[TenTec] Pegasus Serial Port Control

[Mark Erbaugh]

Carl,

Thanks.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus Serial Port Control


> The "9" to enable keep alive has never worked.  Keep alive is enabled at
> each power on.  You send "8" to disable it, but once disabled, it takes a
> power off to turn it back on.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark at microenh.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:52 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus Serial Port Control
>
>
> > I'm messing around writing a Linux control program (in Python) for my
> > Pegasus.  It's been a while since I worked on my Windows/Delphi version.
> >
> > Anyways, it seems that whenever I send the Pegasus the command to enable
> > keep alive (#9 <cr>), I get a Z <cr> response (invalid request). I don't
> get
> > the Z for disable keep alive (#8 <cr>) or any other # digit <cr>
command.
> > I've verified this, both from within my Python program (which seems to
be
> > mostly working) and from a simple serial port terminal program
(GtkTerm).
> >
> > I am running version 1.201 (last) of the Pegasus firmware. I haven't yet
> > determined whether the radio expects keep alives after sending the #9
> > command.
> >
> > 73,
> > Mark
> >
> >
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