At 1/11/2009 03:51 PM, jpescatore@aol.com wrote:
>I'm getting a station on the air again after being QRT for 6 or 7
>years. Everything is a bit different on the computer end now, so two
>interface questions with CT:
>
>1. The Windows XP PC I have available to use with the station has a
>DB9 com port and a DB25 LPT port. I have a DB9 TS850 interface and a
>DB9 CW keying interface I used to use with CT, so one of them has to
>go onto the DB25. Since CTWIN says it will only key over LPT1, I
>want to put together an adapter cable for the DB25 LPT1 to the DB9
>on my old keying interface. Is it just as simple as running DB9 pin
>4 (DTR) to DB25 pin 17 (select) and carrying ground across? Or am I
>missing something?
Nope, pretty much it.
>2. When I use Alt-F1 in CT to change bands, it QSYs my 850 but
>always to the low end of the band. IE, if I'm on 14.040 and ALT-F1
>to go to 40M, it sends the 850 to 7.000 vs. whatever the last freq I
>used on 40 was. Also, changing bands on the 850 does *not* cause CT
>to change bands in the logging screen. I don't remember it working
>this way when I had older DOS version of CT interfaced to my 850 -
>or is that just how it works.
Can't remember either. I usually just type in the freq I want to go to.
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