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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14.11.2013 19:45, Bob Wilson, N6TV
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<div>Did you power everything (rotator controller and
computer) off and on after changing these settings to
reset everything to initial conditions? <br>
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Yes.<br>
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<div>Did you change the rotator type to Hygain DCU-1 in
wtRotators? <br>
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Yes.<br>
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<div>Did you configure wtRotators with an antenna on every
band as shown in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Rotators#Configuring_wtRotators_.28single_PC.2C_no_network.29">the
Wiki Pages</a>? If not, wtRotators won't operate the
controller at all, so it may never reset the baud rate.</div>
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Well, I don't know what you mean with "on every band". Do I have to
include WARC bands too? :-)<br>
I tried with just one band. Entered name of antenna "dipole" and
selected 20m. BTW, I think that it is funny (and also frustrating
for a new user) that program offers default values 0-360 in "Heading
range" which are not accepted by program without any error
notification - they are just silently discarded. I am pretty sure
that you will say that it is a feature and not a bug but
nevertheless I hope we could agree that it is confusing. <br>
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is also very good information on Page 24 about how to get
the latest FTDI drivers to make sure everything is working
properly. You can also try manually changing the baud
rate in the Windows Device Manager:</blockquote>
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I don't think the problem is with driver because other programs e.g.
N1MMRotor works.<br>
Also, changing baud rate manually makes no sense because wtRotators
initializes port with new value at start or at parameter change.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">I wonder why both programmers made
such limited possibility of setting communication
parameters.... <br>
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<div>If rotators operate at one and only one baud rate,
there is no need to provide a way for the user to change
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While this might be true with original product (although many
operate at some speed range e.g. Yaesu GS232B supports 1200-9600) it
doesn't have to be the same with look-alikes or new devices in
emulation mode.<br>
For example Yaesu GS232B page 7 (page 9 in PDF) states that you
should send couple of "Enter" codes so that microcontroller can
autobaud communication line. Furthermore, it states that it should
be done in 15 seconds after turning device on. And look what
wtRotators does :<br>
0 0.04577649 wtRotators.exe IRP_MJ_CREATE VCP0
SUCCESS Options: Open <br>
1 0.00000447 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_TIMEOUTS
VCP0 SUCCESS RI:-1 RM:0 RC:0 WM:0 WC:5000 <br>
2 0.00000140 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_BAUD_RATE
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
3 0.00000140 wtRotators.exe
IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_LINE_CONTROL VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
4 0.00000140 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_CHARS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
5 0.00000140 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_HANDFLOW
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
6 0.00000112 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_BAUD_RATE
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
7 0.00000112 wtRotators.exe
IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_LINE_CONTROL VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
8 0.00000112 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_CHARS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
9 0.00000112 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_HANDFLOW
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
10 0.00286126 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_BAUD_RATE
VCP0 SUCCESS Rate: 4800 <br>
11 0.00302357 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_RTS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
12 0.00295457 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_DTR
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
13 0.00297999 wtRotators.exe
IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_LINE_CONTROL VCP0 SUCCESS StopBits: 1
Parity: NONE WordLength: 8 <br>
14 0.00000279 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_CHAR
VCP0 SUCCESS EOF:0 ERR:0 BRK:0 EVT:0 XON:11 XOFF:13 <br>
15 0.00314090 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_HANDFLOW
VCP0 SUCCESS Shake:1 Replace:40 XonLimit:2048 XoffLimit:512
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16 0.00000559 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_QUEUE_SIZE
VCP0 SUCCESS InSize: 10000 OutSize: 10000 <br>
17 0.00000615 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_COMMSTATUS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
18 0.00000615 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_COMMSTATUS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
19 0.00000559 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_COMMSTATUS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
20 0.00000643 wtRotators.exe IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_COMMSTATUS
VCP0 SUCCESS <br>
21 0.00060706 wtRotators.exe IRP_MJ_WRITE VCP0
SUCCESS Length 1: C <br>
22 0.00097135 wtRotators.exe IRP_MJ_WRITE VCP0
SUCCESS Length 1: . <br>
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No couple of CR (0x0D) were sent - it immediately starts to query
device with "C" command and again at 4800 baud.<br>
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Unfortunately, I couldn't find information (in Yaesu manual) what
baud rate is default in case there is no communication in those 15
seconds.<br>
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<div> I can't believe that everyone else is having the same
problems getting an AlphaSpid to work with Win-Test. I
don't recall seeing any complaints about that posted here.
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Story of my life. I am very often only one with problem, only one
complaining, .... I don't want to say that I think I am perfect, far
from that, but I guess that at least once I should not be the one to
blame :-)<br>
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<div> You should contact AlphaSpid because their
documentation implies that it should work OK with most
software. I assume they tried it with Win-Test /
wtRotators.</div>
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Maybe you have heard the expression "Assumption is mother of all
......" :-)<br>
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<div>If you still can't figure it out, please send me all
relevant screen shots, including Windows Device Manager,
wtRotators Setup screens, Win-Teset Setup, etc. </div>
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Thanks again Bob, but I was hoping that this is just a matter of
editing some .ini file or something like that. I don't feel
comfortable to waste your valuable time. I will try to find a
solution by myself. If I succeed I will get back to you with my
findings.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Ivo, 9A3TY<br>
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