[WT-support] FTDX5000

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

F5VHJ's Win-Test startup failure was caused by having Radio1=6000 (OmniRig)
in his WT.INI file after OmniRig was uninstalled.

Reinstalled OmniRig by using "Run as Administrator" and "Run in XP
Compatibility mode" on the installation program, and it installs and runs
smoothly.  Win-Test then worked fine.

But neither OmniRig nor Win-Test would communicate properly with the
FTDX-5000, no matter what settings we tried.

I think the problem is that Al is using an "Airlink 101" model AC-USBS
USB-to-Serial adapter under Windows 7 64-bit.  This is one of those
notorious "Prolific" chipset devices.  The latest documentation for driver
from the Airlink says that it supports:

Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista 32/64-bit, Windows 7, Mac 10.x

It's interesting that it doesn't say "Windows 7 32/64-bit".

Attempts to install the driver via "Update driver" and "Have disk" failed
("This driver is not compatible ...")

http://www.airlink101.com/support/index.php?cmd=files&_a=download&id=432

Perhaps I should have run the SETUP program instead, but it was getting late
in Europe.

The COM port shows up OK when you plug in the device, and it can be changed
from COM3, to COM6 no problem, and Win-Test and Windows Device Manager see
COM6, but the CAT light on the radio never worked.  We did go into the
FTDX-5000 and experiment with all the CAT settings, but had no success at
all.

I told Al to give up on that USB-to-Serial device and try to obtain one
based on the FTDI chipset, which I think has better Windows 7 64-bit drivers
available.

If anyone has an Airlink 101 AC-USBS USB-to-Serial adapter working with
Win-Test under Windows 7 64-bit, I'd like to hear what you had to do to make
it work.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> OmniRig should be installed and run as an Administrator.
>
> According to this post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxatlas_group/message/1834>from VE3NEA, author of OmniRig and several other programs such as CW
> Skimmer, all of his programs are designed to run under Windows XP.  So on
> Vista or Win 7, you should run them in XP compatibility mode.
>
> To fix the immediate problem, paraphrasing from Alex's post:
>
> "Uninstall OmniRig via Add/Remove Programs, then install it again, but be
> sure to run the installer with Administrator privileges. To do so, log in as
> Administrator, then right-click on Setup.exe and click on Run as
> Administrator in the popup menu.  Note that a simple double-click on
> Setup.exe will start it with standard privileges even if you are logged in
> as Administrator."
>
> Maybe you should do the same for both Win-test and OmniRig.  Right click on
> the icon and select Properties then "Run in XP compatibility mode", and "Run
> as administrator."  It may fix the hidden file problem as well.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Albert Crespo <f5vhj at orange.fr> wrote:
>
>>
>>   Win test after installing OMNI Rig  no longer works on the computer. I
>> deleted OMNI rig and Win-Test and restarted the computer. Re-loaded Win-Test
>> and the program  still does not work. I will post my experience on the web
>> so that others do not have experience.
>>  I tried  the suggestion of OH2UA and using the Win-Test settings for the
>> FT9000 and just turning off RTS ,  but that did not work either.
>> Using Windows 7 64 bit.
>>
>>
>
>
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