[Ham-Mac] Help Needed With Setting Up Multimode

Chris Smolinski [email protected]
Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:04:14 -0500


>On Jan 31, 2004, at 5:33 PM, Chris Smolinski wrote:
>
>>>I'm having trouble setting up my station to work the digital 
>>>modes. I'm using my new G4 12" Powerbook with Multimode (version 
>>>4.4) and am using a Bux Comm Rascal (Model Mark V GLX) 
>>>opto-isolator and a Keyspan USB Serial adaptor (model USA-19HS).
>>>
>>>I can receive ok (given that I'm using an attic antenna), but when 
>>>I designate the serial adaptor as the PTT serial port in the 
>>>Multimode Preferences my transceiver (I've tried both my FT-817 
>>>and my SGC-2020) begins to transmit (even before restarting 
>>>Multimode to make the change effective).
>>
>>It starts as soon as you select the serial port in MultiMode, or as 
>>soon as you plug everything together?
>
>Chris - as soon as I select the serial port.  As long as I don't 
>select a serial port for PTT, I can receive fine with everything 
>hooked up.

Hmm... while I don't see that here, I have one suggestion, try 
selecting the port, quitting MultiMode, then running it again, and 
see if the port behaves itself.
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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com