[Dx4win] Need help with rotor control

[w3ab]

Thank you Tim & Dave. Now working. The parameters were the final key. 
Will order some 10' serial cables to clean up the current test kludge.

Now to get the sat station tracking.

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73 de W3AB/GEO

On 2019-01-05 18:06, N4QS, Dave Perry wrote:
> Use the short cut keys.  When you have a call in the callsign box in 
> the QSO
> window, you can just press F11 and DX4WIN will turn your rotator to the
> correct heading.  For long path, just press Control F11.
> 
> Dave, N4QS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> On
> Behalf Of w3ab
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2019 4:58 PM
> To: Tim moore <redvalk56 at gmail.com>
> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Need help with rotor control
> 
> Tim,
> 
> I've now got it "working". Is the rotator supposed to follow the spot 
> when I
> double click it like the radio does? If I drop down the rotator menu 
> and
> click on short, or long, path it rotates.
> 
> ---
> 73 de W3AB/GEO
> 
> On 2019-01-05 17:37, Tim moore wrote:
>> What are your settings?
>> 
>> Tim Moore/K4TK
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 2:17 PM w3ab <w3ab at w3ab.org wrote:
>> 
>>> I finally got around to installing a MDS RC-1Y. I am unable to get
>>> DX4WIN or any other program to talk to it. Tried USB, which I
>>> dislike, and a USB-serial dongle which I dislike almost as much. No
>>> joy.
>>> 
>>> I've set up the preferences but the rotor drop-down is greyed out.
>>> 
>>> I really like RS-232 since it is easy to troubleshoot.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> 73 de W3AB/GEO
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