[NA-User] v10.57 Polling FT-1000MP

[David A. Pruett]

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