[Dxbase] TS870 & DXBase 2006 interface
Garth Hamilton
garthah at computan.on.ca
Tue Jan 16 22:16:33 EST 2007
My TS870 used to work with DXBase 2005 but has never worked with DXBase 2006.
Getting old and forgetful it seems and I do not seem to be able to
figure this out. I appear to have things correct but there is no
communications with the radio. I have tried Com1 and Com2 cable is
connected to com1 and to the radio. 4800 8 and 2 are the settings DTR
etc are all unchecked, Interface is turned on, but I get no error
messages whether the radio is on of off when I boot up the program.
Can not see VFOa or b frequencies and think I have tried all the
variations there are to try.
Are there any settings that require the program to be rebooted to
work after a change, or does editing them get them working if
everything is correct.
Is there something on the radio that has to be set up also?
Being off the air for several years I seem to have lost all this
knowledge. I do just about anything with reports and QSL design and
converting logs but can not seem to get this working again.
Any help would be appreciated.
73 Garth VE3HO
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> 5. RE: Start Sequence (Tony Cash)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:07:51 -0500
>From: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>
>Subject: [Dxbase] Re: Start Sequence
>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <005a01c73980$17a45030$6401a8c0 at K2GN>
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>Gary,
>That is very interest. That's the way I wish DXbase 2007 worked.
>
>Jack,
>What's different between 2006 and 2077????
>
>de K2GN/Larry
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:19:31 -0500
>From: "Jack" <jack at dxbase.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Re: Start Sequence
>To: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>, <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <00b701c73981$ba241600$c400a8c0 at XPMACHINE>
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> reply-type=response
>
>In this regard, none.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>
>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:07 AM
>Subject: [Dxbase] Re: Start Sequence
>
>
> > Gary,
> > That is very interest. That's the way I wish DXbase 2007 worked.
> >
> > Jack,
> > What's different between 2006 and 2077????
> >
> > de K2GN/Larry
> >
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>
>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:25:51 -0500
>From: "John Pelham" <john at radiophile.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <009c01c739bd$4fdf87c0$7d02a8c0 at johnsk22g2>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
>I'm also missing what you're missing Gary. I see the same behavior as
>you. Since I began using DXbase for Windows (1998?), I've never had a
>problem with starting DXbase with the radio off. DXbase tries to QSY
>the radio and waits for a timeout, so log entries take a little longer,
>but no error messages occur at any time. When I turn the radio on later
>in a DXbase session, the radio interface just starts working. If the
>radio is on the next time I start DXbase, it just works. I never have
>to go into Tools | Options | etc. to turn anything back on.
>
>This behavior has been the same across every version of DXbase I've used
>(that would be all of them except 2006, which I skipped), including
>2007.
>
>I wonder what's different about our setups compared to K2GN's? Also,
>over the years I've used DXbase with three different computers that I
>can recall and have had the same good behavior from all of them.
>
>One thing to note: I'm not using a USB serial port adapter, but a "real"
>9-pin serial port on my PC. For a while I used two radios with DXbase.
>The second radio was hooked up with a USB serial adapter, and I recall
>getting K2GN's error message, and problem, when I started DXbase if the
>USB adapter wasn't connected.
>
>73,
>W1JA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at pobox.mtaonline.net>
>To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
><dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>
>
> >I may have missed something here, but for what it's worth...
> >
> > I'm running DXBase 2006 and constantly start the software with my
> > radio off and never see any error message. Under Tools/Options/Radio1
> > I have the Connect HF Radio 1 Serial Interface checked and under
> > Tools/Options/LogDefaults I have Load Band/Mode from HF Transceiver
> > checked. Both boxes remain checked the next time I start DXBase after
> > using it with the radio off. If the radio is on and I start DXBase,
> > the serial connection works ok. If I start DXBase with the radio off,
> > then turn the radio on, the serial connection works. Under both
> > conditions, I don't get any error message.
> >
> > I have seen an error message under DXBase 2005 (I think) if I forget
> > to turn the power on to my CT-17 level converter. That produced an
> > error message and cleared the checked boxes. I cannot reproduce this
> > action with DXB 2006.
> >
> > Gary AL9A
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>
> > To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
> > <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: January 15, 2007 9:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >
> >
> >> That's the option that DXbase turns off. Then I have to turn it on.
> >> Thanks, but not a fix.
> >> de K2GN
> >>
> >>
> >> From: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>
> >> To: "'Larry - K2GN'" <k2gn at comcast.net>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:39 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >>
> >>
> >>> Tools --> Options --> User Options --> Radio 1 --> Uncheck Turn On
> >>> HF Radio
> >>> Serial Interface.
