[Ham-Mac] MacMemoriesManager

[Don Agro]

On 19-Mar-09, at 7:11 AM, Don Agro wrote:

> On 18-Mar-09, at 10:08 PM, Lew Phelps K6LMP wrote:
>> I'm very confident it isn't either my radio or computer, because I  
>> can start up MacLogger DX and it connects with the radio without  
>> difficulty.
>
> The FT8x7 drivers in MacMemoriesManager haven't changed since you  
> paid full price back in 2006. (Isn't there a statue of limitations  
> for writing software ?) Maybe if you look at the debug log it will  
> tell you why the radio is sometimes not found ?


A little background: YAESU publishes and supports (sorta) the VFO  
commands for the FT-8x7 radios that MacLoggerDX uses. YAESU does not  
publish or support the memory access commands used by  
MacMemoriesManager and in fact suggests that you use their licensed  
software from RT Systems:

http://www.rtsystemsinc.com/index.cfm

- which of course only runs on a PC. I thought that over time with  
more and more Hams using Macs that they would see the light especially  
when you consider how much we pay for these radios - and either  
publish the commands or make their software available for the Mac -  
but sadly they have not.

You could try putting pressure on YAESU but I don't think they care. I  
tried for years but their US marketing department head in New York  
told me that the bosses in Japan don't think the Mac is a big enough  
market to address.

73 Don Agro VE3VRW