I'm assuming you can't do the Rotor-EZ calibration with a terminal program either? If so I would suspect a serial/USB port adapter problem and would try a different port/adapter.
If you can run the Rotor-EZ cal porcedure then I'd double check the DXbase settings. My rotor settings are - Activate Rotor 1 is checked Rotor Com port - set to proper port Rotor offset - Plus Degrees offset from North - 0 Bump Adjustment Degrees - 5 Rotor Type - HYG-DCU1 Initialize AP1 Turn Rotor #;AM1; Stop Rotor AS; Byte,Integer,Character selected to Character Use leading zeros in degrees is checked Use delay is not checked Baud rate 4800 Parity None Word length 8 Stop Bits 1 I can't think of anything else to tell you to try. Can you confirm the serial port is Ok through some other device and at 4800 baud? Can you test the rotor interface on another PC with Dxbase? Good luck, Dale AA1QD -----Original Message----- From: Robert C. Crawford Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 3:31 PM To: 'D. Drake' Subject: RE: DCU1 - DXbase - WIN7 - Serial>USB Hi Dale, It is WIN7/64 and I am using a Prolific serial to USB adapter on COM 3 for rotor control. I am using the same adapter for K3 & 1K-FA control from DXbase on COM 4. I have used the settings that Rotor-EZ says to use and the default settings in DXbase and neither work for me. I am stuck....... Thanks 73 de, Bob KN8VFV - 12 July 1960, K8VFV since 1961 Member of: 10-X, CCA & SEMDXA (Pres.) Life member: ARRL & QCWA 9 Band DXCC, 6 Band WAS, 50 MHz VUCC (370) DXCC Honor Roll #1 Phone and 5BWAZ #179 Web Site - http://www.k8vfv.com Email - K8VFV at ARRL dot NET Outgoing email checked by MSE Listening 145.700 MHz In GOD we trust. -----Original Message----- From: D. Drake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 24 October, 2010 2:33 PM To: [email protected]; DXBase Reflector Subject: Re: DCU1 - DXbase - WIN7 - Serial>USB Hi Bob, I am running DXbase 2007 on Windows 7/64 controlling a Yaesu G-2800DXA with an Idiom Press interface that uses the DCU1 format. My used to serial adapter is a Digi Edgeport 8 that I got on ebay for cheap. When I installed the Digi Edgport Windows 7 Went and fetched the proper driver from the internet and it installed FB. Had no trouble getting Dxbase to control the rotor. I'm using the same settings as W2IRT on COM 6. You don't mention if your Win7 is 32 or 64 bit. The USB/serial adapters written for 32 op system will not function with Win 7 64 bit so that could be the trouble. Also you don't mention if you have used this USB to serial adapter with this PC/ DXbase to control anything else with success. If you haven't tried that it may help you isolate your source of trouble. I am having some monir trouble with Win & and DXbase with some parameters that normally get saved to the ini file that I either can't change or if I change them the aren't saved when I exit and restart DxBase. Running DxBase as Administrator doesn't solve them problem. I'm really looking forward to the new version hoping it will be fully compliant. Neal has promised a fully compliant progrma so I'm willing to wait as I'm sure it's a lot of hard work. Let us know how you progress. Dale, AA1QD ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
