[TowerTalk] Idiom Press RotorCard DXA Installation

[mrlogs]

Joe..
..I have TRX Manager AND Logic8 both can have rotator control (they are linked)..Problem is I cannot get solid control thru Windows Hyperterminal (terminal program) just calibrating it..I initially did..sorta..half the time I type and nothing show's up in the terminal program?>..

                    73'..Tom  N3ZC
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe - WDØM 
  To: mrlogs 
  Cc: towertalk at contesting.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Idiom Press RotorCard DXA Installation


  Hi Tom,

  Are you using a logging program that controls your rotor?  There are many out there.  Here's a free one that will let you check it out:

  http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Programs/HRDRotator/tabid/116/Default.aspx

  or, try this:

  http://tinyurl.com/b86kpm

  Download the HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) HRD Rotator program, configure the Com port for your rotor, then select the type of card/interface (Hygain DCU-1, or Idiom Press, for example).  Then click on "Connect".  Once that's done, you'll see a map where you can click on an area, and - if everything is working - the rotor will move to that azimuth.

  Hope that helps.

  73

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Joe Hannigan - WDØM
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mrlogs wrote: 
Hi,
  I tried installing my new Rotorcard DXA into my Yaesu 1000DXA controller today. I hooked it up to my PC thru a Belkin Serial to USB connector. I know the connector work's as I use it for another serial input..this was off and no software opened & the PC had been restarted..

I used Windows Hyperterminal for the terminal program...I set it at 4800 baud, etc, per the instructions..Com port 4 is what I used..

Next, I hooked the PC board up to the controller & Serial to USB connector..plugged the controller in, typed a capital "V" per instructions, got all the copyright info, then typed the capital "K" per instructions..got the repeating numbers in Hyperterminal..and adjusted everything to "270 deg and "90 deg"" per the instr. (I had rotated the controller manually to "270 deg and 90 deg" as I calibrated it)..

I tried ending the calibration program by typing a small "k"..nothing I typed would show up in Hyperterminal

I tried testing the rotor function by typing AP1030;AM!; per the instr.  wouldn't do anything, nothing I typed showed up in Hyperterminal

I redid it all (after restarting  the PC..and starting over..nothing I typed show's up in Hyperterminal...I checked the Device Mgr in Control Panel for Com Port 4..it's working and set up @ 4800 baud, etc too & it say's it's working OK..

What am I missing..or is the RotorCard DXA sorta DOA?

Any ideas?........Thanks in advance for any & all help..  

                               73'.          Tom  N3ZC