[ct-user] CT-MFJ 434

[kd4d@comcast.net]

Hi Bob:

CT for DOS has the exact same LPT problem, where you have
to cycle through the buttons.  Note that if you happen to have
an SCK-II (with six DVK control lines) even that won't help.

73,

Mark, KD4D


> Okay, gang.  I guess I should have tried this first.
> 
> I pulled out an old WinBook XL laptop running W98SE.
> I tend not to try anything on it, just because it
> is a laptop that won't run off the battery and the
> hard drive is beginning to fail (sometime laptop!).
> And it's only a 400 MHz AMD processor.  But, I'm
> desperate!
> 
> In any case, I tried running CTWin 10.02.03 from
> it and was able to get it to key the DVK.  Thanks
> to K3CT for a heads-up: I needed to run through
> the F1 through F4 and ESC keys on the keyboard
> and THEN hook up the DVK.  After that, it seemed
> to work.
> 
> So, it appears there is something not set up
> properly with the LPT1 port on the shack computer.
> Guess I have some detective work to do there.
> 
> It also looks like CTWin doesn't necessarily set
> up the LPT1 port properly.  You shouldn't have
> to cycle through the function and escape keys
> and then hook up the DVK.
> 
> An interesting data point is that, on the shack
> computer, hooking up LPT1 to the MFJ-434 causes
> the buttons on the MFJ-434 to not work, too!
> Apparently, the 434 is being put in some strange
> mode.  Cycling through the function and escape
> keys doesn't seem to help there.  Disconnecting
> from LPT1 and re-powering the 434 seems to be the
> only thing that fixes it.
> 
> Time to scratch my head again.  I have a few weeks
> to work this out before CQWW Phone.  :-)
> 
> On the other hand, I could always use CT-DOS in
> a DOS window and grab spots from DXTelnet.
> 
> Thanks for all the help, gang!
> 
> 73,
> Bob
> 
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