Glenn, You may be using an M2 rotor control box that uses an updated RS232 command set. Recently, the commands were changed to require the 'A' character in some commands as follows:
In DXbase rotor options: Rotor Type M2 Initialize A rtn Turn Rotor A# rtn Stop Rotor S rtn Character selected Baud 9600 Parity None Word length 8 Stop bit 1 Rotor Offset Plus selected, 0, 5 Earlier versions of M2 did not require the leading A Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:38 PM Subject: [Dxbase] Any tricks in setting up M2 RC2800PDC rotator ? >I have just received my first ever logging program Dxbase 2006 and have >gotten my radio and ARRL data CD to work. I am now having trouble in >getting the M2 RC2800 PDC rotator to get any commands from my RS 232 port. >I have gone to the help section and have tried to do / set up like the >example but had no luck. I tried both straight and null cables. Do I have >to do anything with or inside the M2 control box? What cable type do I need >to be using? Should I see something on either the M2 or logging screens? > > Thanks in advance, > Glenn > W4GM > > PS. I should have gotten off the paper log years ago! > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
