All, Thanks for the quick responses. Really appreciate your support.
1. Inserting the commands one by one is a (bad) comprise and I realize that DXbase cannot send a macro to initialize a TNC and connect to the cluster (Please have a look how Logger, DX4WIN and others do it and implement it in the next upgrade). 2. I read the help file and have used the tilda (~). 3. Baud rates are set correctly. DXbase is bringing the TNC init messages in the VHF packet window. As all other programmes work with my TNC I am still puzzled. After the second ESC command (~idf2oo to set the callsign) DXbase hangs up. How is the handshake done: via the windows settings or is it hardware handshaking (need to change my RS-232 cable in that case)? I will use a different COM port and do more tests tomorrow evening. Best regards, Tom DF2OO Jack wrote: > Thomas, > > It may also be that you do not have the baud rate between your TNC and your > pc set. You should set the baud rate in the TNC to an explicit baud rate > and then also set this same baud rate in the DXbase user options. > > There are other customers in Germany who use this same cluster arrangement > so we are sure that it can work. > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Wrede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 3:11 PM > Subject: [DXBase] Help: DXBase and TNC with WA8DED Firmware > > > >>After comparing various professional logging programs I finally bought >>DXBase at Dayton 2002. Unfortunately I didn't ask about the TNC >>interface as I had never any problem with any of the other programs. >> >>I am using a TNC with "The Firmware", a WA8DED compatible firmware which >>is very common in Germany because of its DAMA compatibility. >> >>To initialize the TNC I need to send the following macro: >> >>ESC I DF2OO (to set my callsign) >>ESC T12 (to set the tx-delay) >>ESC S1 (to set the port to No1) >>ESC C DB0SAB (my packet node) >>C DB0TRI-7 (my cluster to which the node software will connect me >>automatically) >> >>In Logger and in DX4WIN in took me less than 5 minutes to create this >>macro and get connected to the packet cluster. No such luck with DXBase. >>Apparently I cannot create such macro and if I try to send the commands >>manually in the packet window using the 'tilda' the whole programmes >>gets hung up (Not responding)after the first or second command. >> >>The packet window receive the init message after switch-on of the TNC >>without any problem but apparently sending anything to the TNC cause >>DXBase to hang up. All other programmes on the same PC work without any >>problem. I am using Windows 98 on a Pentium II PC. Serial speed is 19200 >>baud. >> >>If I use Logger to start the cluster, then close Logger and start DXBase >> I get all cluster messages. But ideally I want to delete Logger from >>my harddisk (although for free it's a great programme but it lacks the >>features I get from DXBase). >> >>Any hints are appreciated. >> >>73s Tom DF2OO >> >>_______________________________________________ >>DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> >> > > >
