I just got my USB controller for my TS-790A yesterday. Got it installed and all looks good. SatPC32 seems to recognize the port (it doesn't error out like it did when the wrong COM port was presented to the software originally). With that side working (I guess) the radio just sits there and doesn't do anything. I reviewed the manual for the 790 but it didn't have any instructions to make the radio start accepting CAT instructions. Anyone have one of these radios setup in this configuration that can help me out?
73s, Eric W4OTN
I have not learned how to do the satellite stuff yet and I do not know what "USB Interface" you are using with the TS-790A, but I have the exact same rig working with the computer. I am using a home brew USB interface that works great. Some of the keys to getting it to work is in the SatPC32 documentation. I can tell you this: SatPC does NOT do a good job of implementing the radio control for the TS-790. It does work slighlty better when you disconnect the CTS/RTS lines.
I did use Ham Radio Deluxe as another program to test the interface. After I did this, I have leaarned how much better the interface can work. I like HRD, but it does not interface with the rotor control.
Hope that helps some... 73 Will NA2NA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric H Christensen" eric@christensenplace.us To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; fieldops@amsat.org Cc: n8mh@earthlink.net Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT Control for TS-790A
I just got my USB controller for my TS-790A yesterday. Got it installed and all looks good. SatPC32 seems to recognize the port (it doesn't error out like it did when the wrong COM port was presented to the software originally). With that side working (I guess) the radio just sits there and doesn't do anything. I reviewed the manual for the 790 but it didn't have any instructions to make the radio start accepting CAT instructions. Anyone have one of these radios setup in this configuration that can help me out?
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Okay, I just fixed the problem with my TS-790A. It appears that the connector wasn't pushed in all the way into the back of the radio... As an IT guy, I always look at the most complex fixes. It has to be with the software or the computer, but sometimes it is just with user.
Thanks for all that responded.
73s, Eric W4OTN (ex KF4OTN) AMSAT Member 35360 AMSAT Area Coordinator
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Eric H Christensen wrote:
I just got my USB controller for my TS-790A yesterday. Got it installed and all looks good. SatPC32 seems to recognize the port (it doesn't error out like it did when the wrong COM port was presented to the software originally). With that side working (I guess) the radio just sits there and doesn't do anything. I reviewed the manual for the 790 but it didn't have any instructions to make the radio start accepting CAT instructions. Anyone have one of these radios setup in this configuration that can help me out?
73s, Eric W4OTN _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Eric,
Don't feel bad. This is a lesson all troubleshooters must learn (over and over again). An old mentor of mine in the two-way radio business said to me when I was getting frustrated in finding a problem: "Its usually something simple!". Too often our understanding of the technical operation of a unit we are trying to fix gets us off on a tangent. Another way of looking at troubleshooting is: beware of your assumptions...if you assume this is OK or that could not be the problem...well, you might go look at that. "That" may be exactly what is wrong.
First step in troubleshooting (after determining what is not working), is to verify all the inputs are there (is it plugged in). A few years ago a satellite TV customer of mine called me to say his system quit working (totally dead). I drove 130-miles to his house to fix it for him and found the unit unplugged from the wall. Seems his wife accidently pulled the cord loose while vacuuming behind the entertainment center. That "oops" cost him my time and a tank of gasoline (I didn't have the heart to charge him other than my costs).
73 Ed - KL7UW
At 01:25 PM 4/9/2007, Eric Christensen wrote:
Okay, I just fixed the problem with my TS-790A. It appears that the connector wasn't pushed in all the way into the back of the radio... As an IT guy, I always look at the most complex fixes. It has to be with the software or the computer, but sometimes it is just with user.
Thanks for all that responded.
73s, Eric W4OTN (ex KF4OTN) AMSAT Member 35360 AMSAT Area Coordinator
Please donate to the Eagle project! http://www.amsat-na.com/donation.php?donate=eagle
Eric H Christensen wrote:
I just got my USB controller for my TS-790A yesterday. Got it
installed and all looks good. SatPC32 seems to recognize the port (it doesn't error out like it did when the wrong COM port was presented to the software originally). With that side working (I guess) the radio just sits there and doesn't do anything. I reviewed the manual for the 790 but it didn't have any instructions to make the radio start accepting CAT instructions. Anyone have one of these radios setup in this configuration that can help me out?
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