[WT-support] WT4 & FT-5000 VFO selection

[Alan Jubb - 5B4AHJ]

Hi Bob
Thanks for the idea.
I'm QRL today, so have no chance to try this before the Commonwealth Contest
this weekend.
However, I will give it a try afterwards, and report back.
73
Alan
5B4AHJ-5B50J-P3J

On 11 March 2011 02:10, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> Using Omnirig, it might also be possible to create a copy of FT-2000.ini
> named FT-2000VFOB.ini, then edit it so that it always does the VFO B
> commands instead of the VFO A commands.  Then tell Omnirig that Rig 1 is an
> FT-2000 and Rig 2 is an "FT-2000VFOB", both using the same COM port.
> Win-Test will then treat VFO A as Radio 1, and VFO B as Radio 2, and the
> VFOs could be on different bands.
>
> But I'm not sure if Omnirig alone is sufficient; I don't know if it lets
> you control two different "rigs" on the same COM port.  Instead, you might
> have to use something like the microHAM Router program to assign two virtual
> COM ports to the same Radio, then configure OmniRig to use the two microHAM
> virtual serial ports, one for Rig 1, the other for Rig 2.
>
> Someone highly motivated to make VFOB work more like a second radio (for
> SO2V support) should experiment with this and let us know how it works.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> What happens when you install and configure OmniRig<http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig>,
>> then change the radio type in Win-Test from FT2000 to OmniRig?  Does it work
>> any better?
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:44 PM, F4DXW <f4dxw at free.fr> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello
>>>
>>> I Have the same problem with my FT2000.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> F4DXW  Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 08/03/2011 08:13, Alan Jubb - 5B4AHJ a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>  I am just setting my station up for this weekend's RSGB Commonwealth
>>> Contest.
>>>
>>> I am using WT4 version 4.7.0, communicating with my FT5k via a micro
>>> KEYER II.
>>>
>>>  If the FT5k is not in SPLIT mode, the band indication in WT4 is the
>>> band for the live VFO - that's OK.
>>> However, in SPLIT mode, it does the following:
>>>
>>>  If I am running on VFO-B, ie both VFO-B RX & TX and TX lamps
>>> illuminated on the 5k, and also have the VFO-A Rx enabled, the band info is
>>> again from VFO-B, which is OK.
>>> However, if I am running on VFO-A, and the VFO-B Rx is also enabled, WT4
>>> takes the band info from VFO-B, which is NOT OK.
>>>
>>>  If I want to operate SO2V, running on VFO-A and also listening (on
>>> another band) on VFO-B, I will get my QSOs logged on the wrong band. I would
>>> expect WT to take the band info from the VFO that is TXing. Why doesn't it?
>>> Is there a setting I can change to fix this?
>>>
>>>  Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 73
>>> Alan 5B4AHJ-5B50J-P3J
>>>
>>>
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Alan 5B4AHJ-5B50J-P3J
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