[DogParkList] Mac Doppler Cocoa and Yaseu FT-736R
Don Agro
dagro at dogparksoftware.com
Wed Jan 11 19:47:10 EST 2006
Hi Dave,
On 11-Jan-06, at 6:49 PM, Dave hartzell wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone has any experience operating with the
> FT-736R. I'm using an IO Gear USB to Serial adapter, and a third
> party (non-Yaseu) TTL to RS232 adapter (LCU-3Y1).
>
> I'm not having any problems, per se, but I do see some "quirkiness",
> and I'm not sure if its me, the rig, the TTL/RS-232 interface, or the
> software.
>
> For example, frequency adjustment works fine, as do mode settings and
> encoder settings, but once in a while, something strange happens.
> Sometimes the mode (FM, LSB, USB) doesn't get set. Other times I see
> that the for some reason the rig is transmitting, without manual
> keying (from me).
What 'Command Delay' value are you using ? You might want to
experiment with a few different values - 5, 15, 30 ms etc.
Is it possible that you have 'Tuning Dial Tracking' enabled ? (This
isn't supported on the FT-736R and could be responsible for
communications errors).
It is hard to diagnose any communications errors you may be seeing
without the debug log.
> Also, I see that when trying to work VO-52, which uses a 2m downlink
> and 440 up, frequency selection does not occur, like it does with
> FO-29 or AO-51. I don't know if this is the rig, but when I take the
> unit out of CAT mode and swap the VFO bands manually, control is then
> fine from MacDopplerCocoa.
Due to a problem with the FT-736R (see note in FT-736R manual page 36
bottom left) you may have to take MacDopplerPRO X out of CAT mode,
press the REV key on the FT-736R front panel, and return to CAT mode
when switching between mode U/V and V/U in Full Duplex, for example:
switching from FO-20 to AO-10 and back. The SAT switch must be in one
of the full duplex positions for this to work.
Alternately, you could take MacDoppler out of CAT mode, use the VFO
buttons to switch from U/V to V/U, and then turn CAT mode back on -
this will only work if you have one VFO set to U/V and the other VFO
set to V/U.
If you have other modules installed in the FT-736R, you can set the
'BetweenPasses' frequencies in 'mode.dat' to something these other
modules can tune and that way allow switching from U to V and V to U
automatically when the satellite changes. It does this to avoid
trying to set VFO A and B to the same band.
73 Don Agro VE3VRW
D o g P a r k S o f t w a r e L t d .
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