On 3 Nov 2008 at 8:56, Sebastian wrote:
Wow, that was easy. I am eternally grateful! It works now. Not an intuitive way of programming (IMHO); the documentation states "there are 2 combo boxes in the upper left side of the menu. The upper one contains the parameters that have to be set (Model, Baud rate), the lower one contains the settings available for the selected parameter".
I read that, and read it again, and I thought it was referring to a different version of SATPC32, since that description was not clear to me, but your explanation was a lot easier to understand. I guess it was just a long day, of putting back up my satellite antennas, installing new preamps, the radio, etc. Must have made me dizzy doing all of that in one day!
And Nate, thanks but I'm aware of how to change the baud rate on the radio, the problem was with the software.
And Luc, I don't know what club you are talking about; I don't feel that I'm stuck with a radio with problems. Mine was sold to the original owner on December 2002, so I don't think it's one of the early ones. As far as HRD, it works fine with my 847, but I can't get the latest satellite 'test' version (1901) to see either my Kenwood TS-2000 or Yaesu FT-847.
73 de W4AS Sebastian
You propbably have a version with the issue corrected or with a serial number starting with 8G05xxxx
Cat Control Operations
The FT-847 seems to have a set of unique op codes for CAT control. Yaesu in general, does not appear to have a consistent set of codes for any of their radios (unlike Kenwood for example).
Given that, you can't select another radio in a software offering that doesn't show the FT-847 specifically.
The original design for the FT-847 did not include two-way CAT control operations for frequency and mode. You could use your PC to give commands to the radio, but the radio could not report back any frequency or mode information to the PC. Many, including QST, complained about this shortfall, and the company modified the firmware in the radio to enable two-way CAT control operations for frequency and mode. Starting with serial number 8G05xxxx , two-way CAT control is standard.
In a real credit to Yaesu, it offered to upgrade any earlier model radios to the two-way CAT control, so many of the earlier models have two-way CAT control. If you're buying a used FT-847, ask if it has been upgraded.
The CAT control for the FT-847 does not convey the final digit (i.e., the ones digit) under any circumstances, so no external software can ever resolve any frequency better than 10 Hz. The FT-847 itself resolves to 1 Hz.
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