem?
> 
>  
> 
> HRD + DX4WIN are just the best of the two worlds and being able to run them
> connected to the radio is certainly fantastic.
> 
>  
> 
> Tibor, IK2SAI
> 
>  
> 
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