[RTTY] 756p2, rigblaster pro, mmtty

[Ian]

Charlie - thanks for all the hints here!  I set jumper P16 to diagram #4 and
ran my COM2 (my one real serial port) to the RBPro's Serial A.  PTT is set
to 'COM2' and Radio Command is set to 'None' in MMTTY.  I am keying the rig
now FSK! Both PTT and CW lights are on steady and the FSK light shows
keying.  Some issues remain though.  My other com port on my laptop is a
USB-Serial Converter that sets up as COM5 - this goes to the RBPro Serial B.
MMTTY is very slow to transition from TX to RX after a macro completes. I
set the PTT timer to zero but didn't seem to help. Also set the Com-TXD/USB
setting to other selections but nothing improved.  The booklet for the
USB-Serial device says that it does not support 'interrupt transfer mode' -
maybe that's a problem. I also have a Belkin F5U103 serial adapter that is
suppose to be fb for RTTY but it won't install on my Windows 2000 laptop - I
get a 'function driver' error. I'm thinking about upgrading the OS to WinXP
- maybe that will get the Belkin going.  Anyhow I'm not reading the
freq/mode from the 756P2 through COM5 in my logging program (Win-EQF) either
- was fine via COM2.  The CI-V address is set to 64h in MMTTY.

73, Ian N8IK


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Morrison [mailto:cfmorris at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:57 PM
To: ik7565 at verizon.net
Subject: RE: 756p2, rigblaster pro, mmtty

Ian,

Did you set the RBPro J16 for the last selection on page 29 of the manual?
FSK/PTT/CW all on your onboard serial port, and Rig Control on the other.

Notes about WL and MMTTY.  The FSK port is the port you select in
RittyWrite.  PTT comes from whatever port you select in the PTT section of
MMTTY.  CW port can not be shared with the FSK/PTT port.  You have to go
into WL, and select the last selection, underneath all of the LPT1 ports, in
the CW column (thus disabling CW on ALL ports) during rtty operation.  If
you want to do a CW contest, you simply go back in and enable the "dot" in
the ROW of Comm2, under the CW column.   Make sure Rig control is NOT
sharing the port, make sure that CW is not sharing the port (and if it is,
then you have to do as above, select the last dot underneath all of the
lpt's, click ok, click setup, save configuration and EXIT the program
completely. Then get back in and your RTTY should be fine.

The problem arises if the CW port in Writelog is set to the same as the
comport in RittyWrite/MMTTY.  The second the Rtty windows open, you'll get
an error and the port is locked until you exit.  So, you just simply disable
the port and you should be good.

Email me back if you have any other issues.  Worked with WW4LL on this the
other night for about 4 hours and got it figured out.   I also have a pro2
and pro3, RBPro, and have all of the connections always connected to the
rig.  I switch back and forth from ssb to cw to rtty with just a few simple
changes in WL.

Charlie
KI5XP


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> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:50:57 -0500
> From: "Ian" <ik7565 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [RTTY] 756p2, rigblaster pro, mmtty
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> I have an IC-756Pro2 and a Rigblaster Pro and can't seem to 
> transmit FSK.
> I'm pretty sure all the cabling is correct. Rig control 
> through CI-V is no
> problem.  I can decode RTTY just fine in MMTTY on my laptop.  
> The laptop has
> one serial and one USB port so I use a USB-serial converter 
> that sets up as
> COM5 and use that on the Serial-A of the RBPro.  The real 
> serial port (COM2)
> goes to the RBPro Serial-B for FSK control.  Also have the 
> WMR cable that
> plugs into ACC1 and provides level audio and FSK control. 
> Been through the
> MMTTY help and AA5AU's web site but I'm missing something.  Any ideas?
> 
> Many thanks & 73,
> Ian N8IK
> 
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