Hello Andy,
Did you have any luck setting up your friend's 746? I have HRD running as of tonight on my computer with my 746 and was wondering how you did it with Win DRM and PC-ALE. Rick - KH2DF _____ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew O'Brien Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:24 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Problems Keying With WIN DRM and Icom 746 Rick, By coincidence, I am going to visit a Icom 746 Pro this Friday afternoon. A ham that I talk to on 2 meters has been having all kinds of trouble getting his rig to key with several different software applications. I plan on setting up WinDRM for him and should get a better idea on what the issues are. I see you have things set for 9600 baud but I found this statement: "The Icom IC-746 uses 19200 Baud rate, 8 Data bits, None Parity, 1 Stop bits. " Did you try it with different baud rates? Are you using a Rigblaster pro, plus, or plug and play ? I found this reference, not sure if it helps. RIGblaster plug & play Operational Details: * CW keying is done by setting DTR high on the emulated serial port. * Standard PTT is done by setting RTS high on the emulated serial port. The Icom IC-746 and similar radios use pin 6 on the 7 pin DIN ACC(2) jack for PTT on the 2 meter band. Since the adapter only connects to the 8 pin DIN ACC(1) jack, the RIGblaster plug & play cannot use standard PTT keying for the 2 meter band. One solution is to use CAT control for transmit and receive with the built-in CI-V interface On 1/3/07, r_lwesterfield <r_lwesterfield@ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bellsouth.net> wrote: Hello Andy, The WIN DRM program seems to run and I have downloaded the melp.dll file plus the "tune" wav file. But it does not key the rig using the same comm 3 line or Rigblaster settings that MixW successfully uses. Win DRM will make the "digital sound" using the "TX Voice" button when the settings are Comm 3 and RTS is High on FAC but it does not key the rig. I have also tried Vox and Auto on the Rigblaster which made no difference. I do use the Rig Talk device which may explain my success with MixW and my Icom 746. PTT for MixW is set to CAT which I cannot do (I presume) with Win DRM. The other settings in MixW which may pertain are: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, RTS = PTT and DTR = CW. I had similar issues with PC-ALE which I was never able to adequately solve to enable scanning or keying using that program and eventually gave up on it. But it was a different computer and I have now upgraded to a Windows XP machine that is fairly modern with plenty of RAM but only one sound card. All of this should work and I know it must be a setting somewhere that I am missing. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Rick - KH2DF/W5 _____ From: digitalradio@ <mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> com] On Behalf Of Andrew O'Brien Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:29 PM To: digitalradio@ <mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: windrm --- In digitalradio@ <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com , "r_lwesterfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I did this as well but I cannot get the rig to key. I am using Comm 3 > which is what MixW uses with ease and I have tried every conceivable PTT > checkbox combination under "SETUP". What am I missing??? > > Rick, WinDRM just requires one PPT port, that's it. It should work teh same as your MixW setting. What RTS/DTR setting did you try ? Andy K3UK -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 1/3/2007 1:34 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 1/3/2007 1:34 PM -- Andy K3UK Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 www.obriensweb. <http://www.obriensweb.com> com
