Well here I am replying to myself. "Stock" the interface works pretty well, but I experimented with the Pacing and EOC settings in the 756ProIII section of radios.ini anyway, to see if I could make it faster.
First I changed the comm baud rate from 4800 to 9600. Then I experimented with Pacing. I was able to reduce the Pacing all the way from 5 to 1 and the interface still worked reliably. Then I tried the EOCs. I changed them all (all the non-zero ones) from 100 down to 10 and the interface still worked reliably. But, with all these changes, there was scarcely any difference in the radio control quickness. A basic QSY took slightly more than one second before, and with the speeded up settings it took slightly less than one second. Since the changes made little difference, I backed off Pacing from 1 to 2, and the EOCs from 10 to 25. Radio QSYs still take a bit less than one second, which as I said before is "not too bad." 73, W1JA ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pelham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Slow comm to Icom 756PROIII >>>It takes 4 seconds > > I lied. It really did take 4 seconds when I first got it going. Really > it > did -- I timed it. But now, for some reason, it's faster. Just a bit > slower than 1 second -- not too bad. Maybe the serial port had to "settle > in" or something. :) > > Anyway, I'd still like to know if anyone has experiences with this radio > to > share, or improved settings that I might try. > > 73, W1JA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Pelham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:31 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] Slow comm to Icom 756PROIII > > >>I finally got DXbase talking to my new radio: an Icom IC-756PROIII. But >>the communications is very slow. It takes 4 seconds to QSY the radio from >>DXbase, for example. This is compared to way less than one second when I >>hook up my FT-1000MP. >> >> I know I can experiment with the Pacing and EOC values in the radios.ini >> file to try to speed things up, but before I start, has anyone done this >> already? Any settings I can start with that work for someone else? >> >> Thanks es 73, >> W1JA >> >> John Pelham >> E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Web site http://www.radiophile.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
