[Ham-Mac] RUMTrol and the iBook G4

[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

Oddly enough, the problem seemed to be the baud rate. DL2RUM, the  
program's author suggested setting everything to 9600 baud, and when I  
did, everything started working.  Doesn't really make sense to me, but  
who am I to argue with success? :)

Thanks again for pointing me to that driver....

73, Dan KB6NU

On Sep 4, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Steve - VA3SPH wrote:
> Great news! It means driver, serial rate, cable, and radio are all  
> working which is the bulk of the troubleshooting!
>
> Not sure about this final problem as I am not a RUMTrol user but it  
> sounds the you need to turn OFF or ON some combination of CTS (CLEAR  
> TO SEND), DTR (DATA TERMINAL READY), and RTS (REQUEST TO SEND)  
> emulated buy the USB converter chip in that cable.
>
> Does the RUMTrol manual help with any suggestions?
>
> Experiment with those preferences and I think you will find the  
> correct combination. Basically it's flow control of data.
> Clearly your able to send data so all you need to do is inform the  
> USB chip you ready to receive data. In fact it sounds as if the  
> radio is transmitting the data it just that the USB chip thinks your  
> computer is not ready to receive. A changed setting your software  
> should correct that.  Be sure to test sending again after you make a  
> change as you might turn off something need to send data.
>
> Again let us know how the pioneering goes!
>
> 73
> Steve-VA3SPH
>
> On 3-Sep-08, at 8:47 PM, Dan Romanchik KB6NU wrote:
>
>> Well, this sort of worked.  I downloaded and installed this driver,  
>> and a new selection did indeed appear.  I selected that and now I  
>> am able to write memory info to the rig, but I still can't seem to  
>> read anything from the rig. It looks like it's trying to do  
>> something. When I click the "Read from TRX" button, both the red  
>> and green lights start flashing, but once the operation is done, no  
>> data from the rig appears.
>>
>> Any more thoughts?
>>
>> 73, Dan KB6NU