Hi Ramon, To the best of our knowledge, the FT10000MP Mark V works fine in DXbase 2003 by selecting the FT1000MP choice in user options and configuring the associated options.
I'm not sure what unanswered questions you refer to. We try to respond to any that are asked of us and we don't have anything unanswered that we know about? Your comments about new radios is interesting and strikes at our biggest problem in the area of software development. We speak from time to time with competitors and I can tell you that with few exceptions, the makers of logging software are just as frustrated as our many customers when it comes to new radios and the outright absurdity that goes on when the makers of radios design the RS232 interface for each radio. Some manufacturer's are better than others, but they are all quilty of changing their interfaces with no reason whatsoever except for the sake of change. No new functionality in the interface, just different command structures. It's a vicious cycle every year. New radios are offered, hams go buy them without considering the RS232 interface requirements and their logging software, then the emails to all makers of logging software start to fly. When will you support such and such. Well, I must respectfully ask, why do we all put up with this. Why don't we just simply refuse to purchase these new radios unless their RS232 interface is standard and consistent??? Until and unless we begin to put pressure on the makers of these radios, this vicious cycle will never end and we will all continue to go through a rather absurd process. Just my opinion. I for one will never purchase a new radio unless the RS232 interface is standard and consistent. We have engaged in discussion with the makers of most radios about this problem area. The answer was nearly the same from each. The engineers who are charged with designing the radio consider the RS232 interface to be their own testing mechanism for allowing computer software that they write to be able to test the design of their radio. They are free to design the RS232 in any manner that they want. So, its no wonder that each new radio brings a brand new set of interface requirements. Put five engineers in a room and you'll get five different designs. The radio manufacturers don't consider the RS232 interface to be a user feature. It's left in the radio, as is, based on whatever their design team needed to test. We know of at least a dozen software makers who have gone down the same path and heard the same thing. If you are like us and you are sick of this, then we encourage you to let the makers of radios know that the functionality of their RS232 interface is an important aspect of the radio and will influence your buying decision. It takes only a few minutes to send them a letter or an email and tell them to take this issue seriously. Sorry to get on my soapbox, but this one is near and dear.. haha.. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "KP4TR/W4 - Ramon Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 10:26 PM Subject: [DXBase] Support for Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V > Hello, > > Does DXBase support in some form or fashion the computer interface for a > Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V? This is radio #2 I have that is not supported by > DXBase 2003, the other being the Yaesu FT-847. > > This may not be an important feature for many, but for me it is. I've > noticed reading the archives that questions related to the comms interface > of DXBase go unanswered, so it seems that this particular feature is > unimportant. Other logging software seem to go out of their way in > supporting new radios, even though they may not have the whiz-bang features > DXBase has. > > _____________________________ > Ramon Gonzalez > Tampa Bay, Florida > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
