[Icom] UX14PX

Tue, 2 Apr 2002 09:56:43 +0600

It would also help to have the option of 4800 baud  on the RS232 because
TRlog for instance does not work with 9600 (the only baud rate available for
UX14PX as I understand from the manual)

73, Igor UA9CDC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray McClure" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Icom] UX14PX


> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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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