> >>>
> >>> Same with CW.
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:01:54 -0600
>From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
>Subject: [Dxbase] i have a new Wishlist Item.
>To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
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>A feature in DXBase that applies a mild (10kv) shock to the gonads
>of someone who tries to transmit on a dxpedition's frequency that the
>cluster indicates is a 'split' operation.
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:14:12 -0500
>From: "Tony Cash" <tonycash at adelphia.net>
>Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>To: "'John Pelham'" <john at radiophile.com>, <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <001201c739c4$09140a30$8a00a8c0 at tony>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250"
>
>
>Same here and I am running 2007.
>
>
>73 de Tony, KD4K
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of John Pelham
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:26 PM
>To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>
>I'm also missing what you're missing Gary. I see the same behavior as
>you. Since I began using DXbase for Windows (1998?), I've never had a
>problem with starting DXbase with the radio off. DXbase tries to QSY
>the radio and waits for a timeout, so log entries take a little longer,
>but no error messages occur at any time. When I turn the radio on later
>in a DXbase session, the radio interface just starts working. If the
>radio is on the next time I start DXbase, it just works. I never have
>to go into Tools | Options | etc. to turn anything back on.
>
>This behavior has been the same across every version of DXbase I've used
>(that would be all of them except 2006, which I skipped), including
>2007.
>
>I wonder what's different about our setups compared to K2GN's? Also,
>over the years I've used DXbase with three different computers that I
>can recall and have had the same good behavior from all of them.
>
>One thing to note: I'm not using a USB serial port adapter, but a "real"
>9-pin serial port on my PC. For a while I used two radios with DXbase.
>The second radio was hooked up with a USB serial adapter, and I recall
>getting K2GN's error message, and problem, when I started DXbase if the
>USB adapter wasn't connected.
>
>73,
>W1JA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at pobox.mtaonline.net>
>To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
><dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>
>
> >I may have missed something here, but for what it's worth...
> >
> > I'm running DXBase 2006 and constantly start the software with my
> > radio off and never see any error message. Under Tools/Options/Radio1
> > I have the Connect HF Radio 1 Serial Interface checked and under
> > Tools/Options/LogDefaults I have Load Band/Mode from HF Transceiver
> > checked. Both boxes remain checked the next time I start DXBase after
> > using it with the radio off. If the radio is on and I start DXBase,
> > the serial connection works ok. If I start DXBase with the radio off,
> > then turn the radio on, the serial connection works. Under both
> > conditions, I don't get any error message.
> >
> > I have seen an error message under DXBase 2005 (I think) if I forget
> > to turn the power on to my CT-17 level converter. That produced an
> > error message and cleared the checked boxes. I cannot reproduce this
> > action with DXB 2006.
> >
> > Gary AL9A
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>
> > To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
> > <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: January 15, 2007 9:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >
> >
> >> That's the option that DXbase turns off. Then I have to turn it on.
> >> Thanks, but not a fix.
> >> de K2GN
> >>
> >>
> >> From: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>
> >> To: "'Larry - K2GN'" <k2gn at comcast.net>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:39 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >>
> >>
> >>> Tools --> Options --> User Options --> Radio 1 --> Uncheck Turn On
> >>> HF Radio
> >>> Serial Interface.
> >>>
> >>> Same with CW.
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:57:29 -0600
>From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
>Subject: [Dxbase] start sequence
>To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <00ac01c739c1$b37fff90$6601a8c0 at media>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
>I have DXB on 2 computers.
>One is connected to the radio via a microhamKEYER USB interface.
>
>If I Start DXB BEFORE I turn on the radio, I will get a message saying that
>DXB was unable to start the radio interface.
>Going to tools>User Options>Rig #1, I must recheck the
>"Connect HF Radio 1 Serial Interface" box to reconnect to the rig.
>
>It worked this way with the normal serial port I USED to use.
>And
>It works this way with the microhamKEYER USB interface I presently use.
>
>As the other computer with DXBase does NOT have a radio connected via any
>type of com port, I can not even put a check into the "Connect HF etc. "
>box.
>
>Any attempt results in the "unable to start yada yada" message.
>Which makes sense.
>
>
>We could probably track this down to what kind of motherboard bios we all
>use and compair.
>But to be perfectly honest...I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
>
>
>I went through the list of Shortcut Keys and do not find one to 'toggle' the
>Rig Interface.
>That could be a usefull option, but my wall switch turns on
>rigs/lights/monitors, so my rigs are almost allways on before I start
>software.
