I think they changed the control protocol a year or so ago. Writelog, for instance, now supports the RC2800 and the RC2800PX as separate rotor types. Dunno if DX4WIN has support for the new version yet.
/Rick N6XI On 8/6/05, John Kjos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I am trying to get the newer version of the M2 Orion 2800 to work in > DX4WIN. I am not having any luck. My older version 2800 worked fine. Am I > missing something? Thanks- John > EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 7 15:42:58 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Rowe) Date: Sun Aug 7 16:24:25 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] Re: M2 RC-2800PX Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John asked: Hi, I am trying to get the newer version of the M2 Orion 2800 to work in DX4WIN. I am not having any luck. My older version 2800 worked fine. Am I missing something? Thanks- John ------- I have the same problem, John, and as I understand it DX4WIN does not operate the Orion 2800 with the new control board because there was an error in the Orion documentation for those 2800s. The documentation states that the computer must issue a command of A=xx.x to get the rotator to turn to xx.x degrees and that is the way DX4WIN is programmed. However, with the new control board, the command is Axx.x (no equal sign). The old form of the command works with the older control board but not the new one. According to Steve, the DX4WIN support man, the fix is easy to program but will require a new release of DX4WIN, which will be issued at a yet undefined date. I have the new control board in my OR-2800 and have tested the new form of the command using Hyper Terminal. It works fine. Also, M2 has updated page 11 of the OR-2800 documentation to correct the mistake. Steve, if I have stated the problem and solution incorrectly, please jump in and set us straight. Stan - K6VWE
