[Dx4win] IC735 control w. dx4win: test results

[Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ]

Hi, 

In the meantime, to check 
if my interface (home-made G3VGR/OK2WY design 2-transistor interface) was not 
the source of timeout, I have installed the DXLab software Commander v. 8.9.5 
and selected IC735, 9600 kbps, 8N1, DTR high, RTS low and guess what: everything 
works superb! I can read and control VFO A/B frequencies, all modes and even 
control the split operation, setting VFO A/B frequencies, inverting them etc….I 
used polling interval of 350ms (200 was the default, but somebody on Internet 
sites suggested not to use less than 350mS). There were NEVER any timeouts.  
As a 
conclusion, something seems to be conflicting between dx4win radio control 
program and IC735.

Jim 
Hargrave, W5IFP was trying to help me and was playing with demo version of DX4WIN 
8.05 (he is not currently using your program) , modifying the IC735 original rig 
file. He sent it to me and I replaced a file in my dx4win 8.04. In preferences, 
I set DTR high, 9600bps, either 5000 or 350 ms @6 
retries.
Now, 
there is no more timeout. When I select radio/radio frequency control I can read 
and write frequencies and modes to IC735 without problem, and the changes are 
reflected in the logging window. 
But, 
when I close frequency control window, nothing happens in the logging window 
when I switch radio bands and modes. No timeouts, but looks like the program 
doesn’t poll radio data automatically. As I have taken out the “transceiver” 
jumper , radio doesn’t send this data automatically upon changes. If I activate 
transceiver it may work, but then the help file says there is a risk of 
collision with dx4win commands.
 
Would anybody knowledgeable with dx4win configs please check the attached rig file to see where the lack of polling problem 
might be. It seems the control now works at half and if the polling gets 
activated, I could use my rig with dx4win. I asked Paul for help, but even if he finds the issue, he doesn't have iC735 to check the end result.

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Thanks and 73 to all,
Radi F6GNZ