<div dir="ltr">Mike, DG5LAC reports that his FT-991 is working OK with Win-Test now.<div><br></div><div>For others using the FT-991 or similar modern Yaesu radios, see this nice page that HB9AMO created:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><a href="http://www.hb9amo.net/wt-ft991.php" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px" target="_blank">http://www.hb9amo.net/wt-ft991<wbr>.php</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It shows all the required Yaesu menu settings and Win-Test Interface Configuration settings very clearly.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-398785869110210126gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">73,<div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">In the FT-991 Menu, set <b>033 CAT RTS</b> to <b>DISABLE</b> (default is ENABLE). Also set <b>031 CAT RATE</b> to the baud rate selected by Win-Test. 19200 should work fine in both.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also change <b>032 CAT TOT</b> to <b>1000</b> ms (default is 10 ms).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Of course, make sure "Do not Poll" is NOT checked I Win-Test (the FT-991 requires polling), and that in the Radio 1 port, RTS and DTR are set to Always OFF (though some USB-to-serial adapters need Always ON). </span><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Since the FT-991 has a USB port, you do not need your old USB-to-serial adapter at all, especially if it's based on the Prolific Driver, which may not run well on Windows 10. Delete the port and the Prolific driver using Windows Device Manager, since it may interfere with other drivers.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Go to the Yaesu FT-991 "Downloads" page:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=102&encProdID=D24F60F33816ED8BE5568D7E2B5E2131" target="_blank">http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.c<wbr>fm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCat<wbr>ID=102&encProdID=D24F60F33816E<wbr>D8BE5568D7E2B5E2131</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Download and install the Yaesu USB driver after reading the driver installation instructions. Then connect the USB cable and power up the radio. The Windows Device Manager will show the assigned virtual serial ports. The "Enhanced" port is the CAT port (Radio 1). The "Standard" port can be used for computer-generated PTT or FSK RTTY (Other Interface). In Win-Test set the port type of the Standard serial port to <b>Other Interface</b> and set <b>DTR</b> to <b>CW</b> and <b>RTS</b> to <b>PTT</b>. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Set menu <b>060 PC KEYING</b> to <b>DTR</b> and <b>110 SSB KEYING</b> to <b>RTS</b>.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Now everything can be done with one USB cable to the radio: rig control, PTT, CW. FSK can also work via MMTTY with similar menu settings.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">73,<br>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div>