[TRLog] NAQP Experiences - Omni VI+ & TRLog 6.72

[Dale L Martin]

Hi, John.

Thanks for the info.

I tried your setup and it seemed to work...then started messing up.

One of the early tries to use the more current versions (6.71 and 6.72)
resulted in getting flukey band changes with Alt-V and Alt-B.  When I hit
Alt-V/B, the TRLog band might change, but the radio wouldn't.  Or the radio
might change, but the TRLog band indicator would only bounce to the new band
and then back, displaying the orignal band frequency.

When I tried your settings, it all seemed to work.  The frequency update was
smooth as you said.  The alt-v/alt-b band changes were working properly
(radio tracking TRLog; TRLog tracking the radio).

Then, the old alt-v/b sporadic band switching started happening.

My radios are an Omni VI (Upgraded to Plus version3) and an Omni VI (no
upgrade).  Both work excellent on version 6.69 -- used it during NAQP and it
worked flawlessly, as it did during ARRL SS and ARRL 10m.

My PC is a P100 running Win98se.  I restart the computer in DOS when using
TRLog--although I use it it a DOS window in W98 when using it as a general
logger and it works fine.

By the way, when I loaded 6.72 and ran TRLog with your configs in a DOS
window, the keyboard was locked.  I then restarted in DOS and ran it and it
worked..until the flukey stuff started happening.

73,
dale, kg5u


> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-admin@contesting.com [mailto:trlog-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of John Unger
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:44
> To: trlog@contesting.com
> Subject: [TRLog] NAQP Experiences - Omni VI+ & TRLog 6.72
>
>
> I'm not sure why some people are still having problems using TRLog 6.72
> with the Omni VI+, so I thought I post my experiences and
> settings and see
> if that can help anyone still not able to get their Omni VI working
> properly with the latest verion of TR.
>
> Version 6.72 worked virtually flawlessly for me in the NAQP this past
> weekend. (I made 825 Q's, a personal best effort for me...) I had my Omni
> VI+ setup as an IC-781. Here's the pertinent part of my logcfg.dat file:
>
> RADIO TWO NAME = OMNI IV
> RADIO TWO TYPE = IC781
> RADIO TWO RECEIVER ADDRESS = 4
> RADIO TWO CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 2
> RADIO ONE NAME = TS850S
> RADIO ONE TYPE = TS850
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1
> TWO RADIO MODE = TRUE
>
> I was using defaults for all the other radio-related parameters including
> ICOM RESPONSE TIME and RADIO TWO BAUD RATE. During the contest I
> booted my
> computer with DOS 6.22 using a floppy disk and ran TR that way, but my
> experiences in running TR and the Omni VI were identical when I was
> checking things out using a DOS window in Windows 98se. I will be glad to
> share my config.sys and autoexec.bat files, if anyone thinks that
> these may
> be part of the problem.
>
> Interesting note: Prior to the contest I discovered that TR 6.72
> would not
> work properly with the Omni VI and IC-781 setting if the RADIO
> TWO TYPE and
> RADIO TWO RECEIVER ADDRESS lines were swapped. Ron is aware of
> this problem
> and is working on it.
>
> I did notice a "Radio Two Communication Warning" flashing for a
> few seconds
> in the lower left-hand corner of the screen (accompanied by a bell tone
> from the computer) occasionally when I switched bands with ALT-V or ALT-B
> or changed frequency by typing a frequency in the call window. This
> occurred about 10% of the time I did these operations, but did
> not prevent
> the action from taking place. Most of the time I change bands with the
> rig(s); it's just how I do things...
>
> I was also using the AUTO S&P feature with it's default settings;
> it worked
> fine. Also, I thought the frequency readout window displayed the current
> frequency much more smoothly than with earlier versions.
>
> I hope this information is helpful.
>
> 73 - John, W4AU
>
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