I have always noticed this with my 1000mp but always figured the program was
designed to run WITH the radio on. I do as was mentioned and just restart
NA using my BAT file that I always prepare for each contest. It happens so
rarely that it's not a big deal but something for Dave to work on in his
'spare time' !!
Hope ten opens somewhere this weekend!
Dan
W8CAR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray" <jbenny@rain.org>
To: "David A. Pruett" <k8cc@comcast.net>
Cc: "NA Reflector" <NA-User@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [NA-User] Interface problem
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the info. Guess some of the guys do not have this problem.
> Kind of surprises me. Could there have been a mod performed in later
> versions of the FT1000MP? I use the Array Solutions SO2R box and wonder
> if it could contribute to the problem too?
>
> Last night nothing worked to get NA synched, had to exit NA and restart.
> No problems after that.
>
> Keep this problem in the back of your mind if you think there could be a
> solution within NA. No hurry, but some of us would certainly your effort!
>
> Ray,
> N6VR
>
> David A. Pruett wrote:
>
> > I think this problem is related to the communications protocol Yaesu
> > uses to talk to the radio. It's different (and IMO, inferior) to that
> > used by the other manufacturers.
> >
> > The communication protocol varies between manufacturers, but most are
> > similar. The data packet starts with some sort of an ID byte, and
> > ends with a termination character. With this type of protocol, NA
> > knows the message has ended when it receives the termination
> > character. When this happens, it starts back at the beginning of the
> > buffer looking for the ID byte, parses the data based on the type of
> > packet indicated by the ID byte.
> >
> > Yaesu uses no termination character. Instead, Yaesu's protocol exists
> > of five bytes for every data packet with the first byte as the ID
> > byte. The other characters can be anything, so there is no way to
> > detect the end of the packet other than by keeping track of the count
> > of received characters.
> >
> > I've seen the problem Ray and others have described with my
> > FT-1000Ds. I think that when you turn the radio on or off with NA
> > running is that the program and the radio are getting out of synch.
> > I'm not sure of the exact mechanism for the problem. I did try to
> > account for errors which would upset the process by clearing the COM
> > receive buffer each time the radio is polled, but there must be
> > something I've overlooked.
> >
> > EVERY time this has happened to me I would exit NA, then restart the
> > program and all would be well. (Note: you don't have to reboot) I'll
> > admit this is a little more awkward than Alt-F1 then Alt-F2 but it
> > works every time.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave/K8CC
> >
> >
> > At 09:58 PM 12/10/03 -0800, Ray wrote:
> >
> >> I am having a problem that occurs when I turn off my FT1000MP that is
> >> interfaced to NA logging software. I keep the computer running since
> >> it is my interface to Packet. Later, when I turn on the FT1000MP, the
> >> software does not sync with the band & mode displayed on NA. The CAT
> >> LED does flash as it should.
> >>
> >> The only way I can get the two to sync is to press the ALT/F1 or
> >> ALT/F2 (band up/down) a number of times, then it may sync. Pressing
> >> the band / mode buttons on the radio does not do it.
> >>
> >> Is there a command, procedure or other process that will get the
> >> radio and software to sync? It is more likely to be an NA problem or
> >> FT1000MP problem? Anyone else have this problem.
> >>
> >> Ray,
> >> N6VR
> >>
> >>
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