[PCR-1000] Re: PCR-1000 digest, Vol 1 #102 - 10 msgs
Dallas McKenzie
[email protected]
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:18:59 +1200
Thank you....for DTFM advice I think I'll leave it on "Auto"....
Re XP and the Pcr1000....mmmm i have been told that its not realy
compatiable by 2 users in the UK, they are back on 98 soley for the Pcr
1000.......I looked at up grading to XP but because of doubt re Pcr 1000
didnt....local NZ Icom agent says dont. I use TalkPcr also a good programe
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>Subject: PCR-1000 digest, Vol 1 #102 - 10 msgs
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:01:38 -0400 (EDT)
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> 1. Help re DTFM (Dallas McKenzie)
> 2. Larry's usb to serial port converter (Ivan Mothershead)
> 3. Re: Larry's usb to serial port converter (mikea)
> 4. Re: Larry's usb to serial port converter (Brian W. Antoine)
> 5. RE: Larry's usb to serial port converter (Ivan)
> 6. Win XP and Icom Software (Harry Flaxman)
> 7. Re: Larry's usb to serial port converter (Harry Flaxman)
> 8. Re: Larry's usb to serial port converter (Brian W. Antoine)
> 9. Re: Help re DTFM (Zobop)
> 10. RE: Larry's usb to serial port converter (Ivan)
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>Message: 1
>From: "Dallas McKenzie" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:09:00 +1200
>Subject: [PCR-1000] Help re DTFM
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>Hi all........I must be the Dumbist person arround but I have not beem
>able to get the hang of the DTFM system on my Pcr1000
>
>When in Set mode what do I put in the Code and other boxes
>I've read the manual etc and understand the Remote system but I'm lost on
>the Set part
>
>Dallas
>From the Feral West Coast,
>South Island
>New Zealand.
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>Message: 2
>From: "Ivan Mothershead" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:20:23 -0400
>Subject: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
>I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it works
>great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see the
>connection. It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen saying
>the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until I
>click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
>working. when I click the ok button, it does stop working. what gives? is
>this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter from
>Larry? Ivan [email protected]
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:01:14 -0500
>From: mikea <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:20:23PM -0400, Ivan Mothershead wrote:
> >
> >
> > I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it
>works
> > great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see
>the
> > connection. It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen
>saying
> > the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until
>I
> > click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
> > working. when I click the ok button, it does stop working. what gives?
>is
> > this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter
>from
> > Larry? Ivan [email protected]
>
>Are you sure that the USB port is being seen as COM2? Try COM3
>or COM4; my serial-to-USB adapter shows up as COM3. And no, I
>haven't tried it with my PCR-1000, either.
>
>--
>Mike Andrews
>[email protected]
>Tired old sysadmin since 1964
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:04:40 -0700
>To: [email protected]
>From: "Brian W. Antoine" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>At 12:20 PM 4/24/02, you wrote:
>
>
> >I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it
>works
> >great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see
>the
> >connection. It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen saying
> >the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until I
> >click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
> >working. when I click the ok button, it does stop working. what gives?
>is
> >this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter
>from
> >Larry? Ivan [email protected]
>
> When you say "pcr-1000 softwar" are you talking about the brain dead
>win3.1
>software Icom ships with the radio or something else? If it's the Icom
>software,
>it probably isn't realizing the com port even exists because it's making
>old
>style calls to the O/S. Try a copy of TalkPCR as an experiment, it should
>work
>fine.
>
>
>
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>Message: 5
>From: "Ivan" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:03:17 -0400
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>thanks brian, just got it and that is on my list of to do's ivan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brian W. Antoine
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:05 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>
>
>At 12:20 PM 4/24/02, you wrote:
>
>
> >I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it
>works
> >great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see
>the
> >connection. It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen saying
> >the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until I
> >click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
> >working. when I click the ok button, it does stop working. what gives?
>is
> >this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter
>from
> >Larry? Ivan [email protected]
>
> When you say "pcr-1000 softwar" are you talking about the brain dead
>win3.1
>software Icom ships with the radio or something else? If it's the Icom
>software,
>it probably isn't realizing the com port even exists because it's making
>old
>style calls to the O/S. Try a copy of TalkPCR as an experiment, it should
>work
>fine.
