I'll bet they are using rigctl and that code only supports 8 com ports. 

Same as wspr and jt65. 

Mike va3mw

On Dec 27, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Tim Ellison <[email protected]> wrote:

> You should report this as a bug/oversight to the FreeDV developers.  There 
> are 256 available com ports under Windows. Seems sort of short sighted to 
> only allow 2.7% of them to be addressable by their software. :-)
> 
> Tim Ellison
> On 12/27/2012 9:07 PM, Mike Heitmann wrote:
>> All,
>> 
>> PTT is now working with my Flex-3000 and Flex-1500. I use VSP Manager from 
>> K5FR.
>> In my case, FreeDV did not like the high numbered COM ports I had selected 
>> for
>> PTT control. Specifiying a COM port number higher than COM7 at the FreeDV 
>> end of
>> the pair did not work. I ended up using  COM7 <--> COM37. FreeDV now is 
>> happily
>> asserting COM7 DTR (inverted) for PTT, and PowerSDR is looking for PTT on 
>> COM37
>> DTR. Previously I was trying to use COM13 <--> COM33.
>> 
>> Mike, N0SO
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Mel Whitten <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Sun, December 23, 2012 12:44:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] PTT and FreeDV
>> 
>> Thanks for your input. Yes, your setting in Flex CAT is correct, just as I 
>> have
>> mine.  :-) The whole PTT issue and others are being worked.   Look for 
>> changes
>> in forthcoming releases.
>> Mel
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim A. KJ7S" <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 10:41 AM
>> Subject: [FlexEdge] PTT and FreeDV
>> 
>> 
>>> One of the things I noticed when I set mine up was....picking the Guru's 
>>> brain
>>> a bit....on the PTT selection you  want to  make sure that, if you selected 
>>> both
>>> RTS and DTR in the PSDR form,  you unselect the DTR, otherwise you will 
>>> stick it
>>> in txmit.  In my PSDR CAT Control Tab, the PTT Control has The RTS block 
>>> checked
>>> and the DTR block unchecked.   Jim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:44:13 -0600
>>> From: "Mel Whitten"<[email protected]>
>>> To: "FlexEdge"<[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] How to setup the radio for Digital Voice
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>>> 
>>> I have worked at least 15 Flex radio users running FreeDV who had no trouble
>>> with PTT.  Four of the alpha testers use Flex radios.  Just select the VAC
>>> port and click on RTS = +V.   I would highly recommend watching the quick
>>> start video on FreeDV setup authored by a Flex 5ka user.
>>> 
>>> Mel
>>> k0pfx
>>> 
>>> 
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