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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-30, 19:42:30 »

Partial Success!
Yes Mike, I understand how you are doing ON/OFF; however I still can not get the radio to turn on when RCC-Client connects. Yes, I am in mode 4 and I have Yaesu power set to YES in the advanced section.

I reflashed the RRC-1258-Radio box and reinstalled RRC Client in the PC.  Now, if I turn the radio on and then connect RRC-client, I can connect and operate the radio using HRD.  Hooray!!

With the radio off, I can connect RRC-Client and then start FT2000RC.  FT2000RC will turn the radio ON with its ON/OFF button.  RT2000RC will control the radio completely; however FT2000RC never sees any data from the radio.  The PC screen with FT2000RC running never changes but the radio will change mode/bands/frequency and anything else by clicking the buttons on the PC.  SO CLOSE TO PERFECTION!!!

Vy 73
Russ, W7AO

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-30, 17:43:30 »

Hi Mitch, DJ0QN,
That is amazing. Yes, I am using COM2 for the FT2000 CAT.  I installed Version 2.47 yesterday however connecting does not turn my radio on.  I never see any TXD/RXD activity comming from the RCC1258 box to the radio.  I think if I can get the radio to turn on, everything else will start to work.  Also in HRD, I do not have the CTS/RTS boxes checked.

What caused me to start this thread with a rather angry note was the fact that microBit has never told the customer that the RS-232 emulation in RRC client does not emulate the complete RS-232 package.  I had assumed that all signals ie. TXD,RXD,RTS,CTS and DSR were being sent.  It is clear to me now that only TXD and RXD are there.  No wonder they have so much trouble getting most PC CAT programs to work.

I don't know what to try next.  I think I will install RCC client on another computer and see if can get it to turn the radio on.

73--Russ, W7AO

 

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-29, 22:47:00 »

I upgraded my local RRC-1258-Radio box to version 2.47 today.  RRC-micro does NOT turn the FT2000 on when it connects.  In advanced I have it set to "yes."

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-29, 22:27:18 »

I have done a lot of testing of RRC-micro the last few days and I have found the following:
I can connect RRC-micro to my local RRC-1258-Radio box.  With my FT2000 turned on, I can hear the audio A-OK. When I try to connect my CAT using FT2000RC, I get no data from the radio.  Using a RS-232 tester, I never see any RTS signal come from the RRC-1258 box even though I know FT2000RC has made RTS active.  In the PC, I can see the RTS signal using my RS-232 Port Monitor program.  With the radio still on, I try to connect with HRD and get the same results.  HRD can never connect.  I never see any RTS signal from the RRC-1258-Radio box comming from the PC even though HRD said it was active.  I do see a CTS signal comming from the radio. I am using version 1.31 of RRC-micro.  I will try 1.32 tommorrow but I don't expect any change.  The FT-2000 is never going to send data until it sees RTS.

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-21, 17:41:18 »

Mike said-To make things clear, the RRC-Micro and the RRC  do not add, remove or interfere it just opens up a channel for the PC-progrsm like HRD to communicate with the radio. So itīs up to the software and the radio to handle this things

If this is true, I should be able to remove JMP-3 from the RRC-1258/Radio unit and then FT2000RC should connect and operate the FT-2000 using RRC-Micro EXACTLY as it does using a Eltima virtual port.  This is on a local radio test bed.

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-19, 21:27:39 »

Hi Mike again,
I have done futher checking reqarding HRD.  I am using V5 with latest update.  When the program starts, there a green connect button in the upper left side in the toolbar.  The radio must be ON inorder to connect.  Once connected, the radio screen comes up and it indeed has a PWR button and that button will turn the radio on and off.  If I could get HRD to start with the radio screen, everything would be Okay but I have not found any way to have HDR boot-up with the radio screen.

73
Russ, W7AO

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General discussion / Re: Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-19, 20:17:15 »

Thank you Mike for the fast response. It is VERY doubtful that Yaesu will upgrade PCC-2000.  It is a free program and they have no reason to use resorces to chage it now.  I very much prefer the DF3CB program FT2000RC.  It seems to work with every serial port I have tried except RRC-Micro.  It works with Eltima virtual ports very FB.  Using RRC Micro Version 1.3.1, on my local test bed, I could get FT2000RC to turn the radio on but then nothing.  FT2000RC goes into a loop looking for the radio to report its status.  It never received any data from the radio.  With Version 1.3.2, I can not get FT2000RC to turn the radio on! I think we have the greatest chance for suscess with FT2000RC.  Go to  http://df3cb.com/ft2000rc/ and download a copy and give it a try.  It is free.

I am sorry if I was harsh in my comments but it is frustrating.  Why does RRC-Micro virtual COM port operate any differently than an Eltima virtual port?

Please accept my apolgizes.

Russ, W7AO

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General discussion / Exactly what is wrong!

« on: 2011-11-19, 15:25:02 »

I have owned RRC-Micro for six months and it is useless for me.  It only works with HRD but HRD requires that the radio be ON inorder to connect.  It is unacceptable to have my remote station ON 24/7.  I use the Yaesu FT-2000 and both DF3CB's excellent program FT-2000RC and Yaesu's CAT program PCC2000 will turn the radio OFF/ON but RRC-Micro will not work with these programs.  Microbit please tell us, your customers, why RRC-Micro will not work with any program that uses a serial port and is there any hope that it will ever work.  IT IS TIME TO BE HONEST WITH US!!!!

Russ, W7AO