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

[Jim White]

One of my fellow club members handled the problem of the flashing CAT 
light on the Yaesu as follows:

Scotch 33+ over that part of the display..

Justa thought...

K4OJ


alsopb wrote:

> 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
>>
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