[SD-User] Rig control problems

[Ian Greenshields]

As an aside, the band display does seem to have a factor of 10 error in it.
When 18MHz is selected on the rig, the band shows as 160M and the mode
display functions OK. If the rig is set to 144MHz, the band shows and 20M
and, again, the mode displays OK. Anywhere else, the mode & band tracking
doesn't function. With the FT-817 CAT commands in front of me, I can't see
anything obviously wrong in the rig control file.

It would be interesting to know whether this is an FT-817 quirk, or whether
the FT-897 has the same issue - any FT-897 SD users out there?

73 Ian G4FSU

On 10/28/05, Martyn Johnson <Martyn.Johnson at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I've just installed V12.05 as a completely fresh install, in an
> attempt to sort out the problems I've had with rig control. The
> problems are still there, but I now have a theory about what is wrong.
>
> The main problem is that the frequency is displayed correctly, but the
> band does not change correctly. The only case in which there is a band
> change is that if I set a frequency in the 18MHz band, 160m is
> selected.
>
> Now it surely cannot be a coincidence that 1.8MHz * 10 = 18MHz, and it
> so happens that my rig control file has the line
>
> 10 : Frequency: Factor to convert to Hertz.
>
> I suspect what is happening is that band selection is being based on
> the frequency read from the radio BEFORE this scaling factor is
> applied.
>
> Many rigs have a scaling factor of 1, and of course on these the
> problem won't show up. Could the problem be fixed please?
>
> My other problem is that entering a frequency in the callsign field
> does not set the rig frequency as the documentation says it should.
> I'm really puzzled by this as the rig control files appear to contain
> no instructions that would tell the program how to set the frequency.
> I therefore don't see how it can possibly work. Could somebody explain
> this please? Does it work for anybody?
>
> --
> Martyn M1MAJ
>
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