Better hope that it doesn't take IRQ's to solve it.
My question would be why does it work on an MP but not a MKV. My
understanding was that there was very little done with firmware in the
upgrade.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "Tim Totten, N4GN" <n4gn@n4gn.com>; "TRLog Reflector"
<trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] Sending hex commands to a Yaesu Mark 5
> At 11:32 AM 9/13/02 -0400, Tim Totten, N4GN wrote:
> >I fiddled with this a bit last week on my Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V
Field
> >(the radio with the most ridiculously long name in history, I
think). I
> >had some strange results, but unfortunately, I didn't have time to
dig in
> >deeper.
> >
> >In short, the embedded commands (like ">" to clear RIT) work fine,
just as
> >N4ZR reported with the Mark-V. I REALLY like that feature! But
commands
> >built using the <03><xx><xx> . . . <04> strings acted very erratic.
Some
> >commands appeared to always work on the SECOND push of the assigned
> >function key, but never on the FIRST push. Other commands seemed
to work
> >after some random number of pushes of the function key. Others
didn't
> >work at all. Like I said, it still needs more testing and
documentation;
> >I just ran out of time. Hope I can get back to the "lab" this
weekend . .
>
> I've suggested to Ron that it may be something quite simple, like
timing or
> padding, or... horrors, maybe even something to do with the IRQ-less
way
> that TR addresses the serial port. This because Windows-based
programs
> seem to command it just fine....
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Sometimes a tower is just a tower
>
>
>
>
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