[WT-support] CAT-Problem with FT100 (switching VFO A, VFO B, SPLIT)

[Laurent HAAS - F6FVY]

Hi Lenz

Lorenz Grassl a écrit :

> Since a few days I try "WINTEST" and during CAT-communication with my 
> FT100 the following behaviour occures:
> I use the original CT-62-serial cable of Yaesu. Computer is a older one 
> with "real" serial port and runs on WIN XP.
> The "Radio 1" screen switches each second (depends on the polling-rate) 
> between VFO A and B. Additionally the display of VFO A reads "SPLIT" 
> while switching. It seems to be a wrong flag that is set. I found this 
> out in combination with another software which did not communicate 
> properly with my rig. The author of "CW-SKimmer" (Alex, VE3NEA) told me, 
> that the FT100 "pretends" to be in SPLIT mode and thats the reason for 
> the problem. He also said, that some software expects 16bit data but the 
> FT100 provides 32bit data. I´m neither a CAT-professional nor a 
> WINTEST-professional. Is anybody there who has knowledge about?

Is this anomaly specific to the FT100, or is it also applicable to the 
FT100D too ? And what happens when you're *really* in SPLIT ? How to 
distinguish both modes (Simplex / Split) ?

> I was trying to fix the problem but I can´t find the settings for the 
> rigs. Can you tell me wether I can change CAT-files within WinTest or is 
> it hardcoded? OR: does anybody experience this problems as well and has 
> a proper solution? The "rest" of CAT-communication seems to work 
> properly (switching bands etc.)

Everything is hard-coded, and written by a close examination of the 
public specs of the CAT protocol provided by the manufacturer. It means 
that if they doesn't even respect their own specs, it is harder to code 
and debug (we unfortunately don't own every radio Win-Test do support, 
as you can imagine).

73

Larry - F6FVY