I haven't scoped the leads, but I can turn my TS-870 VFO as fast as I want and not time out. Maybe Kenwood recognized a problem and fixed it in later models.
John, K2CIB ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bednar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Radio timeouts? > > Paul, > > I own a TS-850 and have noticed the same thing with > DX4WIN and a contesting program. I scoped the data lead > on the radio and turned the VFO. I was surprised to see that > the data no longer comes out of the radio while the VFO is > being turned. > > Several years ago someone told me that one of > the signal lines changes state to tell the computer that the > radio is busy and can not answer. I don't know if > this is implemented with all programs. Since you are using > the simple interface circuit, I don't believe that you have > these lines connected. > > I have scoped the signaling pins on my radio and to my surprise > they do not change state. At this point, I don't know if there is a problem > with my radio, if they need a pull up, or I made an error. > I did try a Kenwood interface box and there was no difference > with the contest program. > > I suspect that there is no way to fix this since the data flow is > stops while the VFO know is being turned. Over the years, I've > learned to pause every few seconds while tuning my TS-850. > If you learn anything else please share it with me. > > John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul B. Peters, VE7AVV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DX4WIN Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:40 PM > Subject: [Dx4win] Radio timeouts? > > > > I use a pair of Kenwood TS-850's. The interface to my computer is the > > N6TR -- ultra-simplistic design. It works great, but DX4WIN does from > > time-to-time generate a radio timeout message. If I spin the dial hard or > > I'm just cruising up and down the band, I can without difficulty timeout > the > > radio. I have experimented with the poll rate and found 1000ms seems to > > works better than the default of 5000ms -- but the timeouts still occur. > The > > interface works very well with other programs -- so I have eliminated this > > from the equation. > > > > I would be interested in knowing from this community and especially from > > other Kenwood 850 owners (who might have seen similar radio timeouts), if > > you have experimented and changed the baud rate for the com port that > hosts > > the radio interface. In looking at my settings the com port (in the > Windows > > Control Panel System settings) is set to 9600 yet the radio operates at > the > > Kenwood default of 4800. Is this a problem? > > Further if you have experienced radio timeouts (specifically with a > Kenwood > > radio), what if anything have you tried and did it work? > > > > 73 de Paul, VE7AVV > > StoneyGround Station > > -|<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>||<*><*>|- > > "All email from this address is checked by Norton AntiVirus 2002" > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