>
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:14:02 -0500
>From: Harry Flaxman <[email protected]>
>To: PCR-1000 Mail List <[email protected]>
>Subject: [PCR-1000] Win XP and Icom Software
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>Has anyone out there been able to use the Icom software, with the
>PCR-1000, with a UT-106 installed under Win XP? I have posted on
>several newsgroups only to find one other person who is having the same
>problem. I can get Scancat Gold to work, but not the original Icom
>software. Without the UT-106 installed, the software works fine, but
>with the filter in, it bombs out when it is trying to bring up the
>filter knobs display segment.....and it looks like it's bombing on a
>display DLL within the OS. I have tried 95 and 98 compatibility modes,
>to no avail.
>
>Thanks for any feedback!
>
>Harry
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 7
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:16:43 -0500
>From: Harry Flaxman <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
>Ivan wrote:
>
> >
> > When you say "pcr-1000 softwar" are you talking about the brain dead
> >win3.1
> >software Icom ships with the radio or something else? If it's the Icom
> >software,
> >it probably isn't realizing the com port even exists because it's making
>old
> >style calls to the O/S. Try a copy of TalkPCR as an experiment, it
>should
> >work
> >fine.
> >
>Where might one find this program TalkPCR? I am relatively new to the
>list and to the receiver and haven't been having luck with Icom's
>software under XP once I installed the UT-106.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Harry
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 8
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:35:56 -0700
>To: [email protected]
>From: "Brian W. Antoine" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>At 06:16 PM 4/24/02, you wrote:
>
>
> >Ivan wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> When you say "pcr-1000 softwar" are you talking about the brain dead
> >>win3.1
> >>software Icom ships with the radio or something else? If it's the Icom
> >>software,
> >>it probably isn't realizing the com port even exists because it's making
>old
> >>style calls to the O/S. Try a copy of TalkPCR as an experiment, it
>should
> >>work
> >>fine.
> >Where might one find this program TalkPCR? I am relatively new to the
>list and to the receiver and haven't been having luck with Icom's software
>under XP once I installed the UT-106.
>
>http://www.mahy.demon.co.uk/
>
>
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>Message: 9
>From: "Zobop" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Help re DTFM
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:09:57 +0200
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> > When in Set mode what do I put in the Code and other boxes
> > I've read the manual etc and understand the Remote system but I'm =
>lost on=20
> > the Set part
>
>The "Receive CODE" is the code that the program will be looking for.
>You can set five codes and bind these to actions.
>That meens that if you set a code to 911, the program will alert you
>(in the way you set) when someone at the channel you are listening to
>(that use DTMF) press the sequence 911.
>
>You dont have to use the set thing... if you only click ON on the DTMF
>Remote Commander it will show you the DTMF tones decoded anyways.
>
>Regards
>Per F
>
>
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>Message: 10
>From: "Ivan" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 06:57:01 -0400
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>Yes it was on 3 on the sony and 2 on the IBM and both times it starts and
>then it stops. by hitting the power button on the program it will restart
>for about 30 seconds then the pop up message comes up and it stops working.
>it works fine with talk pcr, no problems at all. ivan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of mikea
>Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:01 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Larry's usb to serial port converter
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:20:23PM -0400, Ivan Mothershead wrote:
> >
> >
> > I bought a Larry's usb converter that Tim Edwards recommended and it
>works
> > great, except now I have my pcr-1000 and the pcr software does not see
>the
> > connection. It works, I can tune the radio, then up pops a screen
>saying
> > the com port 2 is not connected and the pcr-1000 software freezes until
>I
> > click the ok button on the screen saying its not working, while it is
> > working. when I click the ok button, it does stop working. what gives?
>is
> > this a pcr-1000 software problem, or did I buy the wrong usb converter
>from
> > Larry? Ivan [email protected]
>
>Are you sure that the USB port is being seen as COM2? Try COM3
>or COM4; my serial-to-USB adapter shows up as COM3. And no, I
>haven't tried it with my PCR-1000, either.
>
>--
>Mike Andrews
>[email protected]
>Tired old sysadmin since 1964
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>From the Feral West Coast, NZ.
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