I've been off the air for a number of months. Just getting back on, trying to figure out how everything works, and where all those wires go. I'm coming back to an issue I've had since I get my current computer. I can't get DX4Win to control/communicate with my FT-990.
The set up is I've got an MFJ 5383Y cable going from the radio to a serial-to-usb converter. Brand is unknown. It's got two serial inputs and a USB output. The serial input I'm using is designated as COMM4. The computer is a Dell laptop - Latitude D600, running Windows XP Pro. DX4Win is version 6.02. Radio preferences are set up as: Yaesu FT990 address - 00 baudrate - 4800 comport - 4 poll rate 5000 max tries - 6 RTS high (I've also tried DTR high, but it doesn't seem to make a difference) DX4Win does not communicate with the radio. I can't read or change frequencies out of the program. I should note that I'm also running WriteLog 10.37 on the same computer, and that works fine with the radio, using the same hardware set-up. That would seem to eliminate any possible hardware issues as being the culprit. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with a similar set-up or any idea what the problem might be. I like the radio and I like DX4win, so it's frustrating when they won't play nicely together. 73 de Jay, W2KD From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 10 21:52:30 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wendell Wyly - W5FL) Date: Mon Apr 10 21:53:46 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] PROBLEM_PRINTING_MY_LOG In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I wrote a book on printing and word processing several years ago and am a little sympathetic to Paul. I am certain that he sets up pages and prints them one at a time, and the duplex driver never sees the next page as a duplex print job. I downloaded a free program called Cute PDF Writer. It is a very useful program for many reasons. One, is you can print a pdf file of your complete log without wasting a single piece of paper and have it properly formatted to read next year or ten years from now. This file is much more useful than the standard print to file command. Now if you want to print the pdf file of your log, your Windows driver for your duplex printer will see it as a number of sheets to print front and back and viola, 2 page printing of your DX4WIN logbook. I always print in landscape for the pdf file and when you print on paper, it will still be nicely formatted in landscape mode. p.s. Jos, it is primarily a cw log, and quite a bit longer than one sheet. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry.Van Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:02 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dx4win] PROBLEM_PRINTING_MY_LOG From: "G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Dx4win] PROBLEM_PRINTING_MY_LOG To: <Dx4win@mailman.qth.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am having a problem with DX4WIN being able to use my HP model 8250 two sided printing. It will not print on two sides from DX4WIN. Even after I select preferences and set it for automatic two sided printing. It's not the printer as it prints documents from Word on two sides just fine. I'd like to print on two sides to conserve paper. Is there a work around? Thanks. George ------------------ I think this has been reported several times before with HP and other printers. The default on my printer is also set to two sided but DX4WIN insists on printing only one side. Hopefully the DX4WIN developers are listening and can make the necessary fix. Jerry N8BM _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
