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[ct-user] New CT user - doesn't work with FT-1000D

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Subject: [ct-user] New CT user - doesn't work with FT-1000D
From: Klein Gilhousen <kleing@qualcomm.com> (Klein Gilhousen)
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:10:13 -0700
The radio is a Yaesu FT-1000D.  The computer is an IBM Thinkpad 600.  The 
operating system loaded is Win98.  I have used the shutdown option to 
restart in DOS.  I loaded the software from the diskette you supplied 
following the steps in your manual.  The radio is connected via it's CAT 
port through a Yaesu interface box that has a 25 pin D connector.  From the 
connector to the computer there is a cable with 25 pin D on one end to 
serial port connector on the other end.   I tried using a different data 
cable with no effect.  I loaded COMSTR1 before starting CT.  Switches were 
set for N82 and B4800 and P1.  These are mentioned in your manual as being 
correct for the Yaesu FT1000.  I also checked the radio's software version 
and it is version 6.0.

I have tried variations in the above theme such as changing the order the 
switches are typed, etc., but there was no effect.  I tried setting a 
different com port than port 1 and this didn't seem to get as far, i.e., 
the "radio timeout" message no longer appeared but there was still no 
apparent interaction between the radio and computer.  I have also tried 
using a 25 pin D connector on each end going into the printer port on the 
computer with no change in results (i.e., radio timeout message.)

The previous owner of the radio has said that the radio worked with other 
software but I do not have copies of it to try.

I'm about out of things to try.

73,
Klein, WT6G

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