[Icom] UX14PX

[Ray McClure]

Todd and the rest
Here is the answer Gordon, W4KYW received.
Sounds like they are nice people to deal with !!

 Hi Gordon,
>   I downloaded the logger program you are running and verified the
error
> you were seeing. It turns out that the problem is in the way Logger
> receives the data plus the way I send the response. The RS-232 port on
> the UX-14PX is full duplex, that is the data being sent is independent
> of the data being received. When the logger program sends me a request
> for data (freq or mode) I respond with the results. The old CI-V port
is
> half duplex, the data sent is also received, so when Logger sends a
> request for data it receives both its own transmission (the request
for
> data) plus the return response. ?Most? programs ignore there own
> transmission, they can tell from the TO / FROM data field where the
data
> came from, and just look for the response. Apparently Logger flushes
the
> first data it receives, assuming it is its own request data, and looks
> for the second data set as the response. Since I don't echo the
original
> data, Logger gets confused!
>   Anyway, the solution is as follows, for the time being, just connect
> to the 1/8" CI-V port via whatever you are using for a CT-17. Since
this
> is a half duplex port, just like the original, it works fine.
>   I have already modified the firmware to fake the RS-232 port into
> acting like a half duplex port and the problem is solved. The
> modification allows the half duplex mode to be selected via one of the
> unused dip switches. Unfortunately, you will need to return your
UX-14PX
> board for this firmware update. I appologize for this inconvenience,
but
> this problem didn't show up in my testing or that of my beta sites due
> to the PC programs I was using for the testing.
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris
>
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Remington" <xusmc@psln.com>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] UX14PX


> John L Merrill, Ray, and whomever,
> Could you guys keep me in the loop on this one? I'll be using just
about
> the same setup in the near future...Thanks,
>
> 73, Todd KH2TJ/6
>
> >
> > John, he is using Logger version 8.07.
> > I have been trying to help him, but I am lost.
> > Ray, W8CNL.
> > -----------------
> > > From: Behalf Of Gordon Bostrom
> > >
> > > HI fellows
> > >
> > > I have the UX14PX , installed it in my 751A and now have a slight
> > problem,
> > > it will not show the freq, but when I click on radio in the task
bar
> > it show
> > > it polling across, and above the little window , for freq it shows
> > .001 and
> > > nothing in the mode.
>
> > > 73 TNX Gordon W4KYW
> > >
>
>
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