[WriteLog] FT-891 Rig Control

[Jim Johnson]

Well not so fast!  I definitely was a bit ahead of myself on my assessment!

Keith, W4KAZ found that it was only partially functional.   

OmniRig did not fix what was wrong with the FT-891 CAT Interface in Writelog.  I don't really know what the problem is, but it is still only partially works within Writelog.  CAT Control appears to be fully functional with other software packages (i.e. N3FJP, WSJT-X, N1MM+ and perhaps others--IDK).

Anyway my apologizes for jumping to the conclusion that it was working!

I just installed 12.62D but that did not fix the CAT interface, either.

If this should change I will try to post accordingly.

Jim/KC4HW


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Sent: 2/14/2022 9:02:17 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] FT-891 Rig Control
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Surprise Surprise!!

I could not really get a normal configuration to work for the FT-891 in Writelog.  

So I have been working on another project and had the occasion to install OmniRig v1.20.  Because I had setup up OmniRig Rig1 as the FT-891 for digital communications.  It occurred to me that perhaps I could use the "Afreet OmniRig" as the rig type and RIG#1 (defaulted) for the comport in Writelog.  Well I tried it and it worked!!  Surprise Surprise!  All rig control functions appear to be fully functional--although I have just gotten it setup.  Will have to try it out perhaps during the CW contest this weekend.  

One more questions if anyone can help:  In Omni Rig should the DTR and RTS be set High or Low?  I did it both ways, but it really did not seem to mater.

Jim/KC4HW



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From: <kazeringue at aol.com>
Reply-To: <kazeringue at aol.com>
To: <jim at kc4hw.com>
Sent: 12/22/2021 3:38:57 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] FT-891 Rig Control
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Hi Jim,

I just saw the 12.61 release has ft-891 listed, but I won't get a chance 
to work on it until Sunday 26th or later.  I'll give you feedback if I 
get it going.

It SHOULD have been similar enough to the ft-991 to work with those 
settings, but no joy.  The yaesu command set for the 891 is a subset of 
the 991, but it obviously needed a change to work.  [If I recall 
correctly, it has been a couple of years since I tried it out]

I will post joy/no joy later, but if you have any hints I'm all ears 
about not re-inventing brain sweat.

I also thought to try using N1MM suggested settings, but N1MM provides 
finer control on port settings.  Not a 1 to 1 cross reference.  Perhaps 
the settings recommended in the N3FJP docs.

It may also require manually setting the port settings on the computer, 
which I have found usually requires a reboot to be picked up by 
Writelog,[my shack computer is running win 8.1.]

Will keep you in the loop.
73 de w4kaz




> Upgrade to 12.60e, but still having trouble with Rig Interface with the FT-891. 
>  
> 
> If you have this rig working in Writelog, would you mind going off this list 
> and helping me with the setup?
> 
> Thanks, Jim/KC4HW
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