John,
I guarentee you that was not the thing that made it work. All good programs
set all the comport parameters themselves and do not rely on the user to set
these things in the windows settings.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "John L Merrill" <jmerrill1@adelphia.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:05 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Re: [Orion] Updating the Orion-set the baud rate
> Carl:
> I have seen where some have actually had to set there com port to 57600 to
> make the update work. I wonder why?
>
> John N1JM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl Moreschi
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 7:59 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: [Orion] Updating the Orion-set the baud rate
>
>
> The baud rate you set your comport at is overridden by the Orion update
> software. The Orion only works at 57600 baud. The speed you configure
the
> comport to in your windows settings is meaningless.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> Franklinton, NC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john rader" <kd5yty@yahoo.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:44 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Re: [Orion] Updating the Orion-set the baud rate
>
>
> > My Windows 98 machine was set to 9600, no prob with 3 updates.
> >
> > I ran across this in the RF2 site,
> > The Orion Programmer's Reference Guide says: "Although the ORION
> interface operates at 57,600 baud short commands are used to keep the
> processing overhead to a minimum..."
> >
> > John KD5YTY
> >
> >
> >
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