[Dx4win] Latest FT-5000 RIG Fille

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 2:42 PM Steve Hart K8EJ wrote:

> I cannot find a copy of the latest FT-5000 rig file.  Mine is quite old, and shows a “HEX value of 00 as default”, with “baud rate of 38,400” and “Notes for Radio of V1.1 ON4AOI”.  I’ve recently been having problems with the radio and DX4WIN connecting and talking to each other, with ERROR  “Radio timed out, radio interface has been deleted”.
>
> The baud rate of 38,400 is the same as used elsewhere in the setup for DX4WIN.  Any thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated.

Hi Steve,

You don't say which version of DX4WIN you are running.  Did the radio
used to work?  A radio (.rig) file doesn't just stop working.

The hex value only applies to ICOM radios, not Yaesu.  38.4K may be
the correct baud rate, I don't remember.  It sounds like the COM port
in your computer (virtual or physical) has stopped working, or the
cable between the computer and the radio is bad.  If the radio times
out, the radio (.rig) file is *not* deleted.  I don't remember ever
seeing that wording in the message.

This can also happen if you leave DX4WIN running in real-time entry
mode (F9) and turn off the radio.

Do you have any other software that works with that radio you can use
to verify the COM port and cable?

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