Hi Mike,
we have had one report of a failure which turned out to be a CAT baud
rate setting issue. As far as I know it faithfully emulated the FT-817ND
and that model can be used without change, surprisingly including the
EEPROM reads that are used when being forced to use the FT-857 model
backend. I would have thought that there are enough FT-818NDs out their
with WSJT-X to say that there's no issue.
Note I cannot say much about the FT-817ND backend as in the Hamlib
shipped with WSJT-X v2.2.2 that model is broken as is the FT-897.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
On 02/07/2020 13:21, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote:
Bill..have you found the FT-818ND to be compatible with the FT-817ND
backend?
Perhaps should add that to the riglist so they don't feel like orphans.
Mike W9MDB
On Thursday, July 2, 2020, 07:15:04 AM CDT, Bill Somerville
<g4...@classdesign.com> wrote:
On 02/07/2020 13:02, Claude Frantz wrote:
On 7/2/20 1:27 PM, Bill Somerville wrote:
Many thanks, Bill !
there are several issues with that series of rigs (you can include
the new FT-818ND in the list too), as there are with almost all
rigs. All have workarounds, why are you asking please, that will
help focus on how to answer?
I do not have any rig from this series. I'm only asking in order to
remain informed. I have observed many work, in the recent past.
Thank you !
Best wishes,
Claude (DJ0OT)
Hi Claude,
there are a few specific issues with CAT control of these rigs, which
all essentially have identical CAT protocols.
* The CAT command set is small and many rig functions cannot be
queried or set.
* There is no easy way to determine whether VFO A, VFO B, or memory
is current, just a CAT command swap them over. The basic queries
of frequency and mode simply return that of the current VFO or memory.
* The CAT command to determine if the rig is in SEND mode does not
work as advertised.
* CAT commands to change frequency are rejected if the rig is in
SEND mode, despite the fact that the rig can be tuned with the
front panel VFO knob when transmitting.
As I said, most rigs have a number of limitations and quirks, these
ones are not particularly better or worse than others.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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