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General discussion forum / Re: RRC Control Unit USB / Virtual COM Ports issue

« on: 2017-04-12, 14:15:10 »

Mike, when I use the Setup Manager although I do see both the control and radio unit IP address, if I click on the Serial Port Tab, I get an error. See attached screen shot.

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC Control Unit USB / Virtual COM Ports issue

« on: 2017-04-12, 14:08:46 »

Hi again Mike.
If I use Setup Manger, I am in fact able to see the ip addresses for both the RRC Control and Radio units.

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC Control Unit USB / Virtual COM Ports issue

« on: 2017-04-12, 13:53:26 »

Thank you again Mike.

Tried another cable and the error message I receive is that the USB device that I connected is not recognized. The device malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. No Virtual Com ports are created. As mentioned, this is the same issue on two laptops.

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC Control Unit USB / Virtual COM Ports issue

« on: 2017-04-12, 13:32:46 »

Hello Mike. Thank you for your response.
I thought that it may have been the cable so I have tried three different cables with the same result. I also tried two laptops.
I opened up the RRC and the connector does not look broken/damaged. I will try again later on this morning. Will let you know how I make out. Thanks.

73

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General discussion forum / RRC Control Unit USB / Virtual COM Ports issue

« on: 2017-04-11, 20:58:15 »

Hello to the group.

My remote system is working very well. However, since yesterday morning, I have been unable to connect any logging software (N1MM+ and DXLab). What I noticed was that after I connect to the remote, I plug the USB cable to the RRC control unit and it does not create the Microbit Virtual COM ports.

I have uninstalled  Microbit Setup Manger and then reinstalled it (v1.31) hoping that it was a driver issue but obtained the same result - no virtual com ports are created when I plug in the USB cable. I have tried three different cables along with two laptops.

I am using software version 2.91 with a Windows 7 and 10 laptop as well as with a K3s and K3/0 Mini.
Not quite sure what happened. The connector on the RRC does not appear to be damaged in any way.

Any assistance as to what I can try next would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks

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General discussion forum / Re: ERC Rotor Control / PstRotatorAz and Remote Rig Virtual COM port Issues

« on: 2017-03-18, 00:54:00 »

Hello Lou and thank you very much for your responses and suggestions.

Certainly I realize that I have so much more to learn! BUT that is a good thing. :-)
To make things easier for me, I think what I will do is to work where I have both the RRCs, radio and Rotaor/controller at the same location. This will make troubleshooting a little easier. Even though I am at my remote location presently, I have to walk about 100M to get to where the radio and RRC is located. Great exercise!

I will certainly review your emails more carefully and try to figure things out once again. If worse comes to worse, as mentioned by Mitch I may have to go the serial server route which according to some posts here on the Forum appears to work without many issues. I just thought since the RRC manual indicated that one could use COM 1 as a rotor com port and since I am presently at the radio site, that I would give it a try.

Thanks again for your comments and feedback they are appreciated.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: ERC Rotor Control / PstRotatorAz and Remote Rig Virtual COM port Issues

« on: 2017-03-17, 18:54:32 »

Thank you for your email Mitch.

Following a reviewing of the RRC manual and some posts here on the forum that it would be straightforward. After spending two days and making countless combination changes to the software without success, I thought I would post a request for help to the forum.

I also thought that in the event that someone wasn't using the PstRotatorAz software that I would submit a more general appeal for assistance in the event that someone was using the ERC controller in conjunction with the RRC COM 1 port and other rotor control program.

Hopefully someone using the above combination will respond.

Thanks again and have a wonderful weekend.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: ERC Rotor Control / PstRotatorAz and Remote Rig Virtual COM port Issues

« on: 2017-03-17, 14:49:19 »

Good morning everyone.

Further to my earlier post this week concerning the use of the ERC rotor controller in conjunction with a Yaesu G1000DXA rotor, has anyone here been successful in using the ERC in conjunction with any other rotor control program together with the RRC Serial COM 1 Port? If so, would you be willing to share your setup/settings with me?

Thanks in advance.

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General discussion forum / ERC Rotor Control / PstRotatorAz and Remote Rig Virtual COM port Issues

« on: 2017-03-16, 01:28:07 »

Hello everyone.

After spending two days trying every possible combination I am reaching out to the forum for some help.

I wonder if someone who is using a ERC controller together with PstRotatorAz and their remote rig boxes could share their settings with me.

I have a ERC - RS232 Version 4 controller installed in a Yaesu G1000DXA rotor.

I tested the unit with a real COM port on my laptop and it works just fine - just can't seem to get it working over the internet.

In my PstRotatorAz software under the Communications tab I have selected RS232/TCP Server. Under the Azimuth COM Port I have selected COM2 as this is the COM port identified on my laptop.
Under the Setup Tab I have the Controller set for ERC-M as per the manual on the ERC website.  I have the ERC set for 9600,8,1,0.

RRC control unit:

COM1 serial settings are:
- mode 3
- 9600 baud
- 8 data bits
- 1 stop bit
- parity 0-off
- rts/cts no
- terminator 00
- USB, no

On the control RRC end I have straight cable (USB to Serial ) going from my Computer COM port on the laptop which is COM2 and I selected COM 2 in the PstRotatorAz software as indicated previously.  This serial cable goes to the COM1 connector on the front of the RCC Control unit.

