Re: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 Released

[Dudley Hurry <jhurry@austin.rr.com>]

Tom has a good point, since I have been using a USB2.0 serial to USB 
adapter, the lack has been non-existent.   Right now I am running with 6 
serial to USB adapters to my 1.8 ghz computer.

73's
Dudley


At 07:35 PM 11/9/2004 -0500, Tommy wrote:
> Just a small observation...the speed of the CPU has very little, if 
> anything to do with the speed of the serial port. If your need faster I/O 
> speeds, it's probably best to look at using USB 2.0 ports instead of 
> serial ports.
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx@swva.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 Released
>
>
> > Jerome, I've observed this same problem with the O(rion control 
> > software.  It's sometimes difficult to fine tune a station because one 
> > tends to overtune or overshoot the signal.  Carl has said that it's 
> > because of the speed bewteen the radio and the computer serial port.  I 
> > recently upgraded from a 450 MHz to a 2.2 GHz machine and there was 
> > little, if any, improvement, suggesting that Carl's assessment is 
> > probably accurate.
> >
> > 73, Joe
> >
> > jerome schatten wrote:
> >
> > > Hmmm... sounds like a computer rather than the control software problem. 
> > > I've used the Pegasus software on four different computers from a P100 
> > > up to a P4/3gig machine and never noticed that kind of a lag.
> > >
> > > I have noticed, using Task Manager, that large frequency excursions tend 
> > > to be the most cpu resource intensive --
> > > sometimes up to 80% for a split second, but I never could correlate that 
> > > with a visible/audible lag. It's interesting that HRD behaves exactly 
> > > the same with a large change in vfo frequency.
> > >
> > > I would bet that a 486 might show the kind of behaviour you describe.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Jerome - VA7VV
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Santis" <vsantis@earthlink.net>
> > > To: <roncasa@verizon.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:18 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [TenTec] N4PY Orion Control Program Version 1.12 Released
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Ron,
> > > >
> > > > Unless you are using an Orion what you want is the Pegasus software from
> > > > N4PY. I use it and it works fine with one exception. Because of a port
> > > > speed issue tuning the radio lags the screen display on the computer.
> > > > However, if yu are into cw, the keyboard keying is great and also the
> > > > ability to scan a range of frequencies.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Vince Santis, N1VS
> > > > Winsted, CT 06098
> > > >
> > > >
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