[Dx4win] Latest FT-5000 RIG Fille

[Keith Beebe W3KB]

Mine is working on a FTDX5000 MP Limited just fine using the following settings:

FTDX5000   00 Hex   38400 Baud    Poll Rate 500   Max tries 3    RTS High

My other suggestion is to double check the Baud Rate setting of the COM Port you are using.  Use Windows Device Manager to check it and change it to 38400 if needed.

If the COM port is set to default 9600  that may be an issue.  I changed the Com Port baud rate to 38400.

***Also make sure to set the rig's Menu 32 GENE  CAT BPS to 38400 to match the Com port.  The default on the radio is only set at 4800.

In other words, make sure everything matches.

Like I said, mine works fine here with those settings on still on Version 1.1 of the rig file.

Keith W3KB



-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: December 23, 2018 5:24 PM
To: Steve Hart <k8ej at charter.net>
Cc: DX4WIN Reflector <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Latest FT-5000 RIG Fille

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?

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