On the RRC Radio unit end I am using the cable with pins  2 and 3 crossed over as in the manual. This cable goes from COM1 on the radio box to the ERC-M Rotor controller. 

The RRC radio unit

COM1 settings are:

- mode 3
- 9600 baud
- 8 data bits
- 1 stop bit
- parity 0-off
- rts/cts no
- terminator 00

When I start the PstRotatorAz software I expect to see where the rotor is presently (i.e. at the 360 degree position) but when I click on the compass nothing happens. Clearly something is not set up properly. What am I missing.

I am using the RRC software version 2.91.

Any assistance in getting the above to work would be greatly appreciated especially since I am at the remote site for another day or so.

Thanks to all in advance.

73

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General discussion forum / Re: Issue with CW Transmission using a PC based logging / contest program

« on: 2017-03-11, 21:14:38 »

Glad that you found it helpful Steve.
73

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General discussion / RRC Micro Virtual COM port Issue

« on: 2016-11-20, 20:17:30 »

Hello to the group.

I have been having success using my RRC Micro while travelling in Europe.
However for the past couple of days, I have not been able to connect to my remote station.
FYI - I am using a Windows 7 64Bit laptop with RRC - Micro 1.9.2.0
My radio and Control RRC are using software version 2.91. My transceiver is a Kenwood TS-480.

 I can see that I am able to connect to to the remote Radio RRC via RRC Micro as I can see the packets being received on the RRC Micro screen.

When I then try to connect via the COM port using my control software (ARCP-480, DXLab and/or HRD) I get a message indicating that the software is not able to connect to my COM port (2 in my case). This happens with all three of the above pieces of software.

When I go to device manager and click on Ports (COM & LPT) I do see the Microbit Virtual COM ports (1 - 3) are created. When I then click on Properties for each of these ports, I note that under the general tab the device status indicates that the device is working properly. However if I click on the Resources tab,  I see a message indicating that "This device isn't using any resources because it has a problem." I am curious why one tab would indicate that the device is working and the other that it has a problem? This may well be why the software cannot connect to the virtual COM port. I have tried to connect to all three virtual COM ports (changing the setting in RRC Micro and in my ARCP, DXLAB or HRD software to ensure that they are the same).

I have also tried a number of things to try to correct the problem.

I have:

Uninstalled the RRC-Micro software and reloaded it. i Have reloaded the firmware on the 1274B dongle (1274B-2016-05-03-v2).
I have rebooted my router and RRC Radio at the remote location
I have successfully connected (my xyl was good enough to run that test for me) my RRC Control unit with the front panel of the TS480 to the RRC Radio unit. So the cabling should be fine at the remote location. I have not changed any of the settings on the software I wish to control the radio with.

Any assistance / guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 73

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General discussion / Re: RRC-Micro 1.10 beta, 1274B 2 beta and RRC-1258 2.91 beta (CW support)

« on: 2016-11-04, 18:03:33 »

Thank you for your prompt response Mike.
Yes, I do have the 1274B dongle and have upgraded the software to version RRC-Micro 1.10.1 Beta.

So to be clear, there is no way to have the logging software send exchanges from macros via the RRC-Micro? I have no issues controlling the radio from the logging software so that part works great. Is my understanding correct regarding transmitting macros?

Thank you again for your response and all of your work on these fine products.

73

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General discussion / Re: RRC-Micro 1.10 beta, 1274B 2 beta and RRC-1258 2.91 beta (CW support)

« on: 2016-11-04, 15:10:44 »

Hi Mike/Group. I trust all is well.

Upgraded my firmware back to 2.91. RRC Micro works fine and I am able to connect to my remote site without any issues.
I am having an issue with using the paddle however. When I transmit using the function keys under the CW tab all works fine. However, when I try to use my paddles there is no cw at all. I have tried a couple of different cables and two sets of paddles without success. Any idea what could cause this behaviour?

 I am using a TS-480 transceiver at the remote end. I use RRC Micro in conjunction with the Kenwood TS-480 control software. The other issue I am having, is getting the RRC Micro to communicate with my logging software (either DXLab or N1MM+) so that I can used the function keys for CW as well as the digital modes. I am able to connect to the software to control the radio but cannot figure out how to use the CW function keys.

It would be great if I could get this all working before a two week business trip to Europe early next week. :-)

Thanks to all in advance.

73's

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General discussion / Re: RRC-Micro 1.10 beta, 1274B 2 beta and RRC-1258 2.91 beta (CW support)

« on: 2016-11-03, 19:20:11 »

Thank you very much Mike!
Going to upgrade now.
Have a great day.

Regards

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General discussion / Re: RRC-Micro 1.10 beta, 1274B 2 beta and RRC-1258 2.91 beta (CW support)

« on: 2016-11-03, 12:26:26 »

Thank you very much for your prompt response Charlie.
Unfortunately, I cannot get the link you sent me to work either. I have it as: http://www.remoterig.com/firmwares/RRC-1258-CRC_v2.91_2016-06-16.zip

Would you mind confirming the above link for me.  Thank you in advance.

Have a great day.

Regards

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