[Dx4win] [Yaesu-FT-991-group] Re: [win-fldigi] Com ports

[Bob]

I too was in the business ATT retired data communication tech...serial ports were easy
break out box could tell you anything you needed to know WHY it wasn't working.
Break out box on a port use jumpers to test voltages..use jumper make a pin high.
Yup....wish we still had them. 8 port comm boards they worked...oh well i digress..

This is what I'm working on and I'm close to giving up.
DX4WIN is my logging pgm no rig file FT-991 support.
N4PY Pegasus rig control very nice allows complete RIG control within DX4win
just now playing using it.
FLdigi for digital...N4PY is helping me run it the same time as DX4WIN, N4PY pgm
and fldigi all in the desktop window.
WHY???? Because I just don't want to start all over with another LOGGING PROGRAM I have used DX4WIN for 20 years I know everything it does imports exports preferences blah blah.

But I'm this close to leaving for a current supported logging program.

USB geeeeeessss....

Anyway thanks for the replies guys. 

Bob

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> On Sep 6, 2015, at 9:05 PM, VK6HSB sboak at westnet.com.au [Yaesu-FT-991-group] <Yaesu-FT-991-group at 0 years.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob
> 
> This took me quite a while to work out too, and I did serial comms for a
> living. I kept going back to the names of the ports as a guide to what
> they do, and ended up confused.
> 
> It will not work, because the 'standard' com port does not have a serial
> data connection. It only connects to the RTS and DTR lines.
> 
> It would have been much less confusing if the first port was called
> 'standard' and the other was called a 'control' port.
> 
> It's a bit deceptive to call the second port 'standard' at all, because
> it isn't. The 'enhanced' port is much more 'standard' than the standard
> port, if you get what I mean :-)
> 
> Steve VK6HSB/portable/3
> 
> On 7/09/2015 3:56 am, bob kr4da at bellsouth.net [Yaesu-FT-991-group] wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I guess I'll need someone to confirm standard com port will or will not work
> > with FLDIGI and FT-991 because I have tried all options.
> > 
> > I agree though you would think it should work with the description of
> > the functions
> > at the Yaesu web page.
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/6/2015 1:40 PM, physics1 at sbcglobal.net [Yaesu-FT-991-group] wrote:
> >> 
> >>
> >> The enhanced port is used for CAT, such as frequendy readout or
> >> change, filter selection etc. The standard port is not capable of
> >> that. It passes fsk shift commands, PTT commands, and cw keying
> >> commands. These are by rts and dtr selection.
> >> Maybe this helps. You can try changing from rts to dtr or vice versa
> >> to affect ptt, cw, or fsk. Also, for both n1mm and hrd, i had to set
> >> rts to disable in the 991 menu to get fsk to work.
> >> Hope this helps.
> >> Carl K0YCR
> >>
> > 
> > 
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