[Dx4win] Data Mode

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:50 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Larry Burke K5RK wrote:
>
>> I'm using DX4WIN with an Icom IC-7851. The CAT controls work well however
>> DX4WIN does not seem to recognize when the rig is set to the DATA mode
>> (e.g., USB-D1). DX4WIN just sees the rig as being in the SSB mode. Is there
>> a way to have DX4WIN recognize when the rig is in the DATA mode?
>
> While there is a "DATA" mode that can be logged in DX4WIN, aren't you
> really operating PSK, WSJT or some other "data" mode in these cases?
> Which mode should DX4WIN pick?
>
> Contact me off-line.  Assuming that IC-7851 and IC-7610 have the same
> mode encodings, I can send you a modified .RIG file that will report
> "DATA" mode.

Larry, looking at the command set, I do not think this can be done
easily.  The DATA mode(s) are in a different byte of the command
response than the main modes (CW, SSB etc.).  Maybe Guy ON4AOI will
have an idea.

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