Thomas, Can't you use the option under the "File" button "Upload File To Packet..." to upload your configuration file to your TNC. Maybe this would help until Jack can get a script type upload thing implemented.
73 de Tony, KD4K My Weather page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash My Ham Page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html 147.150 Repeater Page = http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Wrede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] Help: DXBase and TNC with WA8DED Firmware > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
