[Dx4win] Need help Yaesu Mark 5 and DX4Win

[Kostas Stamatis]

Larry i have also a mark v and dx4win.
I don't know what exactly your interface is...
I suppose that it is a homemade interface.
For cat control you need to have pins 2,3 and 5 to a conputer's com (let's 
say com1)
For cw and ptt you should use pin4 (dtr) for cw, pin 7 for ptt(rts) and pin 
5 for gnd.
So i suppose that you can use the same com.
(by the way you can see help under "cw circuit diagram").
for cat control you need to setup the port for 4800,8,2
In mark v now...
cw goes to cw, ptt goes to ptt and cat goes to cat control
if ptt doesn't work probably you have not make it ok. But you can work ok if 
you activate vox.

73 Kostas sv1dpi


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Alkoff" <labradley at mindspring.com>
To: "DX4win" <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:20 PM
Subject: [Dx4win] Need help Yaesu Mark 5 and DX4Win


>I am having trouble setting up a Yaesu Mark 5 and DX4Win on a new
> Windows 7 computer.  I had a discussion about this with Paul KK4HD this
> morning and he suggested this mailing list.
>
> Specifically:
>
> 1.  On Preferences > radio, the radio port is computer com1  (settings
> of 8 bits parity 2) connected to the CAT rs-232 receptacle on the Yeasu.
>  It frequently times out, usually when I am entering a qso.
>
> 2.  On Preferences > cw, cw keying is set to dtr and ptt is set to rts
> on com1 (again).
>
> Is it correct to use com1 for both the radio port and cw keying and ptt?
>
> 3.  For some reason the cw keyboard types the message being sent with
> the function key (example: cq cq) but there is no rf output.
> This forces me to send my call every time instead of simply pressing the
> F1 key to send N2LA - very cumberson.
>
> I also have a Rigblaster Plus but seem to have problems hooking it up.
>
> If you have any ideas on how to get this equipment working please let me
> know.  If you want to talk about any ideas my cell phone is
> 512-301-7666.  Socotra is due to wind up in 9 days so time is very short.
>
> Please help!
>
> Larry Alkoff N2LA
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