Dave,
Please look into the FT100 mode problem after fixing this timing bug.
It appears that nearly everything else works OK with it.
I too found the FT1000MP CAT light blinking at once per second a real
distraction. Changed it to once per 3 seconds in the everyday logging
program! Of course, everyday logging is not contesting .......
73 de Brian/K3KO
"David A. Pruett" wrote:
>
> At 06:42 AM 8/26/02 -0400, Bob Patten wrote:
> >In version 10.57, the polling frequency of the 1KMP is greatly decreased
> >from all earlier versions to the point of being problematic. Was there a
> >reason for reducing the polling rate, or is this a side effect of some
> >other fix or added feature?
>
> Bob,
>
> No, there was no reason for reducing the polling rate, nor is this a side
> effect of some other fix or added feature. All that leaves is a
> programming screw-up...
>
> All of the timed features in NA work off one function which reads the
> computer's master clock and get's blipped 18.2 times per second. I had
> heard reports of problems with timing on things like the CQ-repeat
> interval. This past FD, I saw the problem with the DVK repeat time and
> even spent some effort trying to debug it (I was the VHF op and hence had
> lots of time on my hands, plus the logging computer was my NA programming
> laptop) but did not make any progress. I did not notice the slower radio
> polling, either on FD or during any of the other contests I've run recently.
>
> This bugged me so tonite, using Bob's note as a clue I started
> experimenting. If computer radio control is turned off, the CW and SSB
> repeat delays are correct - with computer radio control is turned ON, the
> repeat delays are doubled. Again, since all of the timing is coming from
> one source in the program, its reasonable to assume that somehow this is
> what is causing the polling interval to double.
>
> I have not yet found the source of the problem, but with this important
> clue I now know where to look. I wanted to respond to Bob's note to
> confirm what he was seeing, and to let everyone know we're working on it.
>
> In case anyone was wondering, the radio polling intervals for non-Yaesu
> radios is once per second. Yaesus are once every three seconds because I
> found that the !&@$&#%^ CATS light on the display (which blinks every time
> the radio receives a command) was too annoying at once per second. When
> SO2R, each radio is polled at its own rate so the interval is not stretched
> out.
>
> We should have this fixed soon. Thanks for N4BP for his observation about
> the polling interval, and also to K6NA for his note about the repeat delay.
>
> Dave/K8CC
>
> _______________________________________________
> NA-User mailing list
> NA-User@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/na-user
|