[WT-support] Swap Radio problems

[Jozef Urban, OM7ZZ]

Hi Andy,

Any change if you dissable Router queries for both radios?
(Ports tab | Set)

73 Jozef


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SM6CNN" <sm6cnn at telia.com>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July, 2007 17:07
Subject: Re: [WT-support] Swap Radio problems


> 
> 
> Olivier F5MZN wrote:
>> Hi agn,
>> 
>> Someone reported some days/weeks before a problem swaping two radios in 
>> SO2R (by memory, a Yaesu and and Icom). Could you please come back?
>> 
>> Thanks and 73,
> 
> Hello Olivier,
> I reported this problem with Orion and MP in early June. Here is a copy:
> 
> Interesting that it works for Dani with the same radio set up but with 
> the EZ-master instead of my MicroKeyer.
> 
> If I set up my Orion as Radio 1 as follows:
> VFO A: TX
> VFO A: RX
> VFO B: SUB RX
> VFO A: 7010
> VFO B: 3505
> 
> And the FT-1000MP as Radio 2 as follows:
> VFO A: 14015
> VFO B: 21015
> 
> In the best case the following happens with the Orion after Ctrl-S:
> 1. VFO A changes to SUB RX and VFO B changes to RX and TX
> 2. sometimes the bandwith and mode is changed
> 3. VFO A goes to 21015
> 4. VFO B goes to 14015
> 5. VFO A changes to RX and TX and VFO B to SUB RX
> 
> In this case I got the right frequency SWAP but after a lot of switching 
> in the Orion.
> 
> In the above example I connected the Orion to a COM port on the main 
> board of the PC not to a virtual COM port via the microKEYER.
> 
> The SWAP command to the Orion as checked with PortMon is:
> *KVBAB  why? it should not be changed from KVABA
> ?RMF  why ask for filter bandwith?
> *AF21015000 this is the wrong frequency (=VFO B of the MP)
> *RMM2 why set mode?
> *KVABA OK, but why was it changed to KVBAB?
> ?RMF  why ask again for filter bandwith?
> *AF14015000 OK, at last the correct frequency
> *RMM2 why set mode again?
> *RMM2 why set mode again?
> *KVABA unnecessary, this is what it was alreeady
> @RMF250 filter bandwith is returned
> @RMF250 filter bandwith is returned
> 
> I believe that all these commands are causing a timing problem and in my 
> opinion only one command should be sent to the Orion i.e.
> *AF(VFOA of secondary radio)
> 
> Maybe the commands to the Elecraft are as many causing the erratic 
> behaviour reported by Steve.
> 
> 73
> Andy SM6CNN
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