[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 30, Issue 7

[steve@ai9t.com]

Hi All

My ICOMS (756PRO thru PROIII)all run with transcieve on and always have.
Never had any problem with Writelog. I'm using a clone CI-V cable which
may act differently.

73

Steve AI9T
http://www.ai9t.com



> I've not noticed a lot of communication problems between WL and my
> IC-756ProI with the CI-V Transceive setting in the ON position.  I just
> tried turning CI-V Transceive OFF and the main thing I noticed was a
> SIGNIFICANT delay in the time it takes my IC-PW1 amplifier to follow
> band changes.  In some cases it's several seconds.  This is far more
> troublesome than any rig polling conflicts I've noticed with the CI-V
> Transceive set to ON.  I would hate to toast the amp in the heat of
> battle by jumping on a new DX spot on a different band to grab a new
> mult and forgetting to wait paitiently for the amp to catch up to the
> rig's QSY.  I'm leaving it set to ON.
> 73, de AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Ressler" <marc.ressler at verizon.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: June 08, 2005 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 30, Issue 7
>
>
>> Clive,
>>
>> Most of the Icom rigs need to have TRANSCEIVE OFF with WL. The problem
>> is that they "babble" so much when it is on that the single wire
>> xmt/rcv data line suffers from lots of collisions, and when WL tries
>> to poll the rig, the request frequently gets clobbered, making it
>> appear that updates are slow to infrequent. I've seen this with a 746,
>> a 756-ProI, and a
> 756-ProII.
>>
>>
>> MarC, K3NCO
>> marc.ressler at verizon.net
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