>
>
>
>
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>-----------------------------------------------------
>
>Bill H. in Chicagoland
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>weather at http://hhweather.webhop.org
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 7
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:57:36 -0500
>From: "Bob Main" <bobmain1 at alltel.net>
>Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>To: "DXBase" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <000301c739ca$18d72b40$0f0aa8c0 at grumpy>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
>The only time I have gotten the error about not being able to communicate
>with the radio has actually been when the radio was on. Then DXB unchecks
>the interface and I have to go recheck it. Then it continues to work
>properly. I have, like you, started DXB a number of times without the radio
>being on and had no problem. Go figure.
>
>Sure would be nice that DXB would give us the option whether or not to
>uncheck the interface. If we choose not to and DXB attempted to talk to the
>radio again and couldn't, then re-issue the error.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of John Pelham
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:26 PM
>To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>
>I'm also missing what you're missing Gary. I see the same behavior as
>you. Since I began using DXbase for Windows (1998?), I've never had a
>problem with starting DXbase with the radio off. DXbase tries to QSY
>the radio and waits for a timeout, so log entries take a little longer,
>but no error messages occur at any time. When I turn the radio on later
>in a DXbase session, the radio interface just starts working. If the
>radio is on the next time I start DXbase, it just works. I never have
>to go into Tools | Options | etc. to turn anything back on.
>
>This behavior has been the same across every version of DXbase I've used
>(that would be all of them except 2006, which I skipped), including
>2007.
>
>I wonder what's different about our setups compared to K2GN's? Also,
>over the years I've used DXbase with three different computers that I
>can recall and have had the same good behavior from all of them.
>
>One thing to note: I'm not using a USB serial port adapter, but a "real"
>9-pin serial port on my PC. For a while I used two radios with DXbase.
>The second radio was hooked up with a USB serial adapter, and I recall
>getting K2GN's error message, and problem, when I started DXbase if the
>USB adapter wasn't connected.
>
>73,
>W1JA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at pobox.mtaonline.net>
>To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
><dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
>
>
> >I may have missed something here, but for what it's worth...
> >
> > I'm running DXBase 2006 and constantly start the software with my
> > radio off and never see any error message. Under Tools/Options/Radio1
> > I have the Connect HF Radio 1 Serial Interface checked and under
> > Tools/Options/LogDefaults I have Load Band/Mode from HF Transceiver
> > checked. Both boxes remain checked the next time I start DXBase after
> > using it with the radio off. If the radio is on and I start DXBase,
> > the serial connection works ok. If I start DXBase with the radio off,
> > then turn the radio on, the serial connection works. Under both
> > conditions, I don't get any error message.
> >
> > I have seen an error message under DXBase 2005 (I think) if I forget
> > to turn the power on to my CT-17 level converter. That produced an
> > error message and cleared the checked boxes. I cannot reproduce this
> > action with DXB 2006.
> >
> > Gary AL9A
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry - K2GN" <k2gn at comcast.net>
> > To: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>;
> > <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: January 15, 2007 9:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >
> >
> >> That's the option that DXbase turns off. Then I have to turn it on.
> >> Thanks, but not a fix.
> >> de K2GN
> >>
> >>
> >> From: "Michael Hatzakis Jr MD" <lists at hatzakis.net>
> >> To: "'Larry - K2GN'" <k2gn at comcast.net>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:39 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Start Sequence
> >>
> >>
> >>> Tools --> Options --> User Options --> Radio 1 --> Uncheck Turn On
> >>> HF Radio
> >>> Serial Interface.
> >>>
> >>> Same with CW.
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> >> Dxbase mailing list
> >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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> >>
> >
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>------------------------------
>
>Message: 8
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:34 -0700
>From: Joe Young <jwyoung at cybertrails.com>
>Subject: [Dxbase] Programming CW Memories - DXBase 2007
>To: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>Message-ID: <45AD87F2.2000701 at cybertrails.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>I would like to program one of the CW memories with the morse " . _
>. . . "
>I tried the text "AS" but that does not do it.
>Is there a way to this?
>
>Thanks and 73 de Joe/W6RLL
>
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 9
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:01:28 -0800
>From: "Steve Murphy" <murphys at comcast.net>
>Subject: [Dxbase] Winkey speed pot
>To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Message-ID: <002d01c739fd$236b6b60$6500a8c0 at ozoB>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>With Winkey interfaced to DXB, is it normal for the speed pot to be inop?
>
>Thanks and 73,
>
>Steve N8NM
>
>
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