Crud, someone else mentioned it, but I forgot to put it on the checklist:
BUSY indication MUST be extinguished on a quiet channel. (Squelch and/ or Attenuator-Squelch mode as needed to get it to stay off when no other stations are transmitting on-frequency, or the rig will refuse to transmit data in Auto transmit mode.) Nate WY0X On Sep 29, 2008, at 1:11 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Rick wrote: > >> Hi All >> I got it. Here is what I did. Since I am using a Mac I have a >> program called Parallels. I >> rebooted the Mac and restarted Windows. Before I started Windows I >> unplugged the >> programming cable and the USB converter. Once I restarted Windows I >> started the D-Chat >> program,plugged in the cable and and Windows saw it. Now it >> transmits. I also tried it >> with D-Rats and it worked fine. Not sure if the programming cable >> was interfering with >> the data cable port but I will check that later. For now I can play >> with the Data part of D- >> STAR >> >> Rick/WA6ES >> > > The only radios the "programming cable" works for sending low-speed > data with are the HT's. (Well, I don't know about the 2820. I > don't have that rig.) > > The programming cable for the ID-800H goes into the SPEAKER > connection, the data cable goes into the mini-DIN on the back. > > (In Icom-friendly circles, this is known as "a pain in the ass". In > non-Icom friendly circles, this is known as "crappy design".) > > Either way, you have to carry TWO cables to do stuff with an > ID-800H. If you have a GPS that expects to be plugged into a DTE > device (like a PC), gender benders and/or a "null modem" adapter or > a THIRD cable must be utilized to send GPS direct into the rig, > since the "normal" serial cable for the rig is wired up to go from a > DTE device (PC) to the rig (DCE). > > (I have an old Garmin GPS V that the factory cable is wired to plug > directly into a PC serial port (DTE), and I have a cable locally > made that connects the mini-DIN on the ID-800H to a PC (DTE) also. > The TX/RX have to be rolled for the GPS to go direct to the rig. I > leave an appropriate gender bender and null modem adapter on the GPS > and I can just swap the cable coming off the rig between that > connection and the back of a PC (or a PC USB serial adapter) with no > other changes.) > > Checklist: > > In the Set menu, GPS must be OFF. > In the Set menu, the data transmit mode must be Auto, not PTT. > In the power-up holding Set menu, the Data Speed must be noted (you > can select 4800 baud or 9600 baud - in my case, my old GPS is 4800, > so I leave it on 4800 and adjust other software appropriately). > Low speed data MUST be sent through the appropriate pins on the mini- > DIN connector. > > I just went through this again tonight, scratching my head wondering > why the rig wouldn't transmit, until I remembered I had programmed > GPS ON via the programming software and the OTHER cable. > > -- > Nate Duehr, WY0X > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
