[Dx4win] Fw: DX4WIN and the Flex6000

[radioart at frontiernet.net]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:16 AM, radioart at frontiernet.net
<radioart at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Hello Jim,
> I don't remember if I reported this earlier or not but when using DX4WIN
> 8.05 with the  Flex Radio 6500 SSDR V1.0.0 I have the following behavior
> that I'm hoping DX4WIN can resolve?   The new Flex6000 series can
> transmit/receive on any slice/VFO, which I think is causing this issue....
>
> When I have a QSO on VFOB (which means I've selected TX on B) and am ready
> to log the contact I notice the band and freq are correct, TXB, but the mode
> is what ever RXA is set to (the other VFO)...  So I have to make RXA the
> same mode as TXB for the DX4WIN log book to have the proper mode for the
> QSO....
>
> The solution would be for DX4WIN to always make the mode in the QSO log the
> same as the whatever TX is being used.  This info is available to DX4WIN
> from the Flex API.  Right now the Flex 6700 can have 4 VFO/Slices and after
> January it will have 8.  so logging QSO's will be a more serous problem if
> DX4WIN can't follow the TX mode selected.
>
> Other than this behavior DX4WIN is working very well with the new Flex6000
> series.  The only other nuisance issue is, I cannot connect DX4WIN (F9) to
> the radio unless I have VFO/Slice B open as well as VFO/Slice A open.  For
> some reason DX4WIN looks for VFOB when it opens up and not VFOA.  Other
> Logging programs only look for VFOA to be open ( I was told this this was
> the issue by one of Flex's API developers).
>
> But I would be very happy if the DX4WIN developer would resolve the more
> serous TX mode issue...
>
> Jim, if you are not the right person to deal with this issue would you
> please forward to the correct person an let me know who that is?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Dennis KØEOO



